Macro by any means necessary club

rob1234 · 08-20-2012, 01:31 PM

Thanks!

Now been playing with a close-up filter:

K5, F50/1.7, CU filter No.1, f/5.6

**crewl1** · 08-21-2012, 10:11 AM

That reverse flower shot is excellent Rob, as is the spider above.

rob1234 · 08-21-2012, 11:31 AM

Thanks very much - I don't find I can visualise macro shots at all: guilty of a bit of 'spray and pray'!

MartinDK · 08-26-2012, 02:51 AM - **4 Likes**

125mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0):

About 60mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0):

Sage97 · 08-26-2012, 06:27 AM

Originally posted by MartinDK

125mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0):

About 60mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0):

Wow. What a shot. I want to learn how to do macro but these and especially Nas' shots tell me I need to quit now.
All I can do is this.

**crewl1** · 08-26-2012, 04:31 PM

Martin those spider shots are amazing!

**baro-nite** · 09-11-2012, 04:45 PM

Originally posted by MartinDK

Zebra Spider / Almindelig Zebraedderkop, Salticus scenicus by Martin Nystrup Rasmussen

Stunning! I must get a reversing ring and have a try with reversed lens on plain extension. Trying to decide if there's any reason for me to keep my DA 50-200 so today I used it as the primary with an M 50/1.7 reversed onto it. Here's a 100% crop, 50-200 zoomed to 200, for 4:1. It's an aster (weed) of some kind, Crownbeard I think. I was shooting handheld in the field and did not have a high success rate. :P

**dadipentak** · 09-11-2012, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by baro-nite

Crownbeard I think.

Nice!

LightMeter · 10-06-2012, 03:30 PM

Here are some of my Russian watches. ME Super, 50 f/2, 49-52mm step up ring, Nikon 4t close up lens, Pentax AF200T flash off camera and bounced off a white foam board, Sekonic flash meter.

Stoogie · 10-11-2012, 09:37 PM - **1 Like**

Here's my favourite Mcgyiver macro so far, taken with a Rikkenon 50mm f.2 mounted on a hollowed-out Makinon 135mm (about 83mm of extension).

Racerdew · 11-03-2012, 10:07 PM

Wow, this is really crazy!!! This is way over my head but I like it. Would like to know how you stack photos? Seeing the pictures above, paints a thousand words. You really do turn a lense around backwards and put it together. When you wrote that, it went over my head kind of like the algebra class I took. That is wild that you are taking pictures like that? Doesn't seem legal.

Thanks for the illustration.

Racerdew

wayne james · 11-04-2012, 03:47 PM

So I'm checking out the web last night and find a site about shooting marco lens. OK I got them but never really use them at all. So today I run out for gas then come back and grab my camera gear to hit the railroad tracks and woods not far from my house. do a little shooting in the woods then I start heading back to the car and this bird fly's over my head with it's dinner in it's claws and lands in a tree. The only lens I have with me is a Fa Marco 100, oh well this is the best I could do.

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wayne james · 11-04-2012, 04:17 PM

note to myself - "learn to use this lens and use it more"
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row.box · 01-18-2013, 01:22 PM - **1 Like**

Have read through this whole thread and am very excited about getting into macro photos. Recent newcomer to photography and only have a a few lenses but looking to get extension tubes and reversing ring for them. Will hopefully be posting things in the near future.

**baro-nite** · 01-18-2013, 03:53 PM

Originally posted by Mantzy

Have read through this whole thread and am very excited about getting into macro photos. Recent newcomer to photography and only have a a few lenses but looking to get extension tubes and reversing ring for them. Will hopefully be posting things in the near future.

Welcome! Looking forward to seeing your photos as you get going.

08-26-2012, 06:27 AM	#320
Sage97 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 3,238	Originally posted by MartinDK 125mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0): About 60mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0): Wow. What a shot. I want to learn how to do macro but these and especially Nas' shots tell me I need to quit now. All I can do is this. Last edited by Sage97; 08-26-2012 at 06:40 AM.

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rob1234 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire/Hampshire Photos: Albums Posts: 1,760	Thanks! Now been playing with a close-up filter: K5, F50/1.7, CU filter No.1, f/5.6

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crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	That reverse flower shot is excellent Rob, as is the spider above.

08-21-2012, 11:31 AM	#318
rob1234 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire/Hampshire Photos: Albums Posts: 1,760	Thanks very much - I don't find I can visualise macro shots at all: guilty of a bit of 'spray and pray'!

08-26-2012, 02:51 AM - 4 Likes	#319
MartinDK Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Copenhagen Photos: Albums Posts: 45	125mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0): About 60mm extension tubes + reversed Pentax-M 28mm/f3.5 (shot at f/10.0):

08-26-2012, 04:31 PM	#321
crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	Martin those spider shots are amazing!

09-11-2012, 04:45 PM	#322
baro-nite Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,294	Originally posted by MartinDK Zebra Spider / Almindelig Zebraedderkop, Salticus scenicus by Martin Nystrup Rasmussen Stunning! I must get a reversing ring and have a try with reversed lens on plain extension. Trying to decide if there's any reason for me to keep my DA 50-200 so today I used it as the primary with an M 50/1.7 reversed onto it. Here's a 100% crop, 50-200 zoomed to 200, for 4:1. It's an aster (weed) of some kind, Crownbeard I think. I was shooting handheld in the field and did not have a high success rate. :P

09-11-2012, 09:23 PM	#323
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by baro-nite Crownbeard I think. Nice!

10-06-2012, 03:30 PM	#324
LightMeter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Houston, Republic of Texas Posts: 158	Here are some of my Russian watches. ME Super, 50 f/2, 49-52mm step up ring, Nikon 4t close up lens, Pentax AF200T flash off camera and bounced off a white foam board, Sekonic flash meter.

10-11-2012, 09:37 PM - 1 Like	#325
Stoogie Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Mission, B.C. Photos: Albums Posts: 166	Here's my favourite Mcgyiver macro so far, taken with a Rikkenon 50mm f.2 mounted on a hollowed-out Makinon 135mm (about 83mm of extension).

11-03-2012, 10:07 PM	#326
Racerdew Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 285	Wow, this is really crazy!!! This is way over my head but I like it. Would like to know how you stack photos? Seeing the pictures above, paints a thousand words. You really do turn a lense around backwards and put it together. When you wrote that, it went over my head kind of like the algebra class I took. That is wild that you are taking pictures like that? Doesn't seem legal. Thanks for the illustration. Racerdew

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11-04-2012, 03:47 PM	#327
wayne james Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new jersey Posts: 847	So I'm checking out the web last night and find a site about shooting marco lens. OK I got them but never really use them at all. So today I run out for gas then come back and grab my camera gear to hit the railroad tracks and woods not far from my house. do a little shooting in the woods then I start heading back to the car and this bird fly's over my head with it's dinner in it's claws and lands in a tree. The only lens I have with me is a Fa Marco 100, oh well this is the best I could do.

11-04-2012, 04:17 PM	#328
wayne james Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new jersey Posts: 847	note to myself - "learn to use this lens and use it more" FA 100 marco

01-18-2013, 01:22 PM - 1 Like	#329
row.box New Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Adelaide, SA Posts: 7	Have read through this whole thread and am very excited about getting into macro photos. Recent newcomer to photography and only have a a few lenses but looking to get extension tubes and reversing ring for them. Will hopefully be posting things in the near future.

01-18-2013, 03:53 PM	#330
baro-nite Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,294	Originally posted by Mantzy Have read through this whole thread and am very excited about getting into macro photos. Recent newcomer to photography and only have a a few lenses but looking to get extension tubes and reversing ring for them. Will hopefully be posting things in the near future. Welcome! Looking forward to seeing your photos as you get going.