Under the Macroscope: Today's Macros

[Sandman]

RATPhoto,

Thanks for the encouragement. Sure appreciate the comments and the look.

Cheers,

jim

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[Sandman]

Dave S,

You will not regret getting a macro lens. They are more fun than a barrell of monkeys!

Cheers,

jim

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[Sandman]

Delbert,

Great to hear from you!

Thanks for the compliments. I love your shot. Man, what red eyes!

Awesome!

Cheers,

jim

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[Ostoski]

Just Great pictures Jim. They're all excellent. Cool how you have two light reflections instead of one. Must be that high tech flash... Cheers!
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Rod
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[Sheila .]

They just make my jaw drop.
I have just been looking in your macro gallery too, love all the
shots. Can't get over how sharp your flowers are, eg aIMG_0399.jpg.
Thanks for posting your pics over 2 pages, makes it a lot easier.
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Regards Sheila
Western Aust

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[Rygel]

I have the same lens and there's no way I could come close to what you do.

Its just amazing. I'm in awe.

 

[Sandman]

Marclb,

Thanks for the comments. This is the heart of the Passion Flower. We only get a few weeks to shoot these, as they come and go quickly. I lucked out on finding this one today.

Glad you like it.

Cheers,

jim

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[Sandman]

Rygel,

You most certainly can do as good or better! It is just practice and patience and luck and post-processing!

If you get stuck with your lens, drop me an e-mail and I'll give you some pointers. I can praticularly hael with the post-processing.

Thanks for the compliment!

Cheers,

jim

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[Sandman]

Rod,

Great to see you around. Thanks for the compliments.

ANd good luck with the launch. I can't wait to see these!

Cheers,

jim

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[Peter251538]

WOW WOW and another double WOW . . .

Peter

'Let the yard stick I use to measure others, be mercifully broken in three before it is used against myself . . .' peter G

 

[Sandman]

Peter_is_in,

With 4 wows, maybe you have your answer for what will be your next camera?

LOL! Seriously, you can't go wrong with either cam.

And thanks for the wows!

Cheers,

jim

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[ChuckH]

The Final Five:

Things are Looking Up



The Fly



Road Less Traveled



Mellow Yellow



Aquarium

Jeez. Did you have to get the focus so perfect on all of these?!! Now my head's filled with razor sharp close ups of creepy crawlies; I'll never get to sleep!

All great shots, Jim, but this last one of the flower is truly spectacular! Very unique! Great job with the composition! You should enlarge it, choose a nice frame and give it a place of honour on one of the walls of your home. Nicer than any work of art you could buy in the shops!
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Chuck

 

[Sandman]

Sheila,

You know, I almost skipped shooting that flower, since I was primarily interested in shooting bugs. But it was right there begging to be photographed.

So glad you like it.

Cheers,

jim

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[s k u l p t118025]

These are great Jim. I can see a marked improvement over the last 5-6 months with these. My only suggestion for the last one would be for a clearer angle of the spiders face, but all of these are great. Keep it up. : ) I'd be proud to have taken these.

Brian

Fellow Rebels,

I finally got caught up with my duties and finished my second
"Intro to Digital Photography" workshop at Callaway Gardens on
Saturday, so I was free this morning to do what I like to do most:
shoot some macros!

Usual setup: Canon 100mm f2.8 macro with the MT-24EX Flash, manual
mode, auto focus, hand-held, various shutter speeds and apertures,
RAW. All were converted in PSCS, applied a simple frame, and
sharpened using the "layer sharpening" method on a layer mask. I
shot 120 images and got 9 keepers. Most rejects were due to
artistic rather than technical reasons.

For the bandwidth challenged, I'll put 4 in this post and 5 in the
next.

Comments, critiques, and tiramisu greatly appreciated.

Lady in Red



Oh Domino



Oh Domino a Little Closer



Old Four Eyes



See the next post for the final five!

Cheers,

jim

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[cjed]

Another terrific series of macros Jim, congratulations. Were they all taken with the MT-24EX ? I'm interested as I've just ordered one

 

[Sandman]

s k u l p t,

So glad you like them. I'm beginning to see some improvement too. Sure is a fun branch of photography! Thanks for looking and commenting.

Cheers,

jim

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[Sandman]

cjed,

Thanks so much! You're getting the MT-24? Awesome!

I know you will love it! It is an awesome flash unit and certainly commands respect!

Cheers,

jim

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[Mike54]

Just when I think I'm getting a leg up on these things you have to post shots like these. Awesome stuff, I especially like the 2nd wasp shot.

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