Post your macro photos here

[wev]

Seriously considering getting a real macro lens on my next purchase. (which will be a while)

Consider carefully -- you'll never get any garden work done again (unless someone locks your camera in a closet)

 

[WeeHector]

My god, that thing is weird! How big is it?

About 12mm/ half an inch including its legs. They are very common spiders.

 

[weebee]

About 12mm/ half an inch including its legs. They are very common spiders.

It looked bigger. Nice picture.

 

[WeeHector]

Consider carefully -- you'll never get any garden work done again (unless someone locks your camera in a closet)

Must agree. Macro isn't a hobby, it's an obsession.

 

[WeeHector]

It looked bigger. Nice picture.

I wish we had bigger spiders here in Europe but they are all pretty small.

 

[wornish]

Brilliant green eyes on this spider, but tucked too far back in the westringia to get a good angle, so this has to do

Wev

How are you lighting your amazing close macro shots ?

 

[wev]

How are you lighting your amazing close macro shots ?

I usually use the on-board with a homemade diffuser, but today I have the SB700 on with the diffuse plate down. It is hazy sorta bright, so I'm going back and forth at manual 1/4 and 1/2 power. This gives my good fill and I can go to f22 or so for better dof. It also helps with my over-coffee'd hand-held shooting.

 

[wornish]

I usually use the on-board with a homemade diffuser, but today I have the SB700 on with the diffuse plate down. It is hazy sorta bright, so I'm going back and forth at manual 1/4 and 1/2 power. This gives my good fill and I can go to f22 or so for better dof. It also helps with my over-coffee'd hand-held shooting.

Never thought of (or tried) using flash and going as far as f22 and to get more DOF - will try tomorrow.
I have always stayed (played safe) with natural light and lower aperture, never to old to learn - Thanks

 

[wev]

You know it's time to give it a rest when the flies start sticking their tongues out at you

 

[SkvLTD]

 

[wev]

Cottony cushion scale -- not my favorite thing to find on a plant

 

[wev]

This picture is upside down, as the guy was hanging from the ceiling of the office porch. I had a heck of a time trying to squeeze in close enough

 

[Marilynne]

This picture is upside down, as the guy was hanging from the ceiling of the office porch. I had a heck of a time trying to squeeze in close enough

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[wev]

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Thanks for the heads up. There now?

 

[wev]

A little bee have a clean up before the next flower

 

[wev]

This fly kept up a constant high frequency vibration, so I just tried to get its eye in focus

 

[wev]

I can't remember the name of this beastie, but it looks like something from 'Aliens.' I've tried a number of times, but it is hard to get a good shot being so reflective and basically transparent

 

[WeeHector]

A nearby house has a huge population of firebugs on its walls. It's also a favourite haunt of paper wasps looking for a free meal. They systematically check out every bug until they come across one which has just moulted and whose wingcases haven't hardened.

 

[WeeHector]

Female Episyrphus balteatus about to land on a flower.

 

[wev]

A moth on the lamp post