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Hello fellow macro nuts Pollen 2 by Aves Lux, on Flickr Hope you like bees!
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Raikyn posted:Newly hatched baby spider I like how you got the ant eye detail it's a bloody hard lens to use that 1x-5x 65mm
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Sep 12, 2018 09:53
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 Common Darter by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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Sep 13, 2018 12:50
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Oh that poor bee, those mites are horrible.
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Jan 1, 2019 23:06
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Yeah wide angle macro is stunning. Yet another lens....
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Jan 27, 2019 14:29
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Fingers McLongDong posted:What kind of setups are you guys using to get some of these shots? In addition to a kit lens and a cheaper telephoto, I have one of the older Canon 100mm 2.8 lenses, which is great, but I can't get nearly that close. I thought about getting some extension tubes for it. I'm also going to buy a 50mm lens pretty soon, I saw some people recommending reversal rings for a lens that size as well? I would say most of us are using a dedicated macro lens (close focussing) and a diffused flash setup where needed. I use mainly the Canon 100mm L f/2.8 macro and a variety of diffused flash setups.
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Feb 18, 2019 20:48
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Light setups is something I don't know hardly anything at all about yet, beyond some reading I've done. I got the canon 100mm f/2.8 (the old one, not the L model) because I wanted to work on macro stuff and it was a good price and I'm having a good time with it. Just need to work on technique and get some practice, and then start working with lighting more. Lot of intimidating information out there. I found this guide started me off well, it's a bit old but the principles are sound. http://edocfile.info/macroshooting/index.html
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Feb 18, 2019 21:38
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It goes like this, the closer you get the narrower the depth of field gets, at wide open apertures your depth of field is so narrow that the part of the subject in focus is minimal so you not only have problems getting the main parts in focus, any small movement will totally lose your focus. So you need to close down the aperture to get a usable depth of field, this gets the point where there is not enough light even on a sunny day to expose at a reasonable ISO, you can't use a long shutter speed because everything is so magnified that you get bad shake and a tripod isn't any good when your subject is moving or prone to being disturbed. The only way to achieve f/10 etc is to use a flash, but even there you have problems, with flashes the more light you need the longer the flash is on and it might seem wrong but even this is too much exposure time for rock solid details in order to reduce the flashes on time you need to lower the power and move the flash closer to the subject (snoots and off camera flash rigs) you also have the issue that flash generates hot spots and reflections so you need to diffuse it in some way and cap diff users just don't provide an even enough light. Eventually your camera looks like an engineering prototype with a lampshade tacked on to it.
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Feb 19, 2019 14:55
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Everyone seems to end up with a large flash or 2 snooted towards a semi circle ring of diffuser material mounted on the lens shade (like a dog cone) This kind of thing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/59583171@N07/14672583951 Although this setup looks like there might be a little too much distance between flash and subject.
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Feb 19, 2019 17:10
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Not really, the flash is as integral to macro as the lens, you can try out your onboard flash with a snoot. A Yongnuo flash is not expensive compared to other equipment.
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Feb 19, 2019 20:10
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Let's have a photo Mushrooms by Aves Lux, on Flickr These tiny mushrooms in my garden have all sorts of features that you can't really see with the naked eye.
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Feb 25, 2019 17:45
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The under growth is sphagnum moss or similar, it's really tiny and fine, the lighting is a combo of off camera flash and a bit of natural light. I found it pretty challenging, my camera was basically nestled in the moss and the lighting took many attempts to get right, definitely a learning curve.
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Feb 25, 2019 18:46
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Raikyn posted:Well done Sexy eye detail there, butterflies just get weirder the closer you get.
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Mar 9, 2019 16:33
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Love the lighting
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So I'd rotate it right so the flower is upright, crop so it's most of the picture and increase the contrast.
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Mar 17, 2019 23:27
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It's nice but the angle just makes my head want to tilt. I get you can't crop/tilt as it's corner to corner. Anyone got any strong opinions on focus stacking software, Zerene or Helicon? Zerene seems cool but Helicon can input raw, both are expensive. jarlywarly fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Mar 20, 2019 |
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Mar 20, 2019 15:20
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First stacking proper try. Man it's time consuming, RAWs to Helicon to LR for editing and then some very odd colour fringes that Lightroom was only showing in export and in library mode, ended up having to go to PS then export to JPG  Toadstool by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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Mar 23, 2019 17:15
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I've just noticed something odd about that last photo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZolPxUQUcro I did a retouch on the background buit Lightroom is acting odd in develop at fit it looks fine, go to 1:1 and it looks like it did before the retouch, the same is apparent at fit and 1:1 in Library view and when exported (as on my flickrr account) I just exported as TIF and replaced it and this seems to have fixed that oddness. Anyone have any ideas? jarlywarly fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Mar 24, 2019 |
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Mar 24, 2019 02:04
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Orions Lord posted:
Love the use of DoF really nice.
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Mar 26, 2019 00:04
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 7-spot Ladybird by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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Apr 1, 2019 11:15
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Beautiful shots people, love that wing close up and atlatl's are very alien which I like about macro.
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Apr 7, 2019 09:15
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It depends on what macro you want to do Common macro includes Plants/Insects etc in the field (a lot of what you see here) Studio macro with or without stacking. Extreme (higher than 1:1) macro. Macro is also often (more so than normal photography) a symbiotic relationship between lens and lighting equipment you need both to do good macro, I have more flashes than macro lenses..
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Apr 18, 2019 16:19
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I came here to post a butterfly but how am I going to compete with a sea cucumber's rear end in a top hat with a crab living inside it.. Speckled Wood by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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Apr 19, 2019 18:24
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That is some vaporwave right there.
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Apr 21, 2019 18:35
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Been getting into my mushrooms. Auriscalpium by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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Apr 28, 2019 20:52
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 Red Tailed Bumblebee by Aves Lux, on Flickr  Carder Bee by Aves Lux, on Flickr It's World Bee Day! Man bumblebees are hard to photograph.
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May 20, 2019 22:58
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Atlatl posted:rip underwater animal macro, long live industrial macro for school We will always have that jarlywarly fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Jun 8, 2019 |
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Jun 8, 2019 17:17
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Love the bubbles, it's so clean.
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Jun 17, 2019 09:44
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hot 2x action Zebra Jumping Spider 2x by Aves Lux, on Flickr jarlywarly fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Jun 20, 2019 |
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Jun 19, 2019 19:49
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What lens you carrying?
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Jun 19, 2019 20:41
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I cannot find the Rosco materials in the UK are there any equivalents? re the Canon MP-E 65mm The jumping spider was taken at around 2x af f/11 I find that's around the limit at 2x I mean it's crazy really over 2x you need to in a studio on a rail with stacking with an opened up aperture and good light In the field 2x is for the really small stuff, Zebra spider is 5/6 mm If you use it on a Bee at 2x you get this  Bumblebee Closeup by Aves Lux, on Flickr jarlywarly fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Jun 20, 2019 |
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Jun 20, 2019 15:47
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Helen Highwater posted:I'm thinking of the Canon 100mm f/2.8 (the non-L version). Is it ok? I want to try shooting bugs handheld to start with and maybe some still-life macro stuff on a tripod. Is there a better option for long-ish macro on a Canon without dropping a grand on glass I won't use that often? You can look at the Sigma 105 and the Tamron 90mm macros as well. https://www.wexphotovideo.com/sigma-105mm-f28-macro-ex-dg-os-hsm-canon-fit-1524157/ https://www.wexphotovideo.com/tamron-90mm-f28-sp-di-usd-vc-macro-lens-canon-fit-1593169/ Non L Canon 100mm has no IS.
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Jun 21, 2019 13:56
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Graniteman posted:That sounds about right. i think I found it https://www.10outof10.co.uk/acatalog/Rosco_Cinegel___Roscolux.html
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Jun 21, 2019 15:59
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Figured the thread needed some body horror to balance out the the lovely macros we normally get
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Jun 24, 2019 22:49
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