A few macro shots from the weekend

[4hero]

I decided to have a weekend off from motorsport, and spent some time pottering about in the garden. Clicky for larger versions





This Aphid was less than 1mm long, shot at 5:1.










These were all hand held, no stacking or cropping, manual everything and taken with the 40D, MP-E65 f2.8 lens and MT-24EX flash. I am getting used to the new gear now, what a difference from the 100mm f2.8.

Cheers,

Neil.

Edited by 4hero on Sunday 18th May 18:42

[simpo two]

Very nice, esp the top one. I think Jenks has a serious rival at last!

[paul911]

Fantastic. What’s the last pic?

[4hero]

cheers, the last pic was moisture inside one of my outside lights

[flat-planedCrank]

4hero said:

This Aphid was less than 1mm long, shot at 5:1.

Thats just awesome


Cheers.

[paul911]

4hero said:

the last pic was moisture inside one of my outside lights

That’s weird, when you zoom in you can see ….



Sorry I’ll get my coat.


Seriously, I love this sort of stuff, I can see I’ll have to do some research on macro lenses next.

[4hero]

that's funny Paul, I called the shot "Alien Eyes" on flickr

If you need any help with macro lenses, give me a shout, I have been through all the alternatives recently (and spent a small fortune in the meantime)

Edited by 4hero on Sunday 18th May 21:14

[Col 666]

Those pics are superb Neil

[CVP]

That last one is simply great.

Chris

[hawkaye]

Thanks folks, I'm pretty happy with these shots

edited to say, what's going on with this forum, I'm hawkaye again

Edited by hawkaye on Monday 19th May 09:21

[te51cle]

Very good stuff, like the way you've handled the lighting. That first one reminds me of some old biology books where you had pages that folded back to reveal various sections of the body layer by layer.

[Byker28i]

I take it the two white lines on each bubble are the refections from the flash gun? Fantastic macro setup though.

[4hero]

te51cle said:

Very good stuff, like the way you've handled the lighting. That first one reminds me of some old biology books where you had pages that folded back to reveal various sections of the body layer by layer.

I like this shot, it's my new wallpaper.

Byker, yeah, it's the two flashes