[PIC_THREAD] All Things Macro, Micro

Ali195 · 31 Jul 2021 at 18:32

Instead of posting in the other one for wildlife, thought a dedicated thread for macro was needed.

Below Nikon Z6 II with Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro. Flower from our garden, as usual no idea what it is :cry:

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Ali195 · 31 Jul 2021 at 18:43

This little g*t was probably the one who ate all my brussel sprout leaves last year :mad:

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Not so cute when you get a good look. Was in the house this week so quickly got the gear ready.

It was kind enough to stay still for some so so stacking before LED light bothered that huge eye of it (barf.gif).

Nikon Z6 II with Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro.

adrichardson81 · 2 Aug 2021 at 20:47

Not true macro, but they're about as close as I could get with my Sony 50/2.5 and A7Riii.

Ali195 · 3 Aug 2021 at 20:26

Squashed dragon fly face (barf.jpg), brought in by the cat. 26 images stacked.

adrichardson81 · 3 Aug 2021 at 20:33

Incredible work! I can't imagine how much work that must have taken. Was it just natural light?

Ali195 · 3 Aug 2021 at 21:42

adrichardson81 said:
Incredible work! I can't imagine how much work that must have taken. Was it just natural light?

Thank you! LED light on it's left hand side, maxed out. Such a pity the cat squashed it's face in, I wanted a front centred shot. Got the urge to shoot insects right now, misses is out tomorrow to may go garden hunting with small net and judo chop to the neck.

dave28 · 3 Aug 2021 at 21:49

Ali195 said:
Squashed dragon fly face (barf.jpg), brought in by the cat. 26 images stacked.

Wow that is gross and facinating at the same time lol

adrichardson81 · 3 Aug 2021 at 21:50

Ali195 said:
Thank you! LED light on it's left hand side, maxed out. Such a pity the cat squashed it's face in, I wanted a front centred shot. Got the urge to shoot insects right now, misses is out tomorrow to may go garden hunting with small net and judo chop to the neck.

Must admit I never considered adding a cat to my macro bag!

I tried macro flash when I first started out, but the results were nothing like as natural as that.

Ali195 · 9 Aug 2021 at 14:41

Ali195 · 13 Aug 2021 at 15:49

Barf.jpg. House fly.

UberTiger · 13 Aug 2021 at 19:12

That's mental @Ali195!

Ali195 · 5 Sep 2021 at 20:11

With my trusty net, cat and a bit of luck i've been on the hunt again. 2nd one is abit nightmareish, not for the faint of heart.

Bonus fly

keenan · 5 Sep 2021 at 20:36

These are really fantastic! Were the all captured with the Laowa?

Ali195 · 5 Sep 2021 at 21:09

keenan said:
These are really fantastic! Were the all captured with the Laowa?

Yep, all with the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro but for the insects a lot of extension tubes to increase magnification futher, some generic brand from the rainforest.

By far the best thing was a cheapo shutter release cable, saved a lot of shake/wait frustration using the touch screen or shutter button on camera.

keenan · 6 Sep 2021 at 01:08

Ali195 said:
Yep, all with the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro but for the insects a lot of extension tubes to increase magnification futher, some generic brand from the rainforest.

By far the best thing was a cheapo shutter release cable, saved a lot of shake/wait frustration using the touch screen or shutter button on camera.

Thanks for the info, it's been so long since I've taken any photos, but beautiful macro photos always grabs my attention.

And · 26 Oct 2021 at 06:50

Collared earthstar releasing spores. Sony a7R4, sigma 70mm macro, off-camera flash used.

goldy6660 · 26 Oct 2021 at 07:53

Agreed these are amazing, how much would a set-up like these cost? Awesome pics

Ali195 · 13 Feb 2022 at 14:19

Woodlouse from garden, Nikon Z6 II with Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro.

Ali195 · 4 Jun 2022 at 16:42

To commemorate hayfever, some macro shots of our garden plants. Enjoy.

Nikon Z6 II with MC 50mm @ 5.4 ISO 100

RussD · 10 Jun 2022 at 14:06

Very Good Macros in here. WHY do some of you post your images SOooooooo LARGE ?? Is a bit off putting. A little smaller like 1000 pix or 1400pix would be far better to look at surely. Just saying, as a photographer myself I don't find it useful to post such large images on the internet as they are Full On your Face.