New Macros

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Thank for the look.

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A few more.

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A few more 2.

[w8jy]

Joseph, I particularly like the photo #3 in the second set - you got great depth of field on that shot. #1 & #2 of the third set are good for the opposite effect.

I see you use a 430EX - do you use a diffuser of some sort? I generally use a small lightbox attachment to help soften the shadows, but as you know, macro lighting can sometimes be tougher than it looks.

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Hi Jess. I'm starting to use one more and more, but most if not all of these were taken with one. I have the plastic white capped model that fits the 430. It does soak up a stop of flash though. Not a huge deal, I guess any diffuser is going to deplete the light in some degree. Thanks for the comments.

[mj702002]

Nice Joseph! I like them all!! (I could do with out the 'creepy crawly spider':eek:...and how close did you have to get to that?)

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I have a 100mm macro. so the end of the lens will be about a foot away, but many of these, like the hairy spider, is very small. The spider is about 1/2 a pencil eraser. So there is little chance of it attacking me. I went out today and saw the biggest Yellow Jacket, or Northern Bumble Bee I've ever seen. It was huge. I got real close to it and it came for me. Sounded like a jet passing by. Thanks for the comments MJ.

[Anni628]

Joseph, these are amazing Macros.

I loved the caterpillar doing its calisthenics;
I didn't know yellow jackets had blue eyes;
Your dragonfly is simply incredible;
I loved the texture of the buds on the flower head, every fiber was clear as can be;
And when I saw the spider the theme song to Mission Impossible played in my head (yeah, warped lol)

Great work. Don't you love your Macro lens? :)

[mj702002]

A regular normal pencil eraser?? That is like a 1/4 inch wide...you mean that "creepy crawly ferocious looking creature" was half of that, an 1/8 of an inch :o?? (I can handle those guys :cool: )

I may have to get a little more serious about looking into one of those lenses- except nobody that I have checked with has them in stock! What else do you use it for outside of macro?

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Ya it was small. I gage the furiousness of a spider by if I can actually see the hair with the naked eye. :)

This 100mm lens is truly a great lens. Sharp and clean. This lens is like any other in that it's a good all around lens too. And an exceptional portrait lens as well. But now after doing so many macro shots, I long for the 180mm f3.5 macro.

[mj702002]

For everyday sort of use...how far away would you have to be...say if you used it to take that shot of your daughter on your avatar?

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Maybe I should have stated that differently. 100mm macro is an "all-around" lens meaning it can do it all. I don't consider it a walk around lens because it's not wide enough. My avatar is a huge crop, but to frame that same shot with the 100mm you might have to be about 15 ft. maybe a little more.

[verikos]

Beautiful shots, as always, Joseph.

[johnnya]

Brilliant Joseph. I LOVE the green bug (5th pic on first post) That thing is freaky bug eye looking :)

[johnnya]

Question??? If one of those crawlly little critters was "on" your macro lense, could you focus enough to get a shot? Or is that to close?

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Question??? If one of those crawlly little critters was "on" your macro lense, could you focus enough to get a shot? Or is that to close?

Thanks John. No. I think with this lens you can be a little less than a foot away and still focus, but not right on it.