Last minute macros (no judge comments please)

yak.h'cir

yak.h'cir

yak.h'cir

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Once again i've left it to the last minute to actually prepare a picture, I pretty settled on my choice for the competition entry but fancied posting the others because they took me ages to make!

Any opinions/comments much appreachiated :)
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No.3 roc ks my world!!

Absolutely love that shot, love the way the reflection of the flower looks like it is sliding down the leaf at speed!!
 
wow! Think you should be banned from this competition to give the rest of us a chance :p

I like no.3 the best!

What setup are you using to get these images?
 
Number 3 is the best. Id be tempted to adjust the colout a tiny bit to make it fractionally less blue. Also the highlights in the two closest droplets are a little burnt out, drawing my eye to them first, before the droplet with the flower. Good work though. :)
 
I remember seeing a guide somewhere for those photos with flowers and things in the droplets, has anybody got a link? I quite fancy a go, they look ace
 
Whilst 3 looks the biz colour wise, I find the DOF a little off putting as I can't really see where the main focal point is. I think that with a reshoot and a good focus on the flower droplet it would be brilliant.
 
Thank you all very much for the encouraging comments!

This is the setup I used to get the shots:-
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The flower shots were handheld but I had to use the tripod for the droplet/sugar pictures as i was having trouble positioning lights in order to get the coloured reflections.
 
yak.h'cir said:
Thank you all very much for the encouraging comments!

This is the setup I used to get the shots:-


The flower shots were handheld but I had to use the tripod for the droplet/sugar pictures as i was having trouble positioning lights in order to get the coloured reflections.
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Apart from the macro flash & camera, what lens and attachments are they? Are they extension tubes or something? I've never really seen them in use.
 
It's the MP-E 65mm macro lens, no tubes as of yet although it'll be interesting to see what magnification I can get too with them!
 
yak.h'cir said:
It's the MP-E 65mm macro lens, no tubes as of yet although it'll be interesting to see what magnification I can get too with them!
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I'd never heard of that till now. Nice...shame I don't have £700!
 
yak.h'cir said:
You should move to Canada, I got mine brand new for 350 pounds!
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Funnily enough when our daughter is all growed up, (at least 18 years yet!) that is an intention of myself and my wife!
 
:) Well you've got plenty of time to save up then! Also you might want to start the immigration process now, it takes blumin ages! Start now and you might just be Canadian in 18 years :D
 
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