Some bug shots from the last few days

Lord Vetinari

Some bug shots from the last few days. Pleased to see a few more hoverflies now appearing the garden.
Brian V.

Wolf spider



Gall wasp trying to take off



7-spot ladybird





Ichneumon wasp



Small fly on lichen colony on wall



Hoverfly (Eupodes corollae I think) feeding on azalea

jax

Great shots! As per usual

Daver2112

Wow! Your shots just blew me away! Absolutely awesome!
What type of lens are you using?

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments

Daver- these were all shot with an MPE-65 macro lens
Brian V.

XR6MOTO

Great shots with incredible detail & clarity.

anonymouscuban

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments

Daver- these were all shot with an MPE-65 macro lens
Brian V.

Brian,

Is there a comparable lens made for a Nikon mount?

I've searched high and low but cannot find any information on one.

If not with one lens, is there a way to achieve this level of magnification with stacked lenses or extension tubes, etc.?

Lord Vetinari

XR6MOTO wrote:

Great shots with incredible detail & clarity.

Thanks - glad you liked them and thanks for commenting
Brian V,

Lord Vetinari

anonymouscuban wrote:

Brian,

Is there a comparable lens made for a Nikon mount?

I've searched high and low but cannot find any information on one.

If not with one lens, is there a way to achieve this level of magnification with stacked lenses or extension tubes, etc.?

Hi, fraid there isn't anything else out there like the MPE-65 for any mount.
All the other macro lenses stop at 1:1 where the MPE-65 starts.

A few choices to achieve higher mags.

1. Macro lens around 100mm plus kenko ext tubes will take you to 2:1

2. Reversed lens on the front of another - various mixes but a reversed 50mm onto a 100mm macro lens gives 3:1

3. Body reversing lenses eg the kit zoom lens gives from 1:1 to 3:1 mags when reversed directly onto the camer body.

you can combine 1 & 2 and get to 4:1 plus with these methods you still have full aperture control which you lose with a body reversed lens.

Brian V.

anonymouscuban

Thanks for the info Brian. This is really helpful.

At what magnification were these shots taken? If different for each, at what mag was the first Lady Bug and second Hoverfly shots taken?

Lord Vetinari

anonymouscuban wrote:

Thanks for the info Brian. This is really helpful.

At what magnification were these shots taken? If different for each, at what mag was the first Lady Bug and second Hoverfly shots taken?

Hi Approx
#1 2:1
#2 3:1
#3 3:1
#4 4:1
#5 2:1
#6 3:1
#7 & #8 1.5:1
Brian v.

Chrissiebeez_NL

absolutely stunning Brian!

Are you also doing expositions as well? if not, you should!