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06/06/2010 06:21:30 PM · #176
06/06/2010 07:52:20 PM · #177
A few from a walk around my parents yard today. Be back to catch up on comments after I cut the grass.

06/06/2010 08:20:21 PM · #178
Can anyone tell me why extension tubes are so expensive?
06/06/2010 08:58:44 PM · #179
Day 7

06/06/2010 09:14:18 PM · #180
06/06/2010 09:15:49 PM · #181
Originally posted by PGerst:

Can anyone tell me why extension tubes are so expensive?


You can buy cheap ones, but they aren't AF. Good ones will not leak light in, and will still allow AF functions of the lens. Cheap ones will just mount to the camera.
06/06/2010 09:25:53 PM · #182
Nothing special, but its all I have. Photo of a backlit weed. :)

06/06/2010 11:10:36 PM · #183
06/07/2010 01:49:13 AM · #184

It's been too crazy here for me this weekend to shoot macro. I went to a grad ceremony Sat morning in the Florida sun and humidity. I was setting up with a 400 mm to shoot from the fence, when the editor of the local news came by. I got corralled into shooting the event for the local newspaper since their photog could not be there. Fortunately, I had a medium zoom in my hip pouch/fanny pack. It was 375 handshake pix in 35 minutes, some general shots, some friend and family shots, then a birthday grad party in the early afternoon, then edit all the grad shots. I was done with all that by about dark. I didn't feel much like shooting today, so this one is from a while back. Maybe tomorrow will be a good day for macro.
06/07/2010 02:06:01 AM · #185
06/07/2010 02:44:08 AM · #186
06/07/2010 03:13:01 AM · #187
Originally posted by kenskid:

Oops...sorry...didn't realize it was a monthly thing !

Here's an old one of mine. Look Closely.


very cute...
06/07/2010 09:48:28 AM · #188
Back to bugs for Day 7:

06/07/2010 10:34:15 AM · #189


For those who noticed that my previous post was a little bright & glowy, here's one in a different style.
06/07/2010 02:39:07 PM · #190
06/07/2010 03:45:06 PM · #191

Jun 07 - Sharp
06/07/2010 05:17:53 PM · #192
Day 8

06/07/2010 05:26:01 PM · #193


another point of view!
06/07/2010 08:13:01 PM · #194
I had to crop this because of unwanted stuff in the background. Even though I could line this up to my eyes with nothing but water behind it, the camera, on macro, insisted on seeing a whole lot more. Any way around this problem?
06/07/2010 11:08:39 PM · #195
Originally posted by jomari:

I had to crop this because of unwanted stuff in the background. Even though I could line this up to my eyes with nothing but water behind it, the camera, on macro, insisted on seeing a whole lot more. Any way around this problem?


With this camera you are limited to DOF that the camera will give you. With the super macro setting you would set it for f/2.8 and get as close as you can. Underexpose, and see what you can do in PP. I love this little camera but it does have it's limits.

This looks like it turned out pretty well.
06/07/2010 11:30:12 PM · #196


Found in my backyard tonight. I'm not sure what they second one is, I found a few of them attached to the underside of leafs just hanging there. I am assuming they are some sort of nymph of something. Going to post on another site and see if I can get an ID on it.

06/08/2010 12:12:12 AM · #197
Originally posted by jomari:

I had to crop this because of unwanted stuff in the background. Even though I could line this up to my eyes with nothing but water behind it, the camera, on macro, insisted on seeing a whole lot more. Any way around this problem?

If you have a SuperMacro mode like my Canon, then it only works at the widest-angle lens setting. In the "regular" macro mode you can use the zoom, but can't get as close. With the accessory "close-up" lens I got, I could use the regular zoom mode to cut down the field of view, but still focus up close.
06/08/2010 01:21:43 AM · #198

More weeds
06/08/2010 01:59:01 AM · #199
06/08/2010 02:10:04 AM · #200
Loads of great macros! Not been able to get on here much as I have my daughter and 3 grandsons staying and Luke has chickenpox !

Hope to catch up soon.

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