Post Your Best Macro

[Phrasikleia]

Crystal landscape

Taken with my previous camera:

 

[Clix Pix]

A slice of green....

May 25, 2008
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, VA
D3
60mm Micro-Nikkor f/2.8 AF-S
1/125 sec @ f/9
ISO 500

 

[koobcamuk]

Taken with the stock Canon 400D lens

Some bugs in Borneo in April... just bought a new lens in Japan so I will take better photos next time!

Had to slightly adjust colours due to low exposure (my fault)

RAW image of a scorpion [DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!]

Removed the background colour only, using a layer mask.

 

[HappySnail]

Macro

Sorry i don't know how to upload pictures properly.
Heres a link....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26610166@N06/2494054709/sizes/l/

and another

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26610166@N06/2496372715/sizes/l/

 

[CaveManNOhio]

Love the bug pictures koobcamuk. Can't wait to see what your pictures look like with the new lens. They are all so good I can't even begin to pick a favorite picture.

 

[koobcamuk]

Love the bug pictures koobcamuk. Can't wait to see what your pictures look like with the new lens. They are all so good I can't even begin to pick a favorite picture.

Thanks a lot!

I'm heading back there in about 3 weeks, so I will be uploading some more photos in a month or so. Hoping to get a shot of an orangutan (I have one but it's not good).

Sorry i don't know how to upload pictures properly.
Heres a link....

Here you go

 

[HappySnail]

Thanks.

 

[bosstucker]

I'm just getting into photography, and was immediately drawn to macro. Here are a couple of my very first shots that turned out ok. Tell me what you think. These are all taken with a canon rebel xti and the canon ef 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro.
A flower in my frontyard.

Some random leaves.

Leaf with droplet. I had others but almost all of them had some part of the various droplets out of focus. The dof made focusing on leaves with multiple drops tricky.

 

[dllavaneras]

I'm just getting into photography, and was immediately drawn to macro. Here are a couple of my very first shots that turned out ok. Tell me what you think. These are all taken with a canon rebel xti and the canon ef 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro.

Nice! I particularly liked the second one, the composition is great! What settings did you use? I see you have the same setup as I do! You're in for a treat, it's a great combo!

Here are two other macros I'm really fond of:

 

[Everythingisnt]

Incredible photos Dllavaneras!

But how do you get so close to the bugs without freaking out??!?!

 

[dllavaneras]

Incredible photos Dllavaneras!

But how do you get so close to the bugs without freaking out??!?!

Thanks!

Well, first, I'm studying to be an entomologist, so bugs are my thing! I've also spent countless hours studying their behavior and have an idea of when and how to approach them. In few words, I love them!

 

[bosstucker]

Nice! I particularly liked the second one, the composition is great! What settings did you use? I see you have the same setup as I do! You're in for a treat, it's a great combo!

The funny thing is I didn't really know that your supposed to make a note of f stop and shutter and iso etc and I already deleted it off the camera so I can't remember. I had to fiddle with the aperture till I could get the definition of the leaf edges that I wanted while still having background blur. I'm with you on that lens. It is amazing. I tried to use it as a portrait too but I'm finding it finicky. Ideas? Btw, your spider pic is amazing, I love the clarity of the eyes and the reflection in them. Awesome shot. I want to try some macro photography of living things like bugs, but I don't really like getting close haha.

 

[panoz7]

The funny thing is I didn't really know that your supposed to make a note of f stop and shutter and iso etc and I already deleted it off the camera so I can't remember.

That data is actually stored with the picture in what's called the EXIF metadata. If you click Get Info in finder and expand the more info tab you'll get an abbreviated summary of the data. The full data can be retrieved with photoshop or a dedicated metadata reader.

 

[bosstucker]

Thanks Panoz, I had no idea that I could get all that data back. So those shots had the following values: 1/60 sec with f/5, iso 400. The leaves: 1/500sec f/5.6, iso 100. The leaf with water:1/500sec at f/5.6 also at iso 160. I realized now that I shot the droplets on that leaf with the kit lens, not the 100mm macro. I woke up and it was sunny after a heavy rain the night before and I was too excited to get some of those water droplets on leaf shots that I forgot to grab the macro, and just ran outside with the kit, I swapped it out later once I realized what I was doing lol. The first two were with the macro however.

 

[Artful Dodger]

Color Purple

Just found these on my other drive from last year…

Shutter: 1/200
Aperture: f7.1
Focal Length: 48mm
ISO: 200

 

[onomatopoeia]

How about bonus points for any macro shots not including an insect or a plant?

 

[davethewave]

Ladybirds

Hi folks!
here I am with a photo of two ladybirds (or better one ladybird and one gentlemanbird... ).

(taken with a Panasonic FZ18)
if you want to see some good flower macro, i have plenty of photos in a gallery on flickr (most of the pics are taken by my wife)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidaola/sets/72157594209029427/
bye!
DaVe

 

[digitalphotog77]

Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV

This is the former:
digitalrebelxt
macrumors member

Many more photos here

 

[simie]

Aperture f/2.8
Shutter Speed 1/10
Focal Length 60.0mm
ISO 100

Canon 20D

 

[Everythingisnt]

DigitalPhotog, great composition


Here's one I did right after buying a set of diopters! the only thing I hate is the RIDICULOUS amount of chromatic abberation..

 

[onomatopoeia]

Can anyone recommend a starting point for getting info on teleconverters for my Nikon 105mm VR? I'd like to go to 2:1 if possible. I know the Nikon TC-20E II model goes for about $400 but are the Kenko models at $90 any good?

If the Kenko gives good results I'd just assume save $300.

 

[dllavaneras]

How about bonus points for any macro shots not including an insect or a plant?

Done! Although I've only posted one insect (the other two were an arachnid and a myriapod ).

Here you go... a tiny (9 cm long) Ninia atracta.

Now gimme my bonus points!

 

[marclapierre13]

Hi folks!
here I am with a photo of two ladybirds (or better one ladybird and one gentlemanbird... ).

(taken with a Panasonic FZ18)
if you want to see some good flower macro, i have plenty of photos in a gallery on flickr (most of the pics are taken by my wife)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidaola/sets/72157594209029427/
bye!
DaVe

lol. ladybugs in action...you dirty guy!

 

[Squelch]

Here are two I took a week or two after I got my first macro lens for Christmas:

Please tell me if they're jacked up, as I know nothing about macro, just that it's neat to look at things in a different way. I don't know if it's right though.

I love taking macro pictures, but I haven't had much time lately. Plus I think my 10D is about to crap the bed. Oh well, it's had a good five years, 14,000 photos and two deployments.

 

[Everythingisnt]

16-85mm VR with a +4 diopter..