A Butterfly's Tale

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited July 9, 2007 in Holy Macro
I noticed that this guy had a torn wing after I took a shot with a 70-200 F4 L + 500D diopter:

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So I changed to an MPE-65 macro lens and decided to press my luck. All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode, F 16, 1/200, ISO 200) + MPE-65mm macro lens + MT-24EX with home made diffusers.

Life size:

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Now at twice life size:

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Same composition, just bumped the magnification up to 2.5x:

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Now on to 3x:

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Now with the camera vertical for a portrait:

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As always none of these images are cropped -unless you count the viewfinder... :wink
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    John,

    These are nice. I really like that third one (first one list at 2).

    Might have to try the support gear you showed on your blog. I have not yet gotten anything that gives me a lot of stability for the lens. ne_nau.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    RogersDA wrote:
    John,

    These are nice. I really like that third one (first one list at 2).

    Might have to try the support gear you showed on your blog. I have not yet gotten anything that gives me a lot of stability for the lens. ne_nau.gif

    Above life size composition is tough (especially if, like me, you don't like to crop) and any kind of support comes in real handy. I got lucky with this guy: he was in a position where it was easy to shoot him and still brace the camera. Plus I was out early in the morning before the wind came up...
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,703 moderator
    edited July 8, 2007
    Butterflies are not always so obliging:D

    Lovely set of images. I like the water droplets on its eyes - must interfere some with vision, perhaps?

    Looks like you are having fun with the MPE-65.
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    pathfinder wrote:
    Butterflies are not always so obliging:D

    Lovely set of images. I like the water droplets on its eyes - must interfere some with vision, perhaps?

    Looks like you are having fun with the MPE-65.

    I caught him early in the morning when he was trying to dry out from the previous night's dew... mwink.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    I noticed that this guy had a torn wing after I took a shot with a 70-200 F4 L + 500D diopter:
    So I changed to an MPE-65 macro lens and decided to press my luck. All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode, F 16, 1/200, ISO 200) + MPE-65mm macro lens + MT-24EX with home made diffusers.
    Life size:
    Now at twice life size:
    Same composition, just bumped the magnification up to 2.5x:
    Now on to 3x:
    Now with the camera vertical for a portrait:
    As always none of these images are cropped -unless you count the viewfinder... mwink.gif

    Even with the torn wing the butterfly is still beautiful iloveyou.gif
    Glad it sat still long enough for you to take these shots John clap.gif

    Makes you wonder just what flies and butterflies can actually see when they have water droplets and debre on their eyes most of the time.

    Excellent series ..... well done! thumb.gif ... Skippy
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    You do killer job ! great
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Lovely series and good detail- did well to get that close :)
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Even with the torn wing the butterfly is still beautiful iloveyou.gif
    Glad it sat still long enough for you to take these shots John clap.gif

    Makes you wonder just what flies and butterflies can actually see when they have water droplets and debre on their eyes most of the time.

    Excellent series ..... well done! thumb.gif ... Skippy
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    Thanks Skippy! I went out early looking for assassin bugs but didn't find any. I stopped to look around, and to decide where I wanted to go next, when I spotted that butterfly trying to dry out from the dew. One of the advantages to shooting while everyone else is still asleep... mwink.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    You do killer job ! great

    Thanks Awais!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Lovely series and good detail- did well to get that close :)
    Brian V.

    Thanks Brian! I moved slowly, but it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. Normally they'll jump at the pre-flash, so I was kinda stunned that he let me shoot. Eventually he did warm up enough to fly off, but by that time I had the shots that I wanted :)
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