Violet Darter from 1x to 5x

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited August 4, 2007 in Holy Macro
More fun with the purple devils and an MPE-65mm lens...

1x:

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2x:

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3x:

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4x:

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5x:

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2007
    eek7.gif same question from you eek7.gif
    Are they applying for passport ? is it migration time there ?
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    More fun with the purple devils and an MPE-65mm lens...

    Wow John, you have really got the focus worked out haven't you :jawdrop .
    At all 5 levels too clap.gif :ivar

    Are you hand holding or using a tripod/monopod ??
    Gotta love that MPE-65mm iloveyou.gif ....drool...drool...drool
    .... Skippy :D
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    Excellent series John - love the detail. Interesting it has different focal length or at least aperture lenses in the top and bottom halves of the eye :)
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,237 moderator
    edited August 4, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent series John - love the detail. Interesting it has different focal length or at least aperture lenses in the top and bottom halves of the eye :)
    Brian V.

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  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    how much closer can you get??

    nice series!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    eek7.gif same question from you eek7.gif
    Are they applying for passport ? is it migration time there ?

    We've had a lot of emergences lately -the lake is packed with them...
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Wow John, you have really got the focus worked out haven't you :jawdrop .
    At all 5 levels too clap.gif :ivar

    Are you hand holding or using a tripod/monopod ??
    Gotta love that MPE-65mm iloveyou.gif ....drool...drool...drool
    .... Skippy :D
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    It's not really an issue of focus, but working out the aperture settings at each magnification. Stopping down too much (my initial mistake) just makes an image uniformly soft. But stopping down a little, and looking for angles that make the most out of a paper thin depth of field, is giving me better results. It also depends on what you're shooting and how much diffraction you're willing to live with.

    I've gone back to using the hacked Novoflex Chest Pod -a monopod was too limiting.

    Can't wait to see what you do with the lens Skippy! mwink.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent series John - love the detail. Interesting it has different focal length or at least aperture lenses in the top and bottom halves of the eye :)
    Brian V.

    Thanks Brian! Dragonflies use the lenses at the top of the eye when hunting -that's why they strike from below the victim.
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    David_S85 wrote:
    Eye designed by Fuji. Both S and R eye cells.

    rolleyes1.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:
    how much closer can you get??

    nice series!

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