Macro photography (corals and macroalgae)

[tektite]

Sooo, I finally got a macro lens!!! So excited, its been a long time coming lol. Took it for a first day test drive...some pics not so great on technical quality but I still liked them. Will have better pics after a little practice.

Rainbow tube anemone


Encrusting blue iridescent codium


Maze brain


Purple and gold lobo


Iridescent macroalgae


Ultra gold/rainbow hammer


Pink goniopora


Superman rhodactis


Pavona


Papaya clove polyps

 

[tektite]

Conical spine starfish


Purple hammer


Mycedium chalice


Cyphastrea


Undata monti


Bicolor hammer


Purple branching macroalgae


Red macroalgae


Acropora


Branching coraline algae

 

[tektite]

Dragon's tongue Halymenia


Green with purple tip frogspawn


ORA red goniopora frags


Pink/green birdsnest


Fluorescent green hammer


Green birdsnest


Green deepwater acro


Photosynthetic gorgonian


Eagle eye zoas

 

[Chappy]

Beautiful pics. What do you use for editing?

 

[tektite]

Photoshop

 

[jt48]

wow, those shots are great. Want new camera and keep going back and forth between getting an all weather camera like the Olympus Tough TG-2 to take to the beach, biking, and putting inside my reef tank or getting a real dslr like the Nikon D3200. These pics make me really lean towards a dslr with macro.

 

[humaguy]

stunning...
what kind of camera rig and macro did you use?
excellent pics!

 

[tektite]

Canon 5d mkii with the canon 100mm f2.8L lens. Handheld all these pics, will get some really nice ones if I stop being lazy and use my tripod lol.

 

[humaguy]

killer pics...
how long you open when using tripod...2 seconds?

 

[tektite]

Depends entirely on the pic I'm trying to get. Whether I want more or less depth of field, and how fast my subject moves. Usually nowhere near as long as 2 sec though.

 

[humaguy]

cool, thank you...

 

[Shmooly]

Everything looks very nice to me!

 

[JaYbIrD1969]

spectacular images! And great coral diversity

 

[colortrilogy]

Nice, thank you.

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[ssick92]

Amazing pics. That L lens really creates some crisp photos, even handheld.

 

[jroovers]

Unreal... would love to get my hands on that lens and give it a try! Thanks for posting.

 

[CT Reefer]

spectacular pics...truly shows the magic of your reef!

 

[Mel 2038]

Those pics are fantastic! Are you sure you can get better ones? If you do I'll be asking a lot of questions. Good Job!

 

[tektite]

Lol, yes I can get much better ones with a little prep. I was just happy to have my new lens, didn't really take the time to set really nice shots up. Still got some good ones, but others could definitely use some retakes.

 

[jroovers]

Lol, yes I can get much better ones with a little prep. I was just happy to have my new lens, didn't really take the time to set really nice shots up. Still got some good ones, but others could definitely use some retakes.

The fact that those are hand held speaks to your skills... and I'm assuming partially to the lens' IS capabilities