Wow is macro a BLAST!

[SouthFla]

Not sure why I never tried macro photography, but my goodness what a hoot! In celebration of my reef's first year anniversary, I grabbed a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens, and tried it out today on my tank. It's going to take me some practice to master white balance, focus and composition (aaaaand timing to avoid my constantly photo-bombing melanurus and grama trio LOL). And I'd love to be able to get some fish close-ups but not sure technically how I'm going to get fast enough shutter speeds for that"¦

Anyway, thought I'd share my first batch of pics. It's amazing to see detail that you don't pick up with the naked eye-I LOVE the geometry of the green Pocillopora polyp complex. Most of these shots are of my LPS, and I apologize as I'm not 100% sure on the ID of everything. Shot with my Canon 5D MKIII, ISO 200-800, f/16-25, 1sec-1/20, with noise reduction, resizing and sharpening in post.

FTS 1 year (crappy iPhone pic):

Torch:

Branching Hammer:

Toadstool Leather:

Galaxea:

Unidentified Acro?

Purple Gorgonian:

Branching Hammer:

Trumpet Coral:

Green Poci?

 

[jimmy n]

Nice looking pics!

 

[Ryan Peters]

Looks awesome, I would like to try that. I've been limited to my phone and iPad for pictures. Just doesn't cut it.

 

[NISMO703]

Wow, beautiful tank and pics!!

 

[uncwba00]

great pics

 

[ericarenee]

Awesome tank and pics.

We have a Cannon 80d and love taking pics with 100mm usm macro lense.. Def amateurs with the camera but your right its Awesome fun learning.Night sky images of the moon with the 300mm and x2 lens is amazing as well. Can see the craters on the moon and beyound..

Thank you for sharing

 

[mpyers]

Is there a camera that I could get similar (obviously not equal) results out of that costs significantly less than that one?

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[ericarenee]

Is there a camera that I could get similar (obviously not equal) results out of that costs significantly less than that one?

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There are. some of the small body mirror-less DSLR Cameras can produce awesome images.. Cannon Nikon Fujitsu olympus all make them below 500.00. Many 200 plus cameras can do quite well with some tinkering and proper lighting..

 

[Bab2150]

Amazing pics!

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[SouthFla]

Thanks all :thumbsup:

Mpyers, I'm sure there are, however technically aquarium photography is challenging due to the distortion from the glass (must shoot exactly straight on and level with subject), generally low light requiring either still subjects (corals with pumps shut off for no water movement) or cameras with excellent high-ISO quality and/or "fast" lenses (i.e. f/2.8 or better) with macro (1:1) close up ability. You can get by with other gear and techniques, but nothing beats a tripod mounted camera with fast macro glass

There are some AMAZING macro photography guys around here, so lots of inspiration available. Good luck!