Wild Child
Natural light (outdoor)
Canon 5DIII + Canon 16-35 2.8
28mm, f 7.1, 1/125, ISO 160
Post processing in LR & PS
So much fun!
Natural light (outdoor)
Canon 5DIII + Canon 16-35 2.8
28mm, f 7.1, 1/125, ISO 160
Post processing in LR & PS
So much fun!
Natural light (indoor)
Canon 5DIII + Canon 70-200 2.8 IS
200mm, f 2.8, 1/160, ISO 2500
The never ending tinkering with my macro set-up continues.
I’ve been mixing it up with my standard 50mm + tubes + Raynox vs 50mm reversed on tubes vs. Raynox on 200mm.
I’ve got a downsizing ring for the Raynox on the 200 that should arrive this week so more to come on that.
Here are a few things to consider:
These are 50mm reversed with slight crop in LR (about 20%). Aperture was set manually before removing from camera and reversing.
The things I like about this set-up:
The negatives:
This is same set-up (50mm reversed on tubes) @ f14. easier to see but still harder than the 50mm on tubes + raynox.
This is from 50mm on tubes + Raynox
Same but with contrasty processing
Which do you prefer?
More to come so watch this space!
Matt
Canon 5DIII, 24-70 2.8L @ 24mm
I’m trying to improve my very poor knowledge of formal names of insects. I think this is correct. Found in Sydney Northern Beaches, September 11 2016. Local trees Angophora Costata. It looks like the beetle in these links however the locations conflict:
www.jungledragon.com/image/37057/emerald_eucalyptus_chafe…
biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Xylonichus_eucalypti%3bXylon…?
Any supporting info would be much appreciated.
cheers
Matt
Photography info: Canon 7D, Kenko Tubes & 50mm 1.8 coupled with my home made lighting setup.
Flies get a pretty raw deal when it comes to reputation.
They get swatted, sprayed and are used as the bad guys in many repellent commercials.
In reality flies are really cool. They help to pollinate flowers, clean up waste, and are a great food source for many animals.
Best of all, flies are great to shoot. They have big eyes, amazing colours and really interesting faces that would make an awesome Halloween costume.
At the end of the day flies are really quite tolerant of big lenses being stuck in their faces which makes them perfect for learning macro photography.
Put out some organic plant fertilizer and pretty soon you will have an array of subjects to shoot.
I’ve recently started playing with the Nik Software straight out of Lightroom. I’ve used Niksoft software for years (pre Google purchasing it) but I’ve really only used it when editing in Photoshop. The Nik collection works quite well out of Lightroom to add a bit of puch to the dynamic range of images. Probably the biggest limitation is things can get a bit noisy in the shadows, especially if things are pushed too hard. Each of these images received about 1min of post production in Lightroom 6.
Canon 7D, Kenko Tubes & 50mm 1.8 coupled with my home made lighting setup.