Macro lens club

**dadipentak** · 05-23-2016, 06:02 AM

Originally posted by TER-OR

when you get a close image those blooms

Over the years, I've tried sporadically to photograph red-buds but have never come up with anything that comes close to doing them justice. There's an ephemeral quality I find almost impossible to capture.

**Weevil** · 05-23-2016, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

The f2.8 version of the 180 Macro SFAIK was never made in K-mount. Was the photo taken with the original f3.5 version?

This is the 2nd version of that lens in f3.5
The 2.8 version was made in Canon / Nikon (nd probably Sigma mount also), and has OS.
None were made in P-K Mount

**eyrr** · 05-23-2016, 06:41 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by TER-OR

I'm fairly sure this is a male Xylocopa carpenter bee. The big eyes, broad head and white/yellow clypeus are signs. During redbud blooms the only bumbles out are usually queens. Carpenters, osmia, colletes are all over them, though. Redbuds are great resources for bees.

Fair enough. I stand corrected. Just a sloppy habit of referring to big fuzzy bees generically as bumblebees. FWIW, the plant isn't eastern redbud (cercis canadensis) It's bleeding heart (dicentra spectabilis). The bees' favourite this time of year in my yard is geranium phaeum. I let it cover the lawn and the flowers are just bouncing with bees.

**TER-OR** · 05-24-2016, 05:41 AM

Ah, you get so close and sometimes it's hard to tell which flower is which. The bleeding hearts in the neighborhood are blooming in force now. I don't often see bees on them, but that could just be sampling bias, my not seeing the flowers when they're offering nectar. Maybe that's morning and I walk the dogs in the evening. You may notice the Xylocopa "stealing" nectar by chewing through the flower base to access the nectaries instead of clinging on the end.

The Bombus auricomus bumblebee (yellow terga 2 and 3) are about the same size as Xylocopa, the queens even bigger. They'll be out soon. They seem to time when the shooting stars and even moreso the indigo is blooming.

**WPRESTO** · 05-24-2016, 07:23 PM - **3 Likes**

Image stack with APO Componon enlarging lens, reverse mounted on bellows, K3

Pictora · 06-03-2016, 11:19 AM - **1 Like**

My first samples using recently purchased Lester Dine 105mm f2.8 Macro Lens from the Pentaxforums.com market place. I have used LR and NIK tool for the B+W post processing from RAW.

**volley** · 06-04-2016, 07:44 AM - **5 Likes**

A quick shot in my garden after the rain ...
K3 with the wonderful manual Panagor 2,8/90 Macro

Please click for a larger version

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**WPRESTO** · 06-04-2016, 01:27 PM - **1 Like**

Flower/seed head of a grass, mild minor crop and deeper crop. K1 (FF mode) + 200mm SMCA macro.

zzeitg · 06-05-2016, 09:21 AM - **6 Likes**

FA50 macro + 2x TC Kenko

**WPRESTO** · 06-05-2016, 01:25 PM

That is a very impressive series. I'm surprised by the IQ the Kenko maintained.

zzeitg · 06-05-2016, 02:54 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by WPRESTO

That is a very impressive series. I'm surprised by the IQ the Kenko maintained.

Thanks!
One more with the same lens.

sculptor666 · 06-05-2016, 04:59 PM - **3 Likes**

same combo as usual... dfa50mm with extension tubes, af540fgz with diffuser, k-3

**WPRESTO** · 06-05-2016, 05:07 PM - **1 Like**

I waited a long time for this spider to turn profile or head-on, but it just would not cooperate, so I have eight shots or so of its back end. It is tiny, no more than about 3mm. K1 + 200mm SMCA macro, deeply cropped.

zzeitg · 06-06-2016, 11:17 AM - **7 Likes**

FA50 macro + 2x TC Kenko

**WPRESTO** · 06-06-2016, 11:52 AM

That combo obviously works well. Fine set of macros.

05-24-2016, 07:23 PM - 3 Likes	#2345
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Image stack with APO Componon enlarging lens, reverse mounted on bellows, K3 Attached Images

06-04-2016, 07:44 AM - 5 Likes	#2347
volley Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Springe Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,693	A quick shot in my garden after the rain ... K3 with the wonderful manual Panagor 2,8/90 Macro Please click for a larger version [IMG][/IMG]

06-04-2016, 01:27 PM - 1 Like	#2348
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Flower/seed head of a grass, mild minor crop and deeper crop. K1 (FF mode) + 200mm SMCA macro. Attached Images Last edited by WPRESTO; 06-13-2016 at 03:28 AM.

06-05-2016, 05:07 PM - 1 Like	#2353
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	I waited a long time for this spider to turn profile or head-on, but it just would not cooperate, so I have eight shots or so of its back end. It is tiny, no more than about 3mm. K1 + 200mm SMCA macro, deeply cropped. Attached Images

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05-23-2016, 06:02 AM	#2341
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by TER-OR when you get a close image those blooms Over the years, I've tried sporadically to photograph red-buds but have never come up with anything that comes close to doing them justice. There's an ephemeral quality I find almost impossible to capture.

05-23-2016, 05:53 PM	#2342
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,446	Originally posted by WPRESTO The f2.8 version of the 180 Macro SFAIK was never made in K-mount. Was the photo taken with the original f3.5 version? This is the 2nd version of that lens in f3.5 The 2.8 version was made in Canon / Nikon (nd probably Sigma mount also), and has OS. None were made in P-K Mount

05-24-2016, 05:41 AM	#2344
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Ah, you get so close and sometimes it's hard to tell which flower is which. The bleeding hearts in the neighborhood are blooming in force now. I don't often see bees on them, but that could just be sampling bias, my not seeing the flowers when they're offering nectar. Maybe that's morning and I walk the dogs in the evening. You may notice the Xylocopa "stealing" nectar by chewing through the flower base to access the nectaries instead of clinging on the end. The Bombus auricomus bumblebee (yellow terga 2 and 3) are about the same size as Xylocopa, the queens even bigger. They'll be out soon. They seem to time when the shooting stars and even moreso the indigo is blooming.

06-05-2016, 09:21 AM - 6 Likes	#2349
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	FA50 macro + 2x TC Kenko

06-05-2016, 01:25 PM	#2350
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	That is a very impressive series. I'm surprised by the IQ the Kenko maintained.

06-05-2016, 02:54 PM - 2 Likes	#2351
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	Originally posted by WPRESTO That is a very impressive series. I'm surprised by the IQ the Kenko maintained. Thanks! One more with the same lens.

06-05-2016, 04:59 PM - 3 Likes	#2352
sculptor666 Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: PA Photos: Gallery Posts: 675	same combo as usual... dfa50mm with extension tubes, af540fgz with diffuser, k-3

06-06-2016, 11:17 AM - 7 Likes	#2354
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	FA50 macro + 2x TC Kenko

06-06-2016, 11:52 AM	#2355
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	That combo obviously works well. Fine set of macros.

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