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Wallydraigle

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In one of my other picture threads a couple people showed an interest in seeing some photos of lichens if I ever got any good ones using my 5x macro lens. I found that at that kind of magnification the effective apperture range is too tiny to use the lens in anything but full sunlight. Lichens usually live in shady places so that didn't work too well. I finally got a macro flash unit that fits my lens and I got to play with it this evening. I don't put very much online because my connection is so slow, but a few samples can be found here. Tonight's photos are on the bottom of page three and on page four. I'll be adding more later when I have time. Most were taken at 3x-5x, and some were cropped. If you know what to look for you can see where some dust was on my CMOS, but if you can't find it I'm not going to point it out;) If you see something you want to know more about I can get full exif info for you. I really like this flash. I got the Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, and it is nice. Let me know what you think.
 
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DaiShan

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Lirion - those pictures are amazing, you are very talented, keep up the good work!
 
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Very nice pictures.

But i have one question. Where in the hell do you live to have such a huge variety of mold, insects, Lichen and fungus to take pictures of?
 
ElFenix

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damn, you get that kind of color and saturation out of digital? jebus!
 
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Wallydraigle

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I just added some more, so bump for them.


Originally posted by: Citrix
Very nice pictures.

But i have one question. Where in the hell do you live to have such a huge variety of mold, insects, Lichen and fungus to take pictures of?
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I live in Ohio, nowhere exotic by any stretch. You have to understand that my work represents a different vision of the world than most people usually entertain. An entire photograph might only show a few square millimeters. For example, in this shot, each little cup is only about .3mm in diameter. Those green things are freshly sprouted moss *spores* that are barely visible to the naked eye as little green specks. But if you can take something mundane, and show it in great detail in a way that most people never looked at it before, it is a strange and wonderful thing.

Notfred, the camera, batteries, memory, flash, and the lens I used to take this latest batch of photos all together pushes about four thousand dollars. And I have a lot of other expensive equipment. As for how much I have in it all together, I really would rather not say. I'm not rich by any means, my photo equipment is the only really valuable thing I have. I have never sold an image in my life, I do this because it's what I want to do when I have time. My employment is menial, and I'm not proud of it. It's not anything to be embarrassed about, it's just that I only view it as a means of making a living, and other than that I hate it. What does it matter? I don't like talking about myself.

I know you guys are looking because my hit counter doubled since yesterday;) Thanks for the compliments! If there's something you want to know more about let me know.
 
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vi edit

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lirion, as always, your photography skills never cease to amaze me.

Keep up the excellent work!
 
MichaelD

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
lirion, as always, your photography skills never cease to amaze me.

Keep up the excellent work!
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Eric,

Yes, you are truly a talented individual. I always check out your threads and marvel at the color and detail you capture. You could easily work for National Geographic....

In this month's issue of National Geographic, we explore the intricate and dangerous world of the Microsporic Carnivorous Spider Bee...only .0000003 inches long, it can kill a room of adult humans in less than 15 seconds. Our Pro Photographer Eric Sterns goes inside this amazing animals' dangerous world....
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Keep up the superb, professional work!!! :)
 
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Wallydraigle

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Dont you use a Canon SLR-1?? I know you've said before, but darned if I can remember.......
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It's a Canon EOS D60.





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In this month's issue of National Geographic, we explore the intricate and dangerous world of the Microsporic Carnivorous Spider Bee...only .0000003 inches long, it can kill a room of adult humans in less than 15 seconds. Our Pro Photographer Eric Sterns goes inside this amazing animals' dangerous world....
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:)
 
ElFenix

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so whats the effective aperature with a 5x macro converter on there? must be really large to get the depth of field you are
 
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Wallydraigle

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There's a formula to figure effective aperture that I don't remember, but at 5x, with this lens, f/2.8 becomes f/16, that's wide open on this lens. F/16 becomes f/64:Q The viewfinder is *very* dark at 5x. You can read more about the lens here if you're interested.
 
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