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I've been using an old Pentax 55mm M42 lens reversed against a Nikon zoom lens attached to a D40 for some fun macro shots. I posted a few of these in the SAD thread a little while back, so sorry for the repeat if anyone notices. A quarter  Crushed red pepper flakes  Generic Italian seasoning  Ground cayenne pepper  The only thing I really want to do different is my lighting setup. I've been relying pretty heavily on a flash with paper ball lanterns surrounding the subject to fill things in a little. Should I just build a cheap light box for inside subjects and use natural lighting for outside subjects when possible?
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Feb 21, 2010 16:59
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I just built a small light tent the other day. I really have to figure out a better lighting scheme, because I'm getting shadows all over the place. Here's the setup  The bulbs are something like 23w (120w equivalent) daylight floodlights. The lamps are 8.5" aluminum cones on clamps. The bulbs are jutting way out of the lamps, which doesn't allow them to reflect at all. They're just too directional, so I have to try and find some bright as hell helical daylight bulbs. A light coming from the top will help with shadows as well and really fill things out. Anyways, here are a few shots I just took. Toy soldiers  My [dusty] Pentax K1000  The only magnet letters we have that haven't been chewed by the dog  You can see shadows everywhere which must be eliminated if I want to give the idea of an infinite white background. Do you guys think brighter reflective lights as well as a top light will help that out?
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Mar 14, 2010 21:16
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Spring time is finally here in upstate NY! I took a few quick macro[ish] shots today with my rigged setup: Nikon D40 attached to the 18-55 kit lens & Pentax 55mm Auto-Takumar flipped. For the first time trying macro, I'm seeing what good sunlight can do for a shot. This is my favorite of the group.  It's still a tad on the dark side, but the flower [actually a weed] has colors popping out everywhere. I think it works OK.
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Apr 4, 2010 20:10
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I have such an honest-to-god fear of spiders (no other bugs) that I cannot imagine getting anywhere near close enough to one for a picture. Other bugs are fine, but it just seems that spiders are such good subjects for macro that I'm missing out on a huge segment. I envy people with the balls to photograph such terrifying looking creatures.
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Apr 24, 2010 21:23
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