Dragonfly shot with an MPE-65

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited June 30, 2007 in Holy Macro
I finally got my new toy :wink

All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F14, 1/200, and ISO 200) + MPE-65 macro lens. MT-24 EX macro flash with Sto-Fen diffusers. Magnification starts out at life size and goes up to 4x. I'll be trying for a 5x shot next time, but I think it will end up looking like an abstract...

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited June 29, 2007
    Those are pretty amazing. Looking forward to seeing more stuff with your new toy.

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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Those are pretty amazing. Looking forward to seeing more stuff with your new toy.

    Regards,

    Thanks Richard!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    I finally got my new toy mwink.gif

    All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F14, 1/200, and ISO 200) + MPE-65 macro lens. MT-24 EX macro flash with Sto-Fen diffusers. Magnification starts out at life size and goes up to 4x. I'll be trying for a 5x shot next time, but I think it will end up looking like an abstract...

    Ohhhhhhh coolness :ivar way to go Dalantech!
    So what do you think so far ?

    What magnification is the first shot ???
    Can't wait to see more as you get more and more familiar with your new Macro Lens clap.gif thanks for sharing.... Skippy
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Excellent closeups- looks like you are enjoying yopur new toy :)
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  • phuongphuong Registered Users Posts: 68 Big grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    is it just me or these shots are out of focus (the eyes, slightly)?
  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Ohhhhhhh coolness :ivar way to go Dalantech!
    So what do you think so far ?

    What magnification is the first shot ???
    Can't wait to see more as you get more and more familiar with your new Macro Lens clap.gif thanks for sharing.... Skippy
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    Thanks Skippy!

    I think I'm glad I had a lot of practice shooting around 3x with a 100mm lens + tubes + diopter or 1.4TC. I think the learning curve would have been very high if the MPE was my first macro lens...

    Color and contrast is what I'd expect with "L" glass -very little post processing.

    The first shot is life size, the second is 2x, etc.
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent closeups- looks like you are enjoying yopur new toy :)
    Brian V.

    Thanks Brian! When can I come up and play in your garden so you can show me how to use it? mwink.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    phuong wrote:
    is it just me or these shots are out of focus (the eyes, slightly)?

    They are a little "soft". I was trying to get the nose in at least partial focus on the 3x and 4x shots and the dragons head is too big / too much curvature to get everything in sharp focus.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    wow Dalan these are really close mwink.gif it feels like it was in some club mwink.gif
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  • evan_devan_d Registered Users Posts: 19 Big grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Love the first one, nice work!
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  • com3com3 Registered Users Posts: 423 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    holy macro! those are cool!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    wow Dalan these are really close mwink.gif it feels like it was in some club mwink.gif

    I shot it like a rock star my friend :)
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    evan_d wrote:
    Love the first one, nice work!

    Thanks! I think this critter looks best when I don't go above 2x.
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    com3 wrote:
    holy macro! those are cool!

    Thanks for the props! :cool
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