[shuttertalk]

Wanna take photos like this?



Then head over here! Link courtesy of stumbleupon.

ps. that's not my photo

[adam]

WOAH!!!!!!

I'd like to try some insect macro, but, it seems that I'd need at least a close up filter, or macro lens to do that?
I've tried the reverse 50mm lens-trick, gives okay result, but seems troublesome.
I'll read that technique page you linked to now

[adam]

mmmm, I read the page;
No wonder I found it troublesome using a reverse lens, because I was trying to hold it infront against the other lens rather than glue-ing two filters together in opposite directions, (has anyone here tried this?)

Those pictures there amaze me
but I'm not currently willing enough to spend more than what I've already got (apart from things I may be getting tomorrow! haha). How, to try to do this, with my current setup? It seems that either I use the close up filters, or reverse my 50mm lens, then go outside hunting for bugs

[slejhamer]

Plonsky is the top dog when it comes to bug photos. He used to post on a few other forums I've visited in the past. Has really done some amazing things.

[Petographer]

That has got to be the most discusting living creature on earth. :o

[adam]

Imaging having a pet fly

Have you been asked to shoot anyone's pet fly recently?

[njs]

When I had my G3 I got a step up ring (52-58) so I could attach a 50 f1.4 FD lens I had lying around from film SLR days.....

It did work but DoF was shocking, working distance was only 1-2 cm and manual focus all the way....With those conditions insects were out (unless they were dead or stupid)....

However I did get some still life shots....

[shuttertalk]

Wow, love the third shot, njs... absolutely fascinating!

What's the blurry blob in the centre of the first one?

[njs]

The blob in the first one is a close up of this flower...

[Irma]

Beautiful pictures. I am very happy you like to take pictures of flowers. I do like to do it as well.

[shutterfreak]

Nice photos everyone. I try with my camera on macro (the jagged flower mode) but the things are not big enough in the photo. Do I have to crop it with Adobe Photoshop CS?

[shuttertalk]

Hey shutterfreak, if your camera doesn't let you get close enough you might need to use some close-up lenses or adapters, as explained in the original article being linked to.

Give it a read - has pretty good explanations.

[loopy]

Thanks for the link Jules, that's an interesting site. I've had a set of diopters for my D70 for about 6 months now, and can back up a lot of what he says. Using a +7 diopter (thats a +4, +2 and +1 together) on the Nikkor 18-70 @ 70mm, I can fill the frame with a fish maybe about an inch long, which is nowhere near the magnification he has. I'll have to find out about reversing the lens, that sounds pretty sweet.

I find there's a few problems using diopters on the D70 - the main one being focus. Because the subject is really close, autofocus generally wont work. Because you have a very limited depth of field, your focus needs to be exact, and sometimes I find that's pretty hard to do using the viewfinder. Probably not as much of an issue on a non-SLR digital, but a pain in the butt none the less. The other problem I've had is with the built in flash - again, because you're so close, sometimes only half the flash hits the subject, with the other half being bloacked by the lens/diopter. All the more reason to buy a ring flash

Just out of interest, has anyone attempted photomicroscopy? I don't think it's as dynamic as macro (you don't have to worry about your subject flying away), but it can produce some amazing images. Nikon brought out a calander with a bunch of photomicroscopy shots just recently, it's pretty amazing.

Cheers,


Brad

[shuttertalk]

Hey there. I think the flash is out of the question - you'll definitely get cutoff with the lens shadow. You're right - time to get a ring flash... or shoot in sufficiently lit conditions (maybe set up some halogen lights or similar)


Hey the microscopy looks great - very interesting area inded, but need specialised equipment most likely.

Here are some site:
http://www.microscopyu.com/articles/digitalimaging/
http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/
http://www.molecularexpressions.com/

[jacco]

Yes ! Great Pictures, I love macro shoots because a lot of things look from a different world when close up.

[Petographer]

Here are a couple of macro shots I took in my A40 days. I used a 10x jewelers loupe and taped it to the lens barrel. It usually took a few shots to get it right as the dof was extremely sharp.
First image is that of a very small flower usually found where clover grows. It is the size of the eraser on the end of a pencil.



I think this one is self explanatory. He wasn't very big either. It was on a web in the window.

[jacco]

Nice job Peto! I´m gonna have to get a loup now.

[Peted]

I did these with a 18-50 Sigma zoom on a Pentax *ist DS.

I have ordered an adapter and extension tube to attach a 50mm F1.8 to the camera so am looking forward to even better results.

Cheers.

Pete

[shuttertalk]

Wow, great close ups! Very creepy indeed.