Macro Photography

[PostmanPot]

i tried getting a shot of a bumble bee but they move around too much

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chau001/3330512575/in/photostream/

Aw, pity! Well tried though.

 

[norpmes]

here is some awesome photography i found on a south African website
http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/forum/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=3780

 

[Kalvaer]

Still need to work on the focusing...

 

[marine1]

Wow amazing.

 

[I am Penguin]

Hey guys. Read this, what you think?



Reversed 50mm - a dedicated Macro lens

 

[Rouxenator]

Interesting - nice to see that someone tried it.
But that is by far not a sleek and elegant looking solution for taking pictures with

 

[bwana]

Hey guys. Read this, what you think?



Reversed 50mm - a dedicated Macro lens

The majority of my macro shots have been taken with this since I first heard of it on the Tips from the top floor podcast. http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/2929

[-](I'm sure there is a thread about this somewhere - I'll move this when I find it)[/-]

 

[SubliminalThought]

I bought the reversing rings off Ebay to attach a 50mm or 30mm to my 100mm Macro. I have to make time to take it into the garden or to kirstenbosch for some pics.

 

[Kalvaer]

Bumble Bee Macro

 

[AntiThesis]

I do almost all my macro shots using a reversed 18-55 stacked on a 300mm. Lovely results sometimes though the focus area is a little rough.

That's a beautiful shot of the bee!

 

[marine1]

Settings and camera and lens please?
Amazing

 

[bwana]

Settings and camera and lens please?
Amazing

I'm thinking it was an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 lens on a Olympus E-620. Taken at 1/80s at f/5.6 with a focal length of 42mm. ISO . . . 200.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalvaer/3966024228/meta/

 

[AntiThesis]

According to http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalvaer/3966024228/meta/ it's an Olympus E-620 @ ISO 200 f 5.6, 42mm and Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 for the lens.

 

[marine1]

I'm thinking it was an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 lens on a Olympus E-620. Taken at 1/80s at f/5.6 with a focal length of 42mm. ISO . . . 200.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalvaer/3966024228/meta/

 

[Kalvaer]

LOL, Nice one guys . There is one catch though. I had a Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Conversion lens attached to the 14-42mm which obviously would not show up on the Meta Data.

It does cause some vignetting though (as do my extension tubes) which can be seen on the top left which I couldn't crop out and don't know how to edit out with PS as many of you here could.

I'm really not to technical at all, But would any of you know just how that conversion lens would "change" the lens settings ???? Its has a 8 Diopter magnification (remember as well that on the Oly E620, even though it says 14-42mm Its equivalent to 28-84 for all the none 4/3rd users to get the same settings)

 

[AntiThesis]

I'm sure there's a formula somewhere out there for what happens when you do that... perhaps Bwana knows - he's smarter than the average bear.

 

[bwana]

I'm sure there's a formula somewhere out there for what happens when you do that... perhaps Bwana knows - he's smarter than the average bear.

The hell he is

I'm sure one of the resident pixel peepers will know though.

 

[Morpheos]

Hi guys.

I am still pretty new on the Macro seen and enjoying it.

Would love some feedback on these photos. They are nothing fancy but i think they look pretty cool.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33023304@N00/3968905700/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33023304@N00/3968191465/

Thanks

 

[ldmelsa]

I like "FIRE". Nice colour contrast, composition... interesting to look at. The second one is a bit underexposed. Probably all that white tricking your camera's meter. Try dialling in +1 exposure compensation, when there is a lot of white. Underexposure can, to a degree, be fixed in post, but overexposure is gone forever.

I tried to fix your photo in PS:
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/data/870/3968191465_a3f3e3ae2b_b_.jpg

I used Photoshop, but you can use anything.

 

[Morpheos]

I have an old version of Photoshop(Elements 2) when i got my first DSLR which i use to play around with.

How about now?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33023304@N00/3976872564/