First macro...

[RobertoM]

Canon EOS 30D
Manual mode/hand held
1/200 sec. f/22 ISO 200
Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro USM
Holgon RF-50 Macro lite (Economic ring flash lite...)


Canon EOS 30D
Manual mode/hand held
1/160 sec. f/16 ISO 320
Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro USM
Holgon RF-50 Macro lite (Economic ring flash lite...)



Canon EOS 30D
Manual mode/hand held
1/200 sec. f/16 ISO 200
Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro USM
Holgon RF-50 Macro lite (Economic ring flash lite...)

Theese are some my macro...
Constructive comments and criticism are quite welcome and encouraged.

[Ken Ramos]

Well RobertoM if these are your first macros, then I would say you are off to a fantastic start here on the forums and Welcome Aboard by the way. Hope that you will enjoy it here, you are in some very good company. A lot of great shooters here and you should fit right in among them!

[Mike B in OKlahoma]

Looks like a very good start to me! I like the third one best.

If you can get the sensor of the camera parallel to the body of the insect it will help a lot in keeping everything in focus on shots like the second one.

[rjlittlefield]

Roberto, welcome aboard!

For first macros, these are very good.

Picture #3 is a classic pose. You did a good job putting focus right on the eyes.

Picture #2 also has focus placed perfectly, so that the whole compound eye and the little red ocellus on top are both sharp. As Mike noted, you could get the whole body in focus by shifting your viewpoint to the front, so that the body of the insect is parallel to the camera sensor.

In picture #1, I am puzzled by the horizontal stripes that appear in all the dark areas, especially the background. It looks almost like this image was underexposed quite a bit when it was shot, then brightened up afterward inside the computer. Is that what happened, or something else?

Notice in all these shots that the depth of field is quite shallow. That problem gets even worse at higher magnifications, like with that MP-E-65 you're thinking about.

--Rik

[RobertoM]

Thanks a lot to all.
In picture #1, I open the Raw and brightened, and after I resize.
I'm a beginner in every things digital image.
I must study...
The picture #1 in the Raw version don't have stripes.
How can I resize the image without the stripes?
Thanks in advance.
Roberto

[beetleman]

An excellent beginning Roberto. Welcome to the forums