Small Talk (Macro thread)

[Apple fanboy]

So after this weeks competition there seems to be a little (pun intended) for a Macro thread.
So thought I'd start it. It might run and run or it might just stay small!

So lets through in a few rules.


Policies

*One Photo per Day - Don't post more than one photo each day.

*Multi-Quote - To comment on several photos, click the "+ (Multi-Quote) button. This puts all your comments in one post. Multi-Quoting is required on all of the MacRumors forums.

*SFW (Safe for Work) only - This is a site - wide rule. If you wouldn't show it in a public place, then it's NSFW (not safe for work). Think before you post.

*Describe your photo - Tell what it is and where you took it. If you know the EXIF data of a photo, include it. The following EXIF fields are recommended: Camera, ISO, Focal Length, Shutter/Aperture and Lens.
Also include any PP work (Focus stacking etc).

*And to keep the GAS team happy let us know what you shot with. Macro lens, Tubes, flash etc.

So here's mine to kick off.
_DSC1176 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Shot on some white paper with a D750 and 105mm Macro lens after I found him dead in the garden. Lighting was from a Nikon R1C1 Macro speed light set.

Shutter 1/60th
Aperture F 45
ISO 500

 

[Moakesy]

Good post AFB....looking forward to this one....

Photo threads are the best thing about MacRumors nowadays!!

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Stamen with pollen.

Shot whilst on the plant, rather than bringing it inside to shoot it. Handheld with no image stabilisation on my macro lens. A speedlite was used to help freeze it and extension tubes were in place when this was taken.

This is something I want to revisit whilst trying focus stacking on it, which would definitely require bringing one inside.

CAMERA Canon EOS 6D
LENS Tamron 90mm f/2.8
ISO 100
FOCAL LENGTH 90.0 mm
APERTURE f/10
EXPOSURE TIME 0.008s (1/125)

 

[0007776]

5 dollar gold piece by mrkramer, on Flickr

Thought about submitting this one for the contest, but didn't get around to uploading it. The coin was an engagement gift to my great grandmother back in the 1920's and she never spent it. I got it from my dad several years back.

 

[anotherscotsman]

A sample of hematite (iron ore mineral).


hematite by another scotsman, on Flickr

50mm f1.8 @ f4 with 32mm extension tube available kitchen lighting made from 3 x 0.5sec exposures focus stacked in Affinity photo. Only 3 shots required for depth of focus since relatively planar specimen in terms of interest.

 

[Moakesy]

Stamen with pollen.

Shot whilst on the plant, rather than bringing it inside to shoot it. Handheld with no image stabilisation on my macro lens. A speedlite was used to help freeze it and extension tubes were in place when this was taken.

Great shot...

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Great shot...

Well thank you sir (or ma'am).

 

[someoldguy]

Dragonfly headshot from last summer .....

7D2 , 100mm macro (non IS) , f16@1/250 , ISO 400 , Ring light , hand held

 

[Apple fanboy]

Dragonfly headshot from last summer .....

7D2 , 100mm macro (non IS) , f16@1/250 , ISO 400 , Ring light , hand held

I'm assuming he was dead? I could never get that close.

 

[someoldguy]

Amazingly , it was quite alive , and cooperative . The flash didn't seem to bother it , and whenever it took off it came back to within a foot or two of where it started . Maybe it was just feeling photogenic , like Alex's fly in the last contest , but I was slowly able to get right on top of it . IIRC it was taken at 1:1 or real close . The crop sensor on the 7D2 helped a lot with the magnification , too . And sometimes you just get lucky .

 

[Apple fanboy]

Amazingly , it was quite alive , and cooperative . The flash didn't seem to bother it , and whenever it took off it came back to within a foot or two of where it started . Maybe it was just feeling photogenic , like Alex's fly in the last contest , but I was slowly able to get right on top of it . IIRC it was taken at 1:1 or real close . The crop sensor on the 7D2 helped a lot with the magnification , too . And sometimes you just get lucky .

Very impressive. It's nice to get lucky. Like finding a dead bee in the garden.

 

[kenoh]

5 dollar gold piece by mrkramer, on Flickr

Thought about submitting this one for the contest, but didn't get around to uploading it. The coin was an engagement gift to my great grandmother back in the 1920's and she never spent it. I got it from my dad several years back.

Never ever ever lose that. Lovely story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[anotherscotsman]

Kiwi close by another scotsman, on Flickr

Nifty-fifty with 32mm extension tube again.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Echinacea flower.

CAMERA Canon EOS 6D
LENS Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (non-IS/VR)
ISO 100
APERTURE f/16
EXPOSURE TIME 0.008s (1/125)

A speedlite was used to freeze this in place as it was a bit windy that day, this also gave me the black background. Otherwise you would see the rear of our home.

 

[PfEMP1]

Portia africana, a tiny jumping spider which was crawling on my chair leg and it posed for a few photographs whilst Iwas waiting for patients. Tamron 90mm, D610Nikon. 1/25, no flash, ISO400, f4.

 

[TheDrift-]

Been a while since i have posted up here, things have been crazy busy so picked something from my archieves. Hopefully work will relent and i'll get more time to shoot soon!
Gift by Shaun Wilkinson, on Flickr

 

[Apple fanboy]

Some great shots on here (as I knew there would be).

Here's an older one of mine. I was on the edge of a field looking to photograph landscapes. Saw this little bug on the grass, and he was kind enough to wait for me to get my macro lens out set up a tripod and generally hang around for a good while.

_DSC1736 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
D750
105mm Macro lens
f6.3
1/200th
ISO100

Natural lighting in this one and manual focus. I took a load of shots as I'm not the best at manual focusing and there was a light breeze.

 

[0007776]

Seal by mrkramer, on Flickr

A seal carved out of Walrus Ivory that I bought up here in Alaska. for reference the face on the seal is probably a little smaller than a dime.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Itsy, bitsy spider...

Taken handheld and using an LED ring light which you can see the reflection of in the spiders eyes.

CAMERA Canon EOS 6D
LENS Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (non IS/VR)
ISO 6400
APERTURE f/16
EXPOSURE TIME 1/125

 

[someoldguy]

So ..... there's these things that have decided to take up residence on some floating plants in one of my aquariums . Don't really want them there , but they don't seem to bother anything . Anyway , this morning I decided to try to get some pix of them and see what they really look like . Used my 5D2 and an MP-E set to between 1X and 2X to get the picture . Cropped a bit . Hand held at f8 , 1/90 , ISO 5000 . Some noise reduction via Dfine . The biggest bugs are MAYBE 1mm.

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[Hughmac]

So ..... there's these things that have decided to take up residence on some floating plants in one of my aquariums . Don't really want them there , but they don't seem to bother anything . Anyway , this morning I decided to try to get some pix of them and see what they really look like . Used my 5D2 and an MP-E set to between 1X and 2X to get the picture . Cropped a bit . Hand held at f8 , 1/90 , ISO 5000 . Some noise reduction via Dfine . The biggest bugs are MAYBE 1mm.

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Greenfly aphids; you'll be getting holes in your plants soon

Cheers

Hugh

 

[someoldguy]

Thanks ... no holes yet , but a bit of yellowing . Can't really use any bug killer on them , so I'll try to wash them into oblivion this weekend .

 

[Hughmac]

Thanks ... no holes yet , but a bit of yellowing . Can't really use any bug killer on them , so I'll try to wash them into oblivion this weekend .

Ladybugs eat them

Cheers

Hugh

 

[0007776]

Ivory Owl.jpg by mrkramer, on Flickr

My other ivory carving, a small owl. I figured I'd get a picture to compete with @Cheese&Apple and his owl pictures in the POTD thread.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Moth

CAMERA Canon EOS 6D
LENS Tamron 90mm f/2.8
ISO 8000
APERTURE f/2.8
EXPOSURE TIME 0.008s (1/125)