Macro Photography

[BigAl-sa]

Bwana, never seen a yellow mantis before, but here is the wierdest one I've ever seen:

 

[bwana]

Bwana, never seen a yellow mantis before, but here is the wierdest one I've ever seen:

Nice snaps - just goes to show what you can do with a good eye and a proper lens. I'll have to put one on my shopping list

We say the yellow mantis in the house a couple days ago and turfed him out - he's probably still hanging around outside

 

[tyerone]

my first macro photo

had to make it smaller to upload..

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=2978&cat=500

tell me what u think??

 

[bwana]

Not bad - what did you shoot it with?

Have you considered a flickr account - the gallery is nice, and convenient, but you often have to sacrifice something to get it under 150kb.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Macro photography is close-up photography; the classical definition is that the image projected on the "film plane" (i.e film or a digital sensor) is close to the same size as the subject.

Would a larger-than-life photo of something qualify?

 

[bwana]

Would a larger-than-life photo of something qualify?

Is it a close-up?

Now if you had that nifty-fifty . . . .

 

[koffiejunkie]

Is it a close-up?

Closer than I wanted....

I have done absolutely nothing so far in terms of setting up flickr, just signed up and added the photo here.

Now if you had that nifty-fifty . . . .

All things in good time... I think my next lens will probably something much shorter. The 10-20 or the Sigma equivalent maybe.

 

[tyerone]

Not bad - what did you shoot it with?

Have you considered a flickr account - the gallery is nice, and convenient, but you often have to sacrifice something to get it under 150kb.

i see what ur saying i had to shrink it alot to get into under the 150kb...going to get flickr account .... i took the photo with my canon sx100is

 

[ldmelsa]

 

[bwana]

Nice Idmelsa . . . I like your bee shot more though, esp as far as macro's go.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Kinda cheated by cropping it a bit, but when I went back to do it properly all the blossoms were gone

 

[bwana]

Kinda cheated by cropping it a bit, but when I went back to do it properly all the blossoms were gone

not really macro though is it

Never can keep straight what lens you ended up with - is it a macro lens?

 

[koffiejunkie]

Like I said, I cheated. But, it was pretty close, and on the original it is about life size, so as per the criteria in your original post it does qualify

This was taken with the Pentax K100D Super and the 18-55mm kit lens at 55mm. Not exactly a macro but I went as close as it would focus. A tiny little too close, actually...

For the Canon I ended up buying the 24-105mm f/4L IS - it has a "macro" printed on the lens towards the closer end of the focus window, and it can focus pretty damn close. I haven't taken anything macro worth showing yet, though.

 

[ldmelsa]

Nice Idmelsa . . . I like your bee shot more though, esp as far as macro's go.

Thanks, bwana.
Oh, and it's an "L" (ldmelsa)

 

[bwana]

Thanks, bwana.
Oh, and it's an "L" (ldmelsa)

My bad.

 

[adsl3g]

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=2985&cat=563

Taken with Pentax K100D Super with kit lens.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Nice!

 

[bwana]

Found a macro attachment for an old lens I had so glued on a empty filter ring and bob's your uncle macro 50mm without reversing.

(For a sense of perspective it would fit comfortably on a 10c coin.)

 

[AntiThesis]

Found a macro attachment for an old lens I had so glued on a empty filter ring and bob's your uncle macro 50mm without reversing.

(For a sense of perspective it would fit comfortably on a 10c coin.)

Handy

One day I'll buy the lens kits for my camera and have so much fun

Either that or buy a real camera and have done with it.

 

[bwana]

Handy

One day I'll buy the lens kits for my camera and have so much fun

Either that or buy a real camera and have done with it.

I like the DIY aspect - everything doesnt have to mean major bucks.

Took this yesterday during our outage - I was chasing them around the garden when my missus questioned if I was allergic or not - I couldnt answer for sure either way . . . so I stopped chasing.