monochrome fly

DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
edited February 19, 2007 in Holy Macro
I'll never be a Lord V, but seeing enough of Brian's work, and learning from his technique, my reversed macro shots have come a long way. Seems this guy wasn't built for the bitter cold we've had lately.

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old 30/2.8 Sigma reversed on my 30D.
Erik
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  • HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2007
    Nice fly. Great hairs on him. Izzy ded or just frozen?


    BTW, can you or anyone point me towards some reading regarding reversed lens macro? Kind of a lens reversing for dummies???

    TIA
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2007
    That's cheating- frozen flies! :D
    Good shot
    Brian V.
    Brian V.
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited February 19, 2007
    HiSPL wrote:
    Nice fly. Great hairs on him. Izzy ded or just frozen?


    BTW, can you or anyone point me towards some reading regarding reversed lens macro? Kind of a lens reversing for dummies???

    TIA
    Let's call the fly: "permanently frozen"

    reverse macro for dummies... start here at dgrin, I just did a search:
    http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.dgrin.com+reversed+macro&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited February 19, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    That's cheating- frozen flies! :D
    Good shot
    Brian V.
    I'd be happy to stop "cheating"... its -6C here at the moment!
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I'd be happy to stop "cheating"... its -6C here at the moment!

    eek7.gif ever thought of moving ?
  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2007
    Expired? No wonder he doesn' have any catch lights in his eyes!!! :D
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I'll never be a Lord V, but seeing enough of Brian's work, and learning from his technique, my reversed macro shots have come a long way. Seems this guy wasn't built for the bitter cold we've had lately.



    old 30/2.8 Sigma reversed on my 30D.


    Ahhhhhhhhhh yes the dead fly close-up, this is about the only way I can catch them up close too without them flying off.
    He died in a nice pose though, he looks like he is checking you out Doc :D
    You got the eyes real nice and sharp to, the lines are very visible.
    You did good mate clap.gif ..... Skippy
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  • firedancing4lifefiredancing4life Registered Users Posts: 550 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2007
    Nice shot Doc. I gotta start freezing some bugs!

    =)

    Did you use a tripod?
    Kevin
    www.rightangleimages.com
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited February 19, 2007
    firedancing4life wrote:
    Nice shot Doc. I gotta start freezing some bugs!

    =)

    Did you use a tripod?
    Now, for the record, I didn't do the freezing, you can thank mother nature for that.

    Tripod: yes. With the reversed lens, it's really hard to use flash, because you get that bright spot in the center due to the aperture being so close to the end of the glass.
    Erik
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited February 19, 2007
    gus wrote:
    eek7.gif ever thought of moving ?
    25 July nod.gif
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

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