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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 767175" data-attributes="member: 46690">Attempts for this week's &quot;Macro&quot; challenge.First, while I was laying in the yard playing with my cat I spotted this tiny little mushroom under a leaf. I ran inside and grabbed the D500 and 40mm Micro, and popped off a couple of shots. I didn't take as many as I would have liked though because I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. Gah! Anyway:[ATTACH=full]362694[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]362695[/ATTACH]While I was lying there the cat came over to see what I was doing, covered in dust from the undergrowth:[ATTACH=full]362696[/ATTACH]Then...the cat brought me in another cricket. My cat goes after these large cave crickets that populate our area, and usually brings them over to me dead or not. This particular one was mostly dead, just twitching a bit. I put it out of its misery, then realized it would make a good macro pic. So I set up two softboxes, put a lens mounted ring light on the 40, and put the camera on a stacking rail. The cricket was impaled on a thin metal spike:[ATTACH=full]362697[/ATTACH]And here we are with the final shot, a 6-shot stack:[ATTACH=full]362698[/ATTACH]I can see why my cat likes playing with them. So adorable....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 767175, member: 46690"] Attempts for this week's "Macro" challenge. First, while I was laying in the yard playing with my cat I spotted this tiny little mushroom under a leaf. I ran inside and grabbed the D500 and 40mm Micro, and popped off a couple of shots. I didn't take as many as I would have liked though because I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. Gah! Anyway: [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]362694._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]362695._xfImport[/ATTACH] While I was lying there the cat came over to see what I was doing, covered in dust from the undergrowth: [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]362696._xfImport[/ATTACH] Then...the cat brought me in another cricket. My cat goes after these large cave crickets that populate our area, and usually brings them over to me dead or not. This particular one was mostly dead, just twitching a bit. I put it out of its misery, then realized it would make a good macro pic. So I set up two softboxes, put a lens mounted ring light on the 40, and put the camera on a stacking rail. The cricket was impaled on a thin metal spike: [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]362697._xfImport[/ATTACH] And here we are with the final shot, a 6-shot stack: [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]362698._xfImport[/ATTACH] I can see why my cat likes playing with them. So adorable.... [/QUOTE]

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