Weekly Macro/Close-up thread - last for 2010

[Peterski]

Thanks.

Canon 5D2 plus MP-E65mm macro plus diffused MT-24EX macro flash or off-camera diffused flash.
cheers,
peter
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[WilbaW]

Nice shots of Xmas spider .

Thanks. Do you know them?

 

[WilbaW]

Peterski wrote:
Beautiful shots Peter!

Now I know what inspired the noses of cars from the '30s (e.g. Cord 810, 812).

 

[Fabian628]

really like the grasshopper. Always had trouble getting good shots of grasshoppers.
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[Peterski]

Thanks Fabian. Try catching one and holding it still for a while. Locusts are everywhere at the moment and not hard to find. I caught this one, held it still for a while then placed it gently on the ground. Got a couple of shots in before it flew away.
cheers,
peter
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[tonyjr]

No , I have only seen them in plant / insect books and I think at an insect show at county fair . [Xmas spider ]
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[WilbaW]

Trying an MP-E 65 for a week. So far so good.





450D @ ISO 200, MP-E 65 @ f/16, diffused 430EX II.

 

[Gautam Majumdar]

Marvellous shots Wilba. You got the hang of this lens very quikly.
Merry Christmas

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[WilbaW]

Marvellous shots Wilba. You got the hang of this lens very quikly.

Thanks. I'm not doing much different to what I've done before, except f/16 seems safe for diffraction, unlike my other gear. E-TTL works much better with the MP-E.

 

[Fabian628]

nice shots.

new lens?

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[Fabian628]

Marvellous shots Wilba. You got the hang of this lens very quikly.

Thanks. I'm not doing much different to what I've done before, except f/16 seems safe for diffraction, unlike my other gear. E-TTL works much better with the MP-E.

The mpe is really sharp, but i found f/16 to be loosing sharpness of the images significantly. Even f/10 is significantly softer than f/6.3 that i have used a couple of times. Although it is not so apparent on the lower MP cameras. The 50D and 7D with high MP had problems, but now im back to 10MP
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[tonyjr]

Back as in a different camera or lower mp on ones you have ?
Sorry , just did the exif and was taken on a 450D .

Have you tried the lower mp's on the 7D and 50D ? Since the mp-e is manual and no IS , would the 7D and 50D take better shots ? At least at higher ISO's , you could keep the F stop around F 8 .
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[Fabian628]

I currently have the 1D mkIII. I used to have the 50D and 7D. Changing to the lower MP i think would have the similar result as viewing the high MP picture at a lower magnification, so you dont see the softening effects.

Best thing to do, i found is use a wider aperture and be careful where you focus .
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[WilbaW]

nice shots.

Thanks.

new lens?

Hired one for a week while I'm on holiday. Lousy weather so far.

 

[Gautam Majumdar]

40D & 100 macro (non-IS)









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[WilbaW]

A few more through the MP-E 65 (it goes home today :-().



3mm ants at 1:1.







All on a 450D with a diffused 430EX II.

 

[Gautam Majumdar]

Great shots Wilba, specially the spider

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[WilbaW]

Great shots Wilba, specially the spider

Thanks, yeah, I like how threatening it looks in the second one.