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Sep 13, 2018 20:35
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jarlywarly posted:I like how you got the ant eye detail it's a bloody hard lens to use that 1x-5x 65mm Usually I find the hardest part is actually finding the subject, at 4x-5x anyway I mean you look at the subject normally, then try to view at your chosen mag through the camera, try to get something in focus, then move around trying to find the subject. Once you've failed that you take your eyes away from the camera, look at the subject and it hasn't f**kin moved. Or you find the subject, get closer to get it in focus, then the lens(or more usually flash) hits whatever it was on, and you can't get close enough to focus It can get really annoying 
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Sep 14, 2018 11:14
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Raikyn posted:Usually I find the hardest part is actually finding the subject, at 4x-5x anyway Yeah I've not really taken a photo i'm happy with with it yet, i got this tiny fly but the focus is off but it's hard to tell "how small" it is in the photo flies just look the same at all scales.  Tiny Fly by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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Sep 15, 2018 18:33
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I found a lot of helpful subjects in some lakeside bushes. All with the Olympus 60mm and twin flash, which I really should get some extra diffusion on. (What is this? Different shape than a typical leaf hopper I think...) A very helpful spider model.  Same spider, coaxed off of moving-outside paper. 
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Sep 15, 2018 20:33
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Jumping spiders are so charismatic, never managed to get one to photograph though.
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Sep 15, 2018 22:21
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Alpenglow posted:
You're pretty much correct. I think it's a treehopper in the Smiliinae subfamily. jarlywarly posted:
This is really pretty! I'm not certain, but I think this is a Tiphiid wasp  I like bugs, I'm sorry.
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Sep 16, 2018 08:29
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jarlywarly posted:Yeah I've not really taken a photo i'm happy with with it yet, i got this tiny fly but the focus is off but it's hard to tell "how small" it is in the photo flies just look the same at all scales. I find it's all about angles with the mp e-65. I can usually look at situation and think 'yep i'm never going to get a good shot out of this' I can usually get shots i'm happy with at around x4-x5 but then again I won't shoot at x4-x5 unless i'm fairly certain i'll get it. These I am happy with  Striped Mosquito by Marc, on Flickr  Ants by Marc, on Flickr As always in insect macro, get the eyes in focus On the other end of the scale I've been trying out a wide-angle macro lens. I think it's harder to use than the mp e-65  But should be useful in certain situations
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Sep 16, 2018 08:50
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That mosquito is glorious, what's you lighting/flash setup for that?
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Sep 16, 2018 14:49
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pseudorandom posted:You're pretty much correct. I think it's a treehopper in the Smiliinae subfamily. I think you're right thanks for the id.
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Sep 16, 2018 15:05
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Raikyn posted:I find it's all about angles with the mp e-65. I can usually look at situation and think 'yep i'm never going to get a good shot out of this' Holy cow! These are amazing. Stacked shots or extreme DOF?
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Sep 16, 2018 17:37
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jarlywarly posted:That mosquito is glorious, what's you lighting/flash setup for that? I use the mt-24ex twin head flash, heads each have 2 diffusers on them to try and soften the lighting. spookygonk posted:Holy cow! Nothing special, I'm usually around f10-13 using this lens at around x3-x5. Seems to be good enough. Again for me it seems to be more about getting good angles, and a nice soft light.
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Sep 18, 2018 05:18
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Decided to try something different, so I went to the park with my manual focus M42 Macro Takumar 50mm f/4, a flash (which I didn't end up using) and some M42 macro tubes (which also stayed in my bag the whole trip). Got a bunch of insect butts.  IMG_8548.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr  IMG_8556.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr  IMG_8602.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr
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Sep 23, 2018 08:43
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Had a beer after work today, poured a little on the top of a cracked tree stump, and disturbed the current residents. Ant by Marc, on Flickr
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Sep 28, 2018 08:22
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Really nice I can appreciate how hard this is to shoot, it's pretty amazing how narrow DoF can be.
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Sep 28, 2018 17:56
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After figuring out how to use macro mode on my Vivitar I took it out for a walk tonight. This is my first experience with macro other than reverse holding lenses (minimally) and using a cheap iphone macro lens. It's a lot of fun but hard since the lens is push/pull in macro mode to focus. It also seems to render bokeh in an odd way sometimes (these two flowers were tiny but on slightly larger objects I didn't get the weird bokeh). I'm sure flowers are babie's first macro subject - even though they were moving in the wind it is nothing like I imagine trying to get insects. Any advice would be appreciated if you see any obvious issues that I am not seeing (being new to it). Thank god for IBIS. Untitled by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr Untitled by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr
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Oct 1, 2018 04:38
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Flowers are a good starting point  You'll quickly learn about DOF and focusingHere is a bee 
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Oct 1, 2018 09:54
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Got some breakfast, walked out of the restaurant, and found this dude. Phone cameras astound me these days. IMG_20180930_121415 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr
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Oct 7, 2018 09:14
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Itchy Mosquito by Marc, on Flickr
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Oct 9, 2018 07:47
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Raikyn posted:Itchy God drat, I really want one of those 65mm lenses. 
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Oct 9, 2018 18:51
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I saw a mantis today - I see Katydids fairly often but can't remember the last time I saw a mantis, and I've never seen anything except green ones before so it was cool. Not sure what he was doing - he was just chilling upside down for a long time and I thought he might have been dead. Eventually he tilted his head towards me (luckily after I had gotten my macro lens on and set up, which is a process) so he was alive.  Untitled by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr
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Oct 14, 2018 05:58
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Raikyn posted:Itchy How hard is it to use a 1-5x like that on moving stuff like that? 
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Oct 14, 2018 08:19
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Well they are kind of easy, once they start sucking they stick on till they are fill or you brush them off. Generally though the 1-5 is a little difficult as the focus plain is kinda small, can be hard to find your subject, flash heads get in the way, and the front of the lens itself usually more than anything hinders your focus at higher mags.
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Oct 23, 2018 12:23
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Oct 24, 2018 11:07
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lovely colours Field Grasshopper by Aves Lux, on Flickr Did not have my flash so had to use a big aperture.
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Oct 24, 2018 15:44
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millipede A few legs on this one    Taken around 3:1, 1/200 f10 iso400, flash set to 1/16 I think
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Nov 5, 2018 08:56
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I like how the dirt gives it a sense of scale.  
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Nov 26, 2018 11:56
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Some spiders and eyes  
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Dec 4, 2018 09:58
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Jumping spiders are so cute, I love that middle shot I tried to get a shot of one on holiday the other week but I only had my travel flash and couldn't get a good shot. I can tell your flash pattern though  I'm thinking about a single big Yongnou 600 lens mounted with a lampshade type diffuser for my 100mm macro as the MT-24ex is not quite powerful enough for the 100mm lens focal distance.
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Dec 5, 2018 14:00
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Dec 10, 2018 06:55
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Nice bee shot there I've got ants  Ants by Marc, on Flickr  Ant by Marc, on Flickr
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Dec 10, 2018 09:06
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Dec 11, 2018 02:58
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Oh wow, that's nice. Love seeing that more creative subject macro stuff, it opens my mind to more options!
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Dec 11, 2018 03:16
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Also candles don't randomly walk away while you are focusing.
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Dec 11, 2018 06:05
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I mostly just like to take macro shots of stuff around my apartment because it’s interesting to look at stuff up close. Sometimes this gives me a good idea for a picture.
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Dec 11, 2018 07:51
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So, I was out walking around some backsteets in Tokyo last week, and outside a little machine shop of some kind, there were these barrels full of DELICIOUS SWARF! Ohhhh the textures...  P1070442.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr  P1070443.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr  P1070444.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr  P1070445.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr  P1070447.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr  P1070448.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr  P1070452.jpg by King Dugga, on Flickr
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I feel I should be out in my garage for some reason... Anyway Insect on insect macro  Bumblebee by Marc, on Flickr 
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