Macro by any means necessary club

**crewl1** · 03-14-2012, 12:20 PM

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Interesting info, thanks.

yeatzee · 03-14-2012, 02:08 PM

looks good Nass, make me miss shooting all the more

Nass · 03-14-2012, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by yeatzee

looks good Nass, make me miss shooting all the more

You're in your college years. Go and chase pretty college girls, significantly more entertaining than taking nerdy ultramacro bug piccies

Nass · 03-18-2012, 03:26 PM

A little bit of moth wing scales action this w/e

8540tomg · 03-18-2012, 06:45 PM

Interesting shot Nass

Like an Impressionist painting.

Tom G

Nass · 03-23-2012, 03:32 PM

fly head, about 1mm across (@8:1, using microscope lens on cam with bellows)

samper · 03-23-2012, 04:34 PM

I really have no idea how you do this stuff Nass. But so impressive.

**dadipentak** · 03-27-2012, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by Nass

You're in your college years. Go and chase pretty college girls, significantly more entertaining than taking nerdy ultramacro bug piccies

Or you might try...you know...studying.

Nass · 03-28-2012, 03:38 PM - **1 Like**

GibbyTheMole · 03-28-2012, 05:01 PM

Nass, you blow my mind! What kind of microscope lens do you use & how much does something like that cost?

yeatzee · 03-28-2012, 09:52 PM - **1 Like**

Looks good Nass

Originally posted by GibbyTheMole

Nass, you blow my mind! What kind of microscope lens do you use & how much does something like that cost?

"Technical, 3 flashes, 2 from the sides and one from the bottom, el nikkor 50@5.6, 1s exposure through to a smallHD field monitor outputting the background. Tissue paper diffuser moved quite far back, 180 shots stacked in zerene (mainly dmap with a bit of pmax hair action thrown in); fair bit of retouching; further work in CS3 & Topaz detail."

Nass · 03-29-2012, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by GibbyTheMole

Nass, you blow my mind! What kind of microscope lens do you use & how much does something like that cost?

For this I used a reversed enlarging lens, the el nikkor 50 f/2.8, which is about $50? on ebay. Don't get the f/4. But the optic is only part of the story, the other parts are the flashes (3), the stackshot (a lazy man's Newport Stage) and the stacking software. There's a bit more to it than that (it starts with the catching really, I have 2 traps in the garden); some day I'll do a workflow writeup in an article here that might be interesting to people. But I'd like to get way more experience first.

rvannatta · 04-22-2012, 07:04 PM

I lately acquired an FA*600 f/4 and I'm busy trying to find it's limits, so I thought I would try it out for macro photograpy.
I stuffed the whole set of extension tubes on it (3 of them totally 68mm in length. This reduced the minimum focus distance
a little bit, but not a lot, from 5 meters down to perhaps 3 meters. the single daffodil is taken about as close as I could focus
(the two photos that follow are uncropped and unretrouched out of a K5.

Resolution isn't perfect---blowing up the earwig you can tell it had legs, but the legs are blurred.

I backed off from minimum focus distance to about 15feet to get both flowers in the frame. It was fairly windy so I ran up the ISO to 1600
and still had a fairly long exposure.... but then I had a tripod....

Photo of setting taking the two flowers together.

math guy · 04-23-2012, 06:34 PM

I just came across this thread. Lots of good stuff here... especially some of the insects.

I recently got a coupling ring which allows me to reverse a 50mm lens on my DA70, producing a 1.4x magnification ratio. Here are three flower shots which turned out well, I think.

Kalanchoe

Dandelion

Periwinkle

newarts · 04-24-2012, 07:30 AM

Originally posted by math guy

I just came across this thread. Lots of good stuff here... especially some of the insects.

I recently got a coupling ring which allows me to reverse a 50mm lens on my DA70, producing a 1.4x magnification ratio. Here are three flower shots which turned out well, I think.

Kalanchoe

Dandelion

Periwinkle

Nicely done photos!

03-23-2012, 03:32 PM	#276
Nass Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The British Isles Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,402	fly head, about 1mm across (@8:1, using microscope lens on cam with bellows) Last edited by Nass; 03-23-2012 at 04:43 PM.

04-23-2012, 06:34 PM	#284
math guy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 101	flowers with reversed lens I just came across this thread. Lots of good stuff here... especially some of the insects. I recently got a coupling ring which allows me to reverse a 50mm lens on my DA70, producing a 1.4x magnification ratio. Here are three flower shots which turned out well, I think. Kalanchoe Dandelion Periwinkle

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crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	Staff note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means Pentax Forums may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. If you would like to support the forum directly, you may also make a donation here. Interesting info, thanks.

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yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	looks good Nass, make me miss shooting all the more

03-14-2012, 02:10 PM	#273
Nass Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The British Isles Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,402	Originally posted by yeatzee looks good Nass, make me miss shooting all the more You're in your college years. Go and chase pretty college girls, significantly more entertaining than taking nerdy ultramacro bug piccies

03-18-2012, 03:26 PM	#274
Nass Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The British Isles Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,402	A little bit of moth wing scales action this w/e

03-18-2012, 06:45 PM	#275
8540tomg Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,461	Interesting shot Nass Like an Impressionist painting. Tom G

03-23-2012, 04:34 PM	#277
samper Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 85	I really have no idea how you do this stuff Nass. But so impressive.

03-27-2012, 06:25 AM	#278
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by Nass You're in your college years. Go and chase pretty college girls, significantly more entertaining than taking nerdy ultramacro bug piccies Or you might try...you know...studying.

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Nass Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The British Isles Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,402

03-28-2012, 05:01 PM	#280
GibbyTheMole Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Iowa Photos: Albums Posts: 2,275	Nass, you blow my mind! What kind of microscope lens do you use & how much does something like that cost?

03-28-2012, 09:52 PM - 1 Like	#281
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	Looks good Nass Originally posted by GibbyTheMole Nass, you blow my mind! What kind of microscope lens do you use & how much does something like that cost? "Technical, 3 flashes, 2 from the sides and one from the bottom, el nikkor 50@5.6, 1s exposure through to a smallHD field monitor outputting the background. Tissue paper diffuser moved quite far back, 180 shots stacked in zerene (mainly dmap with a bit of pmax hair action thrown in); fair bit of retouching; further work in CS3 & Topaz detail."

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03-29-2012, 03:58 PM	#282
Nass Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The British Isles Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,402	Originally posted by GibbyTheMole Nass, you blow my mind! What kind of microscope lens do you use & how much does something like that cost? For this I used a reversed enlarging lens, the el nikkor 50 f/2.8, which is about $50? on ebay. Don't get the f/4. But the optic is only part of the story, the other parts are the flashes (3), the stackshot (a lazy man's Newport Stage) and the stacking software. There's a bit more to it than that (it starts with the catching really, I have 2 traps in the garden); some day I'll do a workflow writeup in an article here that might be interesting to people. But I'd like to get way more experience first.

04-22-2012, 07:04 PM	#283
rvannatta Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Apiary, Oregon Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,181	I lately acquired an FA*600 f/4 and I'm busy trying to find it's limits, so I thought I would try it out for macro photograpy. I stuffed the whole set of extension tubes on it (3 of them totally 68mm in length. This reduced the minimum focus distance a little bit, but not a lot, from 5 meters down to perhaps 3 meters. the single daffodil is taken about as close as I could focus (the two photos that follow are uncropped and unretrouched out of a K5. Resolution isn't perfect---blowing up the earwig you can tell it had legs, but the legs are blurred. I backed off from minimum focus distance to about 15feet to get both flowers in the frame. It was fairly windy so I ran up the ISO to 1600 and still had a fairly long exposure.... but then I had a tripod.... Photo of setting taking the two flowers together.

04-24-2012, 07:30 AM	#285
newarts Inactive Account Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ames, Iowa, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 2,965	Originally posted by math guy I just came across this thread. Lots of good stuff here... especially some of the insects. I recently got a coupling ring which allows me to reverse a 50mm lens on my DA70, producing a 1.4x magnification ratio. Here are three flower shots which turned out well, I think. Kalanchoe Dandelion Periwinkle Nicely done photos!