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A bunch of various macro shots (10 imgs)
Posted By: khardur, 07-21-2008, 08:09 PM

I've been playing with some macro stuff lately. I don't have any dedicated macro lenses, (yet) - but a 40mm f/2.8 Limited with a 36mm extension tube works in a pinch...

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^^ Ooops - this one I think I only had a 12mm ext. tube on.

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(intentionally blurry, in case anyone is wondering)

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The following two are shot with a Pentax M 150mm f/3.5 with ext. tubes.
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This one is the 150 + my full 72mm worth of extension tubes.

Last but not least, well I guess this is a macro lens, though it only goes down to 1:2. Vivitar 100mm f/3.5 lens

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#2, #8 and #10 are done with natural light only, the rest I used a custom made flash diffuser. *cough* (a cutout piece of a cardboard box with aluminum foil strapped to a Vivitar 285HV with rubber bands... I'll take a pic of the setup if anyone is interested.)

That's it, off to bed for me.
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some pretty great shots here! Of course we need a shot of the flash diffuser doohickey thingy
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Beautiful series Dan. Great light and exposure in all. I'd be interested in seeing your homemade diffuser too.
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These are really good

DA 40 and ext tubes... Who would have guessed that. I am really impressed with this series. The Light/Colors and composition are spot on. A dedicated macro may be in your future but you certainly look to be getting some magic out of this little combo...

And I also vote to see your cardboard contraption...

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Lovely shots^^ I love #3 most^^
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Very very nice shots, I love the 6th one.
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Well done Dan - some very detailed 'close ups' I too would like to see the MaGuyver difuser.

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thanks everyone - I'll see if I can't get a shot of the diffuser setup in a few minutes, once I make my son dinner...
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Flash Diffuser Doohickey

Here it is... Nothing real special, but it works and I figure it cost around $.06 to make, about 1 square foot of aluminum foil, a cardboard cereal box, and a few pieces of tape.

It's lasted about 5 outings so far, but it's getting a bit wobbley now. Some tape reinforcement may be needed, but I may try to make a collapsable version out of some white foam board or perhaps some scraps of matboard later, maybe it will be sturdier.

In practice, the top end actually bends down slightly more than shown here.


a back view. Note the high-tech fastening mechanism...


When I'm using one of the longer lenses, like the 150 f/3.5 with extension tubes, I'll hook up my wireless trigger (the strobist el-cheapo's, $30) - and hold the flash where I want it. When I was shooting the bugs with the 40mm, I had it mounted on an inexpensive L bracket with a sync cord attached, and occasionally I would detach it from the bracket and move it around by hand to vary the light.
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