Some recent macro shots.

Lord Vetinari

A few recent shots all taken in the last week or so.
Brian V.

dew drop taken at 3.4:1 and focus stacked from 2 pics



Rain on netting taken at 1.5:1 and focus stacked from 4 pics.



Rain drops on moss sporangiophores taken at about 3:1 and focus stacked
from 2 pics



Jumping spider body about 4mm



Wouldn't be complete without a fly



Ladybird investigating



small spider 3mm body length levitating.

System

brian-

awesome shots!-

love the first spider-

george

kdog

Fantastic and beautiful shots, all of them. Your housefly macro is the best I've ever seen.

-joel

GREAPER

Awesome stuff.

Eric&Susan

Great stuff as always

Love that last one

Eric

tmlphoto

Quality work LV. Really nice. How much extension are you using to get to 3.4 : 1?

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gefillmore wrote:

brian-

awesome shots!-

love the first spider-

george

Thanks George,
Thats the first decent jumping spider shot I've managed
Brian v.

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kdog wrote:

Fantastic and beautiful shots, all of them. Your housefly macro is the best I've ever seen.

-joel

Thanks Joel,
Flies are my specialty
Brian V.

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GREAPER wrote:

Awesome stuff.

Thanks Greaper
Just trying to show macros can be interesting/arty or whatever you want.
Brian V.

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Eric&Susan wrote:

Great stuff as always

Love that last one

Eric

Thanks Eric,
Always get odd shots when the web doesn't show- I actually took a sequence of about 10 pics of this spider- I just liked it's colours.
Brian V.

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tmlphoto wrote:

Quality work LV. Really nice. How much extension are you using to get to 3.4 : 1?

Thanks Thomas
I was using 33mm of extension tubes plus the front lens element out of an old 35-135mm zoom lens I had on my 105mm EX macro lens. This lens is equivalent to a reversed 50mm lens ie about 20 dioptre but gives a brighter FOV and slightly longer focus distance than a reversed 50mm.
The zoom lens was a Tamron pentax K mount fit lens about 30 years old but the front glass seems excellent.
Not exactly elegantly fitted but it works
If I use all my tubes (65mm) plus the lens I get just under 4:1 - sort of puts me off the cash outlay for an MPE-65

Awais Yaqub

You did it again as usual these are Great
One of the best macro shooter i have seen

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Awais Yaqub wrote:

You did it again as usual these are Great
One of the best macro shooter i have seen

Thanks for the compliment Awais,
Just lots of practice and a love of the macro world
Brian V.

Nikolai

Brian,
Simply amazing! I'm speechless!

Frog Lady

the grass reflecting in the dew drop is pretty cool, but they all are pretty awesome

Colleen

tmlphoto

Wow that is some setup LV. You are getting great results. I still haven't had much time to play with my new extension tubes. If I get anything decent I'll put them up. They are 12mm, 20mm & 36mm. I have been trying it out with all three stacked for a total of 68mm. I'll have to pull out my macro book to recall how to calculate the ratio for my 100mm lens plus the extension.

gluwater

Love the jumping spider Brian, I think they are one of the coolest little spiders around. Thanks for the shot of your set up, you come up with some cool stuff.

Skippy

Your Work Is Alway Stunning

Lord Vetinari wrote:

A few recent shots all taken in the last week or so.
Brian V.

dew drop taken at 3.4:1 and focus stacked from 2 pics
Rain on netting taken at 1.5:1 and focus stacked from 4 pics.

Rain drops on moss sporangiophores taken at about 3:1 and focus stacked
from 2 pics
Jumping spider body about 4mm

Wouldn't be complete without a fly
Ladybird investigating
small spider 3mm body length levitating.

Another Excellent Series from you Brain..... and your flies a beauty
Skippy (Australia)

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all, much appreciated.
Thomas- you will find the calculated magnification with extension tubes for a macro lens is not very accurate (I think because the actual focal length reduces at minimum focus).
With 68mm of tubes on your 100mm lens you will get just over 2:1 and with around 33mm you'll get about 1.5:1. The easiest way of checking is just to take a pic of the mm scale on a ruler.
Brian V.

Back Window

rad shots, awesome raindrops and the jumping spider is sweet!

GraphyFotoz

AWSOME work as usual Brian!!

I'd love to get some water drops like that 1st one!

When you say stacked photo's how do you do that???

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GraphyFotoz wrote:

AWSOME work as usual Brian!!

I'd love to get some water drops like that 1st one!

When you say stacked photo's how do you do that???

Thanks GraphyFotoz Glad you like them.

I did a little focus stacking tutorial here
http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/163367/
Brian V.

These are crops of the original two shots of the drop that were focus stacked

nzmacro

Excellent shots and work as always sir Brian. Clear and sharp. That last minute little spider there, is one that we don't normally get to see. We have them on Daffodils here Brian. They are so small most people never see them. Even when they are adults they don't change. All the best Brian and brilliant work, thats some ratio on that baby mate

Danny.

ultravox

"Not exactly elegantly fitted but it works "

And it works elegantly!thumb

Oh, did I mention how stuning they are?
Masterpieces.

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Back Window wrote:

rad shots, awesome raindrops and the jumping spider is sweet!

Thanks for the comments Back Window
Brian V.

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nzmacro wrote:

Excellent shots and work as always sir Brian. Clear and sharp. That last minute little spider there, is one that we don't normally get to see. We have them on Daffodils here Brian. They are so small most people never see them. Even when they are adults they don't change. All the best Brian and brilliant work, thats some ratio on that baby mate

Danny.

Thanks Danny
Seem to be taking a lot of shots recently at highish ratios- still waiting for the big bugs to appear
Brian V.

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ultravox wrote:

"Not exactly elegantly fitted but it works "

And it works elegantly!thumb

Oh, did I mention how stuning they are?
Masterpieces.

Thanks Ultravox
As you may have noticed I'm more interested in whether things work rather than how they look
This setup also has a further advantage in that you can focus by pushing against the sponge ring as normally I'm resting it on a surface to take the shots.
Brian V.