Macro thread everyone?

[jonoslack]

err ... you mean like an image in a camera machine, just the other way round

Steen - you really are firing on all cylinders today . . .that's excellent:clap::clap:

 

[Steen]

I'm just babbling and having fun
thanks for bearing with me
bedtime here now
see you tomorrow
somewhere
like at Davids slow day here photo thread

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

err ... you mean like an image in a camera machine, just the other way round

Yes, only slower, and you don't have to rotate the camera, or at least I don't :grin:

 

[Steen]

Autumn colors with fly

Nikon D300 • Zeiss ZF 2/100mm • 1/500 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200 • a bit harsh light • each channel levels adjusted, no sharpening

 

[Vivek]

A not so itsy bitsy Spider. 0.5X magnification.

D300, a macro lens

 

[sinwen]

FM2 + 60 Micro

 

[tetsrfun]

Mid-morning snack..105 + Kenko tubes
Steve

 

[viablex1]

with the 105mm macro, hand held unfortunately...

 

[Steen]

Blue monster ...

Nikon D300 • Zeiss ZF 2/100mm • 1/80 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200 • approximately 100 % crop


- and a red-eyed one

Nikon D300 • Zeiss ZF 2/100mm • 1/60 sec. at f/8 ISO 200 • approximately 100 % crop​

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Very impressive, Steen. They look so clear and sharp. How on earth do you get them to sit in front of your lens like that?

 

[Steen]

they follow me everywhere
50,000,000 fans can't be wrong :lecture:
maybe I'm a fly whisperer
well, they were sitting on the banister of our balcony, warming up before take off I guess
and the weather was really strange, very warm and humid, with a thunderstorm arriving
maybe their alarm system didn't work under those conditions
don't know why they seemed to trust me ...

 

[Corlan F.]

Hi fellows,
entering the "fly contest"

 

[Corlan F.]

same fly, same tree... a few seconds later.

here's the full resolution :



Seems that jpeg reduction and compression means a lot of lost highlights details and shades of yellow/green plus significant amount of texture noise.
Not awful, but looking a bit like weird exposed in the end. Too bad.
I just hate jpeg.

 

[Corlan F.]

Greener is better ?

(same jpeg remark)

 

[Steen]

Great fly shots, Corlan :thumbup:
What camera / lens combination did you use for these ?
Oh, and welcome aboard

 

[Corlan F.]

Great fly shots, Corlan :thumbup:
What camera / lens combination did you use for these ?
Oh, and welcome aboard

Many thanks Bondo

D700 + 105VR, so i cannot get as "close" as you with 100mm + D300 due to FF. Well theorically the 105 allows 1:1 when the Zeiss is just 1:2 but practically with moving subject one can't really take advantage -and the more handheld.

I've posted some more (no flies, though) with this combination in the Fun section.

 

[Steen]

"That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."

Nikon D300 • Zeiss ZF 2/100mm • -2.33EV 1/3200 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200

Nikon D300 • Zeiss ZF 2/100mm • -2.33EV 1/400 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200

Nikon D300 • Zeiss ZF 2/100mm • -2.33EV 1/5000 sec. at f/2.8 ISO 200​

 

[TRSmith]

I really like the Rose petals Bondo. Very nice.

Alas, tonight I find myself suffering from of a bad combination of Bourbon, a lensbaby with mag lens, an SB-800 flash equipped with a white-athletic-sock diffuser, and a dead Peony. Forgive me.

 

[Steen]

Sounds like a risky cocktail, Tim
But I like the result :thumbup:

 

[Leica 77]

Sounds like a risky cocktail, Tim
But I like the result :thumbup:

Hello bondo and TRSmith,
Fantastic macro shots because of, or despite the risky cocktail! Best regards, Leica 77