Bug

[Zebodog]

This one is nothing special technically, but it is still one of my favorites.

This is an amazing shot!

I was drawn in by the inquisitive nature of both child and butterfly; a look of innocence, wonder and amazement as the child gazes at the butterfly, its own antennae extended forward in a similiar show of curiosity.

You captured the moment with all its emotion perfectly! Bravo.

 

[Kappaxbomb]

awesome critters!

Here are some from costa rica

I love these pics. Very nicely done.

 

[Misled]

 

[wdt2000]

wow great shots everyone!!

These look like they might belong on a reef

Also got this guy, but he is green and the plant is green so it is not that interesting in color

One more

 

[Wolverine]

wdt, great battle shot there.

 

[Misled]

 

[Z.X]

 

[Misled]

 

[swjim]

Just got a macro lens last week, here are a few of my first bug attempts.

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[IPT]

wow you guys are getting some crazy cool stuff!

 

[Z.X]

 

[Dino]

Smallest bug I've photographed so far, I thought it might have been some type of springtail but after posting it on another forum with people who are a lot better at IDing bugs than I am its guessed its some type of mealy bug.

Somewhere around 4:1-5:1, that's the central vein on a leaf.

 

[swjim]

That is tiny! Nice shot! Are you using the MP-E 65? Is this a stack?

 

[Dino]

That is tiny! Nice shot! Are you using the MP-E 65?

I wish (the MPE has long been on my lust list but I just can't justify the cost of it.....yet). Nope, this was taken with a full set of Kenko tubes, 100mm macro (non-L), and a reversed 50mm f/1.4 on a crop body. I'm told max magnification on it should be somewhere around 4:1 but doing some testing the other day at max I can fit about 4 marks on a mm ruler in the viewfinder. How accurate the ruler is, is debatable but I know placing two sewing head pins side by side fills the entire viewfinder .

Not a stack, I'm still learning how to do stacks. I need to find some good static subjects I can practice doing stacks on. I've done them a handful of times in the past but they've always came out looking pretty gnarly :lol:.

:wavehand: from a fellow POTNer.

 

[swjim]

Very nicely done! You really nailed the focus despite the ultra-thin DOF.

 

[Misled]

 

[Dino]

Did you get some tubes Jesse?

 

[Misled]

Yea, I've had a cheep set for a bit now. They're the 10 buck set without any electronics. That was with all three tubes and the 105 macro. I'm sure you understand, but most wouldn't think about how difficult focusing can become with them. Getting a good DOF can be tough too. I think I had that at f5.6 and in pretty much full sun. Any lower and you can't see what you're doing. I gotta get the set you have!!!!

 

[Dino]

You could also look around for an old (manual) macro lens that has an aperture ring on it since you have the non-electronic rings and a cheap glassless adapter to adapt from whatever lens mount to your current Nikon mount. It still wouldn't automatically stop down but at least you wouldn't have to put the lens on the body to adjust the aperture.

I'm actually looking to do something similar if I can get somebody to buy me an old set of bellows for Christmas :lol:. I already have/can get enlarger lenses (the type you use in darkroom enlargers) for cheap. I've been reading a lot on people using them for extreme macro, they're so cheap, and most of them are extremely sharp.

 

[Misled]