Hai,
I'm a new member and have just discovered this forum. Seems like I should have found this one much sooner. Taking pictures in nature is my way of getting the heat of a hectic job. In my free time I help to maintain & document some little nature - reserves here in Belgium and my pictures are also used as a documentation / inventory of these little reserves. For laready a while I prefer doing close up and macro's (in nature) and have been very impressed by some of the high magnifications some of you use. I would defenitely try out some of that too.
Until recently I was using an old Minolta 100 mm macro on my sony dslr (Alpha 350) on top of which I attached the Canon 500D converter offering me about something close to 2:1 . 99% of my shots are made handheld either by using the build in flash or the natural light ( I currently have on flash gun) . As such I work alot with higher ISO settings (400 ISO).
I have to admit I am jealous of the MPE65 of Canon , but a lot of minolta glass and lenses prevent me to skip the brand (however....)
To give and idea of what I do I include an image made with that setup , handheld at 1/160 sec aperture F8.
Through this site I hope to get some (better) insight in how you are working in order to improve my shots and maybe dive into some better background lighting and higher magnifications (even doing some studio work overhere ) . I would like to know more on that stacking software and microfotography...
I will now slowly rung through the archives ...
Glad to join in anyway...
New (Belgian) member
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Welcome, Henk!
Different brands have different minor advantages, but super macro photography can be done with any of the major camera brands! There are ways to rig old manual focus lenses to get higher magnifications, many of the folks here do that and can advice you, or you can read about it in the archives.
In a year or so (heh) when you've exhausted the archives of this site, you can check out our old site at www.photomacrography1.net as well. Thanks to Rik's work, it is preserved and available for us to refer back to.
Again, welcome, and I'm glad this site is truly multinational.
Different brands have different minor advantages, but super macro photography can be done with any of the major camera brands! There are ways to rig old manual focus lenses to get higher magnifications, many of the folks here do that and can advice you, or you can read about it in the archives.
In a year or so (heh) when you've exhausted the archives of this site, you can check out our old site at www.photomacrography1.net as well. Thanks to Rik's work, it is preserved and available for us to refer back to.
Again, welcome, and I'm glad this site is truly multinational.
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
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Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
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Henk, let me add my "Welcome aboard!"
Your picture in this post is very good, as is the one in the macro gallery. In this one, I particularly like the effect of backlight on the antennae. It makes them seem to "glow" in a very pleasing way.
I am also impressed that you got it so sharp at this scale and 1/160 second hand-held. Not easy! I'm looking forward to a lot more.
--Rik
Your picture in this post is very good, as is the one in the macro gallery. In this one, I particularly like the effect of backlight on the antennae. It makes them seem to "glow" in a very pleasing way.
I am also impressed that you got it so sharp at this scale and 1/160 second hand-held. Not easy! I'm looking forward to a lot more.
--Rik
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Henk,
I too wished I had found the forum much sooner.
Your picture shows an excellent pair of subjects for clean lines and high impact colours. My personal preference is for smaller apertures and greater depth of field but I am in a minority.
Harold
I too wished I had found the forum much sooner.
Your picture shows an excellent pair of subjects for clean lines and high impact colours. My personal preference is for smaller apertures and greater depth of field but I am in a minority.
Harold
My images are a medium for sharing some of my experiences: they are not me.
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Re: New (Belgian) member
Another welcome!
Cheers
Had the same thought when I joined not so long ago.Henk Wallays wrote:Seems like I should have found this one much sooner.
Cheers
Harry
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There's really no need to join unless you want to post or contact a member. All of the forum's resources are open to the public, except for the member list itself.P_T wrote:I don't know why I didn't join earlier.
At present, we have about 100 really active members, if we define "really active" to mean 25 or more posts in the last two years. Another 280 people have registered, but never made even a single post. The remaining 100 have made 24 or fewer posts.
No doubt there are quite a few people who read the forum regularly, but have never felt the need to register.
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PS. Hello, y'all out there! You're very welcome to drop by whenever you like. We're glad you like the place!