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Supr X

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40x•50-1.8•Kenko 36mm ext. tube•SB-600•Hoya +4(2nd shot)•ISO200•1/125ss•f8







. . . hmm...is that 'blood' on it's 'face' in the last view...? -3rd shot is crop of #2
Thanks for viewing-
C&C always helpful!
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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
What a ferocious lookin' critter!

^ ^

j

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'No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.' (Minor White)

'The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.' (Ernst Haas)
 
KG72 said:
Nice shots.
hopes his tubes show up soon
Kayne

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Oh, you are gonna have some fun with the Kenkos!

Hey, in your equipment shot in your sign., i see some brand of diffuser on your SB-
Which diffuser do you have, and where'd ya get it?
Thks!
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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
Great close ups, but I certainly couldn't eat a whole one!!

David, when 'using tubes' is it difficult to get the exposure and focus 'dead-on' or is there a little 'trial & error' involved?
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Cheers, Peter

 
Exactly what I want to start doing! I have the Nikon 105mm VR and still want to get in closer to those guys....Suggestions, please!...extension tubes, close up filters?---looks like you did a combination of both ? Is any one way considered the best for sharpness, DoF, etc? Suggestions, please!
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Catspaw.
 
Its the Nikon Diffusion Dome(SW-10H)... came with the SB-800. Got the flash off of eBay.

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Kayne

 
Peter Gat said:
Great close ups, but I certainly couldn't eat a whole one!!
David, when 'using tubes' is it difficult to get the exposure and
focus 'dead-on' or is there a little 'trial & error' involved?
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. . . to your question-

exposure is easy, as i am using the sb-600, set -1 in these shots; it's like having controllable sunlight! Requires a few shots to dial it in, as i am using a sheet of brite-white HP printer paper as my 'bounce', but after set, any shutter speed between 1/60 and 1/200 seems to work.

Now, the focus . . . seems to take me an average of 20-30 shots to get a few(2-3) what i consider 'keepers', so yes, this is where the patience starts to come into play.

Then i PP, very basic, PS(CS3) shadows & highlights, tiny USM or Smart Sharpening adjustments, clone out anything really distracting . .. maybe touch color.
Thanks for asking!
Love your garden shots!

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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
Catspaw said:
Exactly what I want to start doing! I have the Nikon 105mm VR and
still want to get in closer to those guys....Suggestions,
please!...extension tubes, close up filters?---looks like you did a
combination of both ? Is any one way considered the best for
sharpness, DoF, etc? Suggestions, please!
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Whew! Thanks for viewing!

Well, i am very new to this myself, there are several macro pros that frequent this forum, and they are very helpful in my learning process . . .

Question, Catspaw- What is the minimal focusing distance for your 105? An extension tube, and there are several brands available, will likely allow you to shorten your lens' min. foc. distance to within a foot of your camera body, though tubes have a greater impact this way the shorter(mm) a lens begins as.
Want to refer you here:
http://photo.net/learn/macro/
. . . here:
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~parsog/photo/macro.html
. . . here:
http://stephenelliot.com/tag/teaching/

-and to the macro section on the Nikonian site, both of these have been very helpful to me also.
Good Shooting!

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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
Supr....The 105 will focus at a miniimal length of 1 foot-----I just figured out on the macro ratio, the fist number is what counts. Macro is 1:1, and 2:1 is closer.

Thanx for the two sites---will look at them next chance I get. So it looks like an extension tube is the preferable way to get in eye-to-eye... (?)
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Catspaw.
 
Catspaw said:
Supr....The 105 will focus at a miniimal length of 1 foot-----I just
figured out on the macro ratio, the fist number is what counts.
Macro is 1:1, and 2:1 is closer.

Thanx for the two sites---will look at them next chance I get. So it
looks like an extension tube is the preferable way to get in
eye-to-eye... (?)
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It's by far one of the easier ways, that is, a lot easier than a reversing ring. And the Kenko tubes allow you to retain functions of your lens that are a result of it being connected to your camera body electronically. . . metering, autofocus, even VR. Though, for the most part, you would likely be manually focusing. The best thing about a tube is that it adds no distorting glass to your shooting, and, if your lens is fast, like my 50-1.8, or your 105mm f/2.8, the generous aperture range allows for room to play with sharpness at the wide end and DOF at the tight end(though, above f14-16 for my 50 sharpness drops pretty quick). Hope any of this helps.

The extension tubes will cut your minimum focusing distance, and there are formulas to figure all that[i forget :-( ], but there are several people on this forum with a lot better grip than i have on how all this macro stuff works . . .

Thanks for asking, and keep an eye out for other macro posters, particularly a S. African named Kevin, find profile here-
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/postersprofile.asp?poster=hjixieidhdik
Good shooting!
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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
skryvenor said:
What a ferocious lookin' critter!
^ ^
j
'No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough
for the photographer It has chosen.' (Minor White)

'The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record
what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.' (Ernst Haas)
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Thanks for viewing, and love your 'photo-quotes'.
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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
Hi

For some reason I always remember when being taught the basics of photography that the 'inverse square law' amused me, hence I seem to have it stuck in my memory.

'When a surface is illuminated by a point source of light, the illumination at the surface is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from it '

It basically means that if a subject is lit e.g. with a light 1 foot away, and the light is moved to 2 feet away you would 4 times the amount of light to have the same degree of illumination at the surface.

Obviously with digital, one can do any number of trial shots and view the results.

Al
 
TheronFamily said:
good work there david.
ever seen one of those things move thru the viewfinder whlel ur
ogling them?
I nearly soiled my best pair once :)
them crabs are masters of camoflague, dont'cha think?
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That's Great!-- Here's slightly diff. angle than session shot you saw from me a few weeks ago, where spider is suckin' the life outa the grasshopper . . . !
Thanks for viewing and commenting, Kevin!
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David

. . . shoot like there's no film in the thing!
 
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