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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-30-2021, 08:44 AM
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Thank you very much. I was really pleased with the aphid shot with the bonus youngins.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-28-2021, 01:48 PM
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My first insects in a while. Taken with the DA Limited 35mm Macro.
Family portrait:
I only saw the big one when I was shooting.
Well worn bee:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-23-2020, 05:59 PM
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Yes, the combination of mandibles and tongue is quite interesting. Wait 'til you get a look at ant mouth anatomy!
My first macro lens was an SMC Macro Takumar 50mm f4, which I think has the same optical formula as yours. Looks like you're enjoying it.
They are bewitching in their intricacy and diversity. They are a wonderful subject. Welcome to the hive/nest/colony/swarm!
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Great in flight shot! No need to apologize, I often forget to change the lens ID when I'm going back and forth.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-22-2020, 07:06 PM
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Study in greens. Nice composition, well shot!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-19-2020, 11:58 AM
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Thanks! I'm more of a wasp/bee/beetle shooter (though I couldn't name any species or genus if my life depended on it) and don't get to our local pondsas much as I'd like, so I don't have much experience with these creatures. More avenues toexplore! Now that I've got my Tamron 72B for longer 1:1 reach, I'll be all set. Should be interesting to see what it will do when combined with Raynox 250 or Vivitar 2X Macro TC.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-19-2020, 11:33 AM
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So what is the difference? I think I can tell (differences in body proportions and size, eye morphology, and wing resting position?), but I'd still like to hear!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-16-2020, 05:00 PM
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Wow! I've never seen one of them before!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-07-2020, 06:38 PM
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I can see how looking at insects can be an acquired taste. I have some insect subjects I "prefer" over others, for reasons even I can't figure out. Admiring them through photographs is a good, non-threatening introduction that might acclimate you to more and more six legged beings at your own pace. I think I certainly appreciate insects more, now that I photograph them. Their diversity is quite remarkable, and I'm not in the tropics, where that diversity must be stupendous.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-28-2020, 11:02 PM
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The bee survived the crop very nicely. Wouldn't have guessed if you hadn't shown the uncropped version.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-13-2020, 07:49 PM
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Bees in flight! I've found bees tobe amongst the trickiest macro subjects to shoot well. This is a nice one!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-04-2020, 08:45 AM
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It can be tricky. You're shooting at a smaller aperture without automatic diaphragm, and if you're using anything shorter than 50mm your depth of field is even shallower than it is at 1:1. The number of keepers can be on the low side ;), but when things work, it's very rewarding. I've found it much easier to use lenses without aperture rings since I picked up one of these:
I've had great success with the DA 18-55 II and the DA 35 f2.4. I have yet to try my newly acquired 35 Limited. It will be interesting to see if it performs better than the Plastic Fantastic when reversed.
More details here: Macro by any means necessary club - Page 36 - PentaxForums.com |
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-03-2020, 02:25 PM
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My first reversed zoom attempts were with a silver FA 35-80 kit lens I picked for $5.00 at a pawn shop that was going out of business. Can't get much more basic than that!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-03-2020, 01:14 PM
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Thank you. The first one is with the Sigma EX DG 70mmf2.8 macro, the second is one of my first shots using a reversed 18-55 kit lens. Both on K-S2.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-03-2020, 11:33 AM
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We get those here, too. Also on milkweed.
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Can't help with ID, but it looks like it's related to this:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-31-2020, 07:18 PM
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I like the way you've captured the light coming through the wings in the second shot. Very nice!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-03-2020, 07:23 PM
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Thanks! Hey, I've never tried catching dragonflies, so you're ahead of me! That's a fine shot.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-02-2020, 08:04 PM
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Thank you! It was the first time I'd been out with that set-up, too.
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Thanks!
I was stunned when I was notified, given the amazing images I've seen on that front page. Never thought one of mine would end up there. It's a good feeling! I'm still buzzing. :D
Speaking of buzzing, a big thanks to my subject, too!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-01-2020, 09:05 AM
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Minimalist ladybug:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-11-2020, 11:41 AM
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Sleepy sunflower bee:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-10-2020, 10:24 AM
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Early morning bugs, still cold, sleepy and dewy:
100% of above. I didn't realize that bee fuzz had tiny branches like feather barbs before.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-02-2020, 08:06 PM
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From earlier today, first extended use of Raynox 250, mounted on a Tamron 52BB 90mm f2.8, on KP. I really like the results! This combination may reduce my yearning for a 1:1 macro lens longer than 70mm.
This wasp (hornet?) has a drop of water on its head, hanging between the antennae. I didn't notice this until I processed the image.
A longhorn beetle, a Locust Borer, Megacyllene robiniae. Goldenrod is a great place to find lots of different insects.
A grasshopper, taken with the Tamron on its own, without the Raynox.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-01-2020, 12:35 PM
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Ant stuff from a couple of years ago, but just cleaned up today. Reversed Kinotel on K-S2.
Ant mouth parts are complicated! Until I took these shots, I had no idea they had these bits tucked in behind their mandibles.
And some non-ant shots I took today. Reversed Kinotel with extension on KP:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-29-2020, 12:58 PM
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Cross posted with "Macro by any means necessary" club. Reversed 18-55 II on K-S2:
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