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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Creative Convention > The Dorkroom > Macro Macro Macro!
 
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a foolish pianist
May 6, 2007

(bi)cyclic mutation

 Hey there lil guy!



I was knocking around the park today, and I had just a few seconds to screw a +2 closeup filter onto my 55mm to catch this. I'd love to get an actual macro lens.

Also, a chiton hangs out with barnacles just out of the water in some tide pools, Santa Monica:
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a foolish pianist
May 6, 2007

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 Has anyone here used the Tamron 90mm 2.8? I'd like to get a decent, cheap-ish macro for knocking around tide pools this summer.

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a foolish pianist
May 6, 2007

(bi)cyclic mutation

 That's a nice flower you've got, O thou spider.



Oh, hug time?


These were taken with an 18-55 kit lens and a +4 closeup filter. I took close to 50 shots to get just two this nice. I really envy you guys with nice lenses.

EDIT: Broke tables, uploaded smaller versions.

Further EDIT:

This dude here looked pretty cool, and he just hung out while I shot him:

a foolish pianist fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Apr 24, 2010

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a foolish pianist
May 6, 2007

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seravid posted:

Careful with the shutter speed, a foolish pianist. I can see some motion blur on that crane fly.

Also, I suggest you avoid using the 18-55 wide open, specially with a cheap close-up. To get the best of it, you should be around f/8. That'll give you more sharpness and more dof. Problem is, unless it's a nice and sunny day, you're going to run out of light, which brings me to my next point: using a flash.

You wouldn't depend so much on natural light and you'd be able to maintain fast shutter speeds. Put a decent diffuser on it (make one, it can be pretty fun if you like DIY) and you're golden. If you don't have a flash, the built-in can work too, with something like this : http://www.flickr.com/photos/37343448@N07/3457097986/



By the way, those are Thomisidae (crab spiders), not Salticidae (jumpers) :)

Thanks for the tips. That extender/diffuser is awesome, and I'll put one together next week. I tried to use the built-in flash on the photos above, but the subjects were always in the shadow of the lens, so natural light was all I had.

Thanks for the correction. I found my error when I was digging around whatsthatbug.com for my crane fly.

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a foolish pianist
May 6, 2007

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 An actual jumping spider on a drainpipe:
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a foolish pianist
May 6, 2007

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Merkin Muffley posted:

Nailing a photo when all you have are two lenses stuck together with electrical tape is one of the more satisfying things I've experienced...


Bootleg Macro Fun #3 by PresidentMerkinMuffley, on Flickr

What is this?

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