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[alden]

Everybody loves macro photography, right?

 

How about we post our best shots in this thread and see what kind of comments result.

 

Limit it to just a few shots, not dozens, or even just one if you want. 

 

I'll start with five of my favorites. 

 

 

 

 

 

[alden]

Here's another one.

 

[Jerry_]

D610 Mikro Nikkor 60/2.8 60mm f3 1/100@ISO200

[Merco_61]

Here are some of my old favourites, ones I have gone to the trouble of printing and framing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are all made with the MicroNikkor 105/4 Ai'd on a D300 at ISO 200, except for the monochrome which is at 640 ISO. The detail of the model aeroplane is lit with a 250J softbox and two snooted 100J heads with reduced power, the others are available light with some scrims and reflectors.

[alden]

Those are beautiful Peter! 

 

What are the two things, numbers 2 & 3 here? I have no idea.

[Merco_61]

Thanks, Alden!

 

The aluminium hammer with the M2 Delrin screw in photo 2 is part of the dethermalizer arrangement on a free flight rubber powered competition model aircraft. When the hammer is in the forward position, it holds the horizontal stabilizer in glide position and when it moves back it releases the trailing edge and this allows the stab. to flip up 45° and stop the plane from flying so that it comes down even if it is in a strong thermal. I used to make these in a slightly more refined form for sale in the late 80's, this is an early prototype.

The mounting hardware in it's final form looked like this.

 

Photo 3 is a parallel port on a motherboard from a vantage point above the board itself. The vertical metal parts are silver coated copper connections between the circuit board and the contact block. The screws in the background are #4 UNC if that gives an idea about scale. The photo is part of a series I made to illustrate the sculptural beauty of functional industrial design.

[Brian]

55/2.8 Micro-Nikkor on the DCS200ir.

 

BUTTER10 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

drops by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

pod1 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

The advantage of having an Internal 80MByte SCSI drive for storage: when spinning it helped keep the camera steady for hand-held shots...

[Merco_61]

Alden, I really like your jewellery shots. I think they are among the best I've seen from you, and I usually like your photos.

Jerry, that butterfly couldn't be better framed and I really liked your use of the plane of sharpness to isolate it.

Brian, is that the infrared Kodak back for the F801/N8008? You got some nice captures from it, I really like the second.

[Brian]

This is the very first Infrared camera in the DCS series. I called Kodak and asked them to make it. They called back a few weeks later and told me they would , Army Night Vision Labs asked for the same Mod- after I did. It was a funny phone call, "We spent YEARS making digital look closer to film, and YOU want us to undo it all!". 

 

After 20+ years, it still works. I've taken apart and cleaned it a few times, but all working. I had another DCS200c that died, bought an MF-20 data back and use with film. When someone announced "I see you still use Film" I can tell them "This camera USED to be digital, I converted it to use film".

[alden]

Alden, I really like your jewellery shots. I think they are among the best I've seen from you, and I usually like your photos.

Jerry, that butterfly couldn't be better framed and I really liked your use of the plane of sharpness to isolate it.

Brian, is that the infrared Kodak back for the F801/N8008? You got some nice captures from it, I really like the second.

 

Thanks Merco! That really means a lot to me. 

Here's another. 

 

[etphoto]

Macro of live insects has to be the hardest to do. Good job to those that mastered it. Peter, flying insects even harder. Lol

[TBonz]

Great idea Alden and very nice shots by everyone so far!  I will have to dig out some of my old stuff I guess!

[Jerry_]

Another one (I have already shown here)



Sony A65V Sony Macro 100/2.8 100mm f8 1/1000@ISO100

[alden]

Wow Jerry. Just WOW.

I find ants to be very hard to get good shots of... very tiny, and very fast moving. You almost need some kind of an artificial set up, like an "ant farm" to get good shots of them. This was one of about a hundred hand-held, on the bark of a Chinese Elm tree in my front yard, with a long 105mm macro lens. 

 

[nbanjogal]

Impressive shots in here! Nice work, guys. I rarely shoot macro (I use my 105 for portraits more than anything, ha ha!), but maybe I'll have to give it a try.

[alden]

[deano]

Here a few I shot with my Nikon 105 macro.  I will try some micros of cactus tomorrow.

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[Brian]

Not a "Macro", but the Vivitar 135/2.3 Series 1 is the first Telephoto that I know of that used a floating element for close focus.

 

Spring in the Neighborhood by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Fall Colors, Vivitar 135/2.3 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

On the Df. I love this lens, set me back $60. Used to be on a Nikon F2Sb, is non-Ai. Now on the Df. I had the Nikkor 135/2 Ai, traded it- kept this one.

[Merco_61]

A little bump, just to get the thread to the top and visible. I hope some of our newer members have something to share.