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Hi all, Here's a very close up of a 5mm Fruit fly that was flying around on my window sill. He proved to be an easy subject to photograph unlike a lot of other insects... this was only a stack of 13 images with some manual stacking also because Photoshop is awful and my free Zerene stacker trail expired and i haven't got money to be spending on the full version at the moment...
On the bright side Flickr user Geetee50 has acquired some stacking material and an objective which i recently bought from him so should be here within a week and then i can get down to some better quality images when i choose to photograph subjects like this, without losing all the quality due to the bellows.
Even more good news is that i managed to build a DIY ball head mount for my flash saving myself 40 pounds which is so very useful when using the bellows as i don't have to hand hold the flash when i want more light over the subject, 'tis great !!
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Cheers everyone, comments, good or critical are accepted.
This image was taken with a Canon550D, extension tubes, Bellows and a 28mm FD reversed.
Canon Powershot G11 +
+ LA-DC58K +reverse ring M49- M58 + jupiter 9 2/85
focal lenght (35mm equivalent) f = 140 mm
Aperture A = 8,0
Shutter t = 1/50 s
ISO 100
Hi all!
Sun was shining bright today and it was really warm, so i got the macro stuff out and went out in the back to see if i could find a healthy Jumper. After a good 20 minutes of trying to take photos of a bee i found this Male Jumping spider on the usual spot (brick wall) just outside the window.
At first, as always, it did not trust my big hands coming it's way and made a jump for it. I held him for a good 10 minutes watching him look around and letting him do as he pleased for a bit.
I eventually let him down on the floor and he found himself a small aphid which i will upload soon and he gobbled it down in one, i luckily got a photo as he found the aphid and one of him with the aphids legs sticking out :D He enjoyed it as he then seemed to slow down and he stopped for short intervals to look up at the camera giving me perfect opportunities to get some really vivid shots of him.
In the style of Thomas Shahan, i held him up to the sky on this leaf to get a nice blue backdrop and it worked very well. 100 Shots later and i had a few really good ones i was pleased with, so i let him back on the wall where i found him and let him on his way.
It is strange though, once you put them back they stare at you for a good 5 minutes until you leave, almost as if they know you aren't a threat anymore they don't try to run.
This healthy male, is actually the first male i have ever found. It's long tuffs were new to me, i almost thought i had found a different species than Salticus when i first set my eyes on the little guy.
I think this shot worked well and i have a really nice one of him looking directly at an aphid so that will be up soon, really enjoying getting out while the sun is with us, may get out again before i return to revising thoroughly for these last exams in may and june.
Comments are appreciated, cheers for looking.
Click the picture to VIEW ON BLACK, if you wish to anyway.
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II reverse mounted on Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO, handheld, 2:1 magnification
Found this little bugger on the back patio and he decided to pose for a photo shoot. Check out those fangs! Didn't even notice them while shooting, until I download the photos onto the computer. Yikes! Glad I didn't notice them when the spider was about 12 inches from my face.
Update: Explored... thanks everyone!
Highest Explore position: #400 on Thursday, May 7, 2009 - thanks everyone!
Hey all !
Testing out some minor changes to lighting here, some further adjustments to be made in terms of adapters, ordered, and other bits and bobs.
Resolution in this one is quite good, managed 250 images to stack but decided that was enough so missed the wings at the back of him.
For stacking i used Zerene Stacker, Dmap with touching up from the Pmax image.
I used Photoshop to enhance colour of the eyes and reduced noise effective and increased sharpness by 50%.
In other news, my last image got Favorited by BBC spring watch, which was pointed out to me today, so very pleased with that indeed !
( Still trying to get something in a magazine )
Also, in other other news, i have a Prime 28mm lens for sale if anyone wants to grab one cheap. I won't be using this one anymore, so if anyone wants to give macro a go message me for details.
This one was taken with my new 28mm EF Prime lens reversed onto some extension tubes, more than usual mind...
The lighting on the eyes is exactly how i wanted it, but of course over exposed on the 'skin' of the fly, something i always try to avoid but failed once again.
In comparison with my last Fly stack, i have improved a lot so i am pleased with the overall outcome and progression i have made since Christmas.
Comment on anything you don't like about the photo, helping me to improve on little things like light, sharpness and colour of course.
(The backdrop is 2 coloured cards merged together, i might try to go further and create a rainbow effect to give an even brighter background in future images )
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Cheers all !
My first attempt at reverse macro photography ,using a old 28 mm canon lens with a aputure ring and a reverse mounting ring.No crop.
Hi all !
Hope you are all enjoying this unbelievable weather !
Got out today on the bike and took my gear with me to get some photos - Macro and Landscape.
First place we went was a pond just by ours which was overloaded with small blue Damsel Flies... hundreds of 'em.
After around half an hour I had nothing to show as the Damsels would not stop and if they did would ping off as soon as I stepped near !
I eventually gave up as we wanted to ride on some more, before we went, i spotted this small fly so got a few shots. This is just a manual stack of two, as i was quite unsteady with it sitting on a leaf i couldn't lean on anything.
Quite pleased with the results as my outdoor macro isn't that good in all fairness but i loved his posture and the green backdrop really made this for me.
Some other massive Dragon flies at the pond too but they were all in flight as it was mid-day.
Hopefully ill get back up there early on around 7am when all the flies are just sitting around very still !
Further into the day i found another different species of jumping spider, but i couldn't catch him so i left it alone for another day as i felt myself burning, as did my friend. Completely burnt due to not putting suncream on wisely, note for the next time i go out !
Got some more cool stuff coming so stay active and enjoy the week, sun non stop so get out and do some Macro !
Photo 207/365 - 26 July 2010.
I worked from home today so there was a little leeway for me to get a photo of the day. I already knew the subject I was going for as I saw it yesterday as I walked past, the dandelion was just almost in the perfect stage for a photo.
Tough choice trying to choose which photo is the one for today. Two photos, same subject, same place, same setup but taken 90 minutes apart. To be honest the first photo was already a little past the stage of the dandelion that I really wanted to capture it in. And when the sun came out for the second shot the florets were fully opened already!
I love the first shot because it was pretty much how I wanted it to turn out. And I love the second shot because it was bathe in the beautiful golden light and it really came out with barely any processing. Love to know what everyone's preference is.
Some more #macro love for today! #macrophotography #fakemacro #reversemacro #50mm #kentucky #wildflowers #flowers #popofcolor #canon5dmarkiii
Canon Powershot G11 + LA-DC58K + reverse ring M52- M58 +Zenit Helios 77M-4 1,8/50 MC
+ 2 x ELWA XELA 18LA II
Hey everyone !
I broke up for Easter just on Friday and have been busy getting some work done to stop myself getting lazy and leaving it all to the last possible minute. I haven't found much time to get something worth while, and been trying to create something to hold my camera steady and rail etc...
After a bit of revision today, i went out in the garden to see if i could catch a wasp, the only one i saw flew away before i got a chance to get it, but there were quite a few flies around that were pretty large in size and would have made superb subjects for a stack.
This, 1cm, Blue Bottle is what i eventually caught after some attempts with other smaller types of fly, but i think it was a good choice as he is very hairy which i am assuming means he is matured.
Zerene stacker DMap is something i won't be using very often, i was using it with these 50 images of this fly and a lot of dust was being shown in the final image and a lot of hairs were out of focus, so whatever Dmap is good for is beyond me, Pmax seems to do a much better job !
If you wish to look close click here; www.flickr.com/photos/sequentialmacro/7036607063/sizes/l/...
There are so many small details you might be interested to see, and i think so far this is the most accurate stack i have done, only moving the rail a tiny bit each time, maybe just 0.3mm each time to take a new image.
The setup was no objective today though, i went back to my good old 28mm Prime lens reversed straight onto the camera body, any more magnification and i would have just got a compound eye to work with !
Have a good Monday as always leave a comment and PLEASE leave criticisms and problems with the image, it helps me make my photography better :-)
Reverse Macro with 18-55mm.
Male Flame Skimmers are known for their entirely red or dark orange body, this includes eyes, legs, and even wing veins. Females are usually a medium or darker brown with some thin, yellow markings. This particular type of skimmer varies in size but is generally measured somewhere between two and three inches long. These naiads are known for being rather large and chubby-looking due to their rounded abdomen. They are covered with hair but, unlike most young dragonflies, they lack hooks or spines.
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Libellula
Species: Libellula Saturata
Picture taken from Water Development Board garden, Chandpur.
Female Eastern Pondhawk [Possibly]
Picture taken at Chandpur Circuit House Garden, Bangladesh.
18-55mm Reversed, @55mm, f/11
Canon Powershot G11 +
+ LA-DC58K +reverse ring M49- M58 + jupiter 9 2/85
focal lenght (35mm equivalent) f = 140 mm
Aperture A = 4,5
Shutter t = 1/1000 s
ISO 200
"Though beauty is, with the most apt similitude, I had almost said with the most literal truth, called a flower that fades and dies almost in the very moment of its maturity; yet there is, methinks, a kind of beauty which lives even to old age; a beauty that is not in the features, but, if I may be allowed the expression, shines through them. As it is not merely corporeal it is not the object of mere sense, nor is it to be discovered but by persons of true taste and refined sentiment. - FULKE GREVILLE, Maxims, Characters, and Reflections
Stamen of the Agapanthus flower - Canon 100mm with reversed Canon FD 50mm 1.8
Strobist: -
SB25+SB28 (bungied) through white umbrella cam left @ full power
Just practicing my Skills with this same photo in Photoshop by applying some different colour gradients, curves and a bit of manual stacking of this photo i have.
Taken with the 50mm f2.8 Prime lens reversed onto some Macro Extension tubes. No focus stack.
Any comments are appreciated.
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It may look like a delicious dessert but this is tiny mould growing on some vegan cheeses we had forgotten about.
This green caterpillar is called 'Cabbage Looper' and when grown up, it transforms into a 'Brown Moth'. It is called a 'looper' because it arches its body as it crawls, inchworm-style. This species is very destructive to plants due to its voracious consumption of leaves.
This macro photo is shot with 'reverse lens macro' technique.
HQ: www.ayan.photography/photo/160/green-caterpillar-by-ayan-...
Stack of 24 images. Taken with Nikon D800, Edelkrone Action Module (for stepper motor movement), and stacked in Zerene stacking software (pMax).
Reverse macro .
Nikkor AF-D 28mm f2.8
Kiwi reverse kit
B+W 52mm UV
SB600 Speedlight on stand .
Shooting info:
Built in flash : Manual , 1/4
SB600 : Manual , 1/8
Aperture @ f16
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