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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

09/12/2004 09:14:47 AM · #1

Here's a few macros I took last weekend, I'm curious what you think

Macros

Thank you for any comments!

dsidwell

Canon EOS-5D

09/12/2004 09:45:41 AM · #2

Gruesome spiders, Mark! The best ones are those that show sharp focus where it needs to have it. I believe the third photo works quite nicely to show the texture of the spider.

TLL061

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/12/2004 09:59:04 AM · #3

For that type of camera , There pretty good

09/12/2004 10:24:26 AM · #4

bump

Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical for Canon

09/12/2004 12:12:56 PM · #5

No one else?

Rooster

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

09/12/2004 12:19:35 PM · #6

that spider is scary & hairy... gross!
they are nice shots. I think that they are a bit underexposed. Perhaps some adjustment levels in PS can help out with that or a reshoot using exposure lock would get rid of some of the dullness & shade on the little buggies!
Good stuff!

mocabela

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

09/12/2004 12:24:24 PM · #7

I'm going to have nightmares after seeing those... eeeeeeeeeeek

VisiBlanco

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/12/2004 12:31:12 PM · #8

Nice shots, I like the first and fourth the best, I think the head-on shots are more effective for the spider. I like the bokeh and you got a nice DOF and focus on the first one. The fourt one seems to have better lighthing, but the tree/poll in the background kind of distracts from the overall photo.

The photos look a bit noisy, not sure if this is a camera limitation or perhaps you had to boost the ISO in order to expose the photos correctly. Either way, one thing you may want to consider is using a flash to add a little more lighting and dynamic shadow detail. I'll also let you let you slightly underexpose the background, drawing the viewer's attention directly to the subject.

mrorange002

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

09/12/2004 02:28:18 PM · #9

they look good. The first is a little over exposed, the others need a little fill light on the left side. try to use a reflector. even just stiff white piece of paper will do. Here's a quasi-macro I just took. I used a small piece of white foam board to give a little extra light to the newts visible eye. It just fills it enough to get the details. either hold the reflector in your hand or clip it onto a tripod. Simple fix :)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR

09/12/2004 04:44:42 PM · #10

Originally posted by ericlimon:

Yea, I agree, but the problem wasn't really lack of light on the left, but way to much on the right. Because of the angle, the sun was right off the frame on the right, but mabe it would have worked anyways. The neawt pic is really good, I tried taking som lizard shots, but they're too skidish and I couldn't get close enough

aerogurl

Nikon D300

09/12/2004 06:01:00 PM · #11

Nice shots. I hate spiders so it was very tramatic for me to view them LOL I think a few of them are overexposed like was previously stated, maybe you needed to use some filters, like UV or FL or a Polarizer, depending on the type of lighting.

Fibonacci

Fujifilm FinePix S7000

09/12/2004 10:10:06 PM · #12

Lovely shots

I like No 5 the best good colour and DOF

For me, the essence of a good macro is control of the background.

Here's my latset

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