This is appr. the actual size of the erea.






















Comments are always welcome and appreciated.

[MikeNArk]

These are fabulous Marcos. Whatever technique you are using, I would love learning how to do these kinds of macro photographs. It is great to see the macro world this close up. So well done!

[reynb]

Totally agree with MikeNArk. Wonderful shots!

[eaglem]

An excellent series.

[Sailor]

Wow, Heinrich - an amazing series that takes us step-by-step to closer views. Good to hear from you again!

Jer

[angkymac]

Quite the detailed nature story that macro lens is telling us!!!
Really excellent!
Angky

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Quite the detailed nature story that macro lens is telling us!!!
Really excellent!
Angky

Thank you for the kind comments, it is appreciated

Wow, Heinrich - an amazing series that takes us step-by-step to closer views. Good to hear from you again!

Jer

Hi Jer and thank you. My postings have been, and will continue to be very sporadic My eyes are not in goo shape (AMD). The vision changes, some days are better (or worse ) than others, it also depends on how the bi-monthly shots work. But at 91 I am not complaining.

An excellent series.

Thank you EM, I do appreciate your comment.

Totally agree with MikeNArk. Wonderful shots!

Thank you for the kind words.

These are fabulous Marcos. Whatever technique you are using, I would love learning how to do these kinds of macro photographs. It is great to see the macro world this close up. So well done!

Thank you for the kind comment, ther is not much of a technic to learn. I use a homemade flashy diffuser ala forum member "Rense" thali he posted quiet a few years ago



Aside from that it takes a lot of patience keep in mind that the success rate is low. In case of this posting: that little twig is always moving in the wind, the ants are constantly on the move and I am hand holding the camera and the focus area is very thin. So there is a whole lot of luck involved. If I get one good image out of thirty I am happy. The last imge in this series is a 100% crop.

[MikeNArk]

Thank you, Heinrich. Patience is the virtue that I must work on. Does that set up have a teleconverter with the glass removed?

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Thank you, Heinrich. Patience is the virtue that I must work on. Does that set up have a teleconverter with the glass removed?

Hi Mike,

No, it is a KENKO Ext. tube. This is an old photo just to show the flash diffuser. I don't use the ext. tube anymore, my eyes cant do manual focus anymore.

[lesmore49]

Wonderful series of photos of the ants and the aphids. Somewhere ...and I can't recall where..I had read about ants working aphids. To see it in such incremental steps brings that knowledge alive.

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Wonderful series of photos of the ants and the aphids. Somewhere ...and I can't recall where..I had read about ants working aphids. To see it in such incremental steps brings that knowledge alive.

Thank you Les for the kind comments, it's appreciated.