Shooting Spiders!

[daniel]

UV filters are useful for protecting one's lens and reducing lens flares.

[SEdgell]

[quote=87e30;1631914]I just need to get my hands on a cheap filter and that could be fun.


UV filters are cheap and I've never really noticed anything benefit from using them...

[daniel]

I just need to get my hands on a cheap filter and that could be fun.


Daniel, did you use (harsh) pop up flash?

you might as well buy a nikon reversing ring. they aren't that expensive, and are much more secure than gluing anything to anything.

i used a homemade flash diffuser made of of a half gallon milk carton and a 1 gallon milk jug. the flash has to extend beyond the end of the lens because you have to be so close to the object that the lens blocks any normal flash. i'm not sure if even an SB-600 would reach properly.

[87e30]

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_reverse_macro_ring
I just looked up reverse rings and found this...worth a shot if you have the extra stuff laying around.

I just need to get my hands on a cheap filter and that could be fun.


Daniel, did you use (harsh) pop up flash?

[SEdgell]

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_reverse_macro_ring
I just looked up reverse rings and found this...worth a shot if you have the extra stuff laying around.

[solxe]

Really really awesome pics everyone, I need to get myself a reversing ring now :P

[e30318i]

Photographing insects is interesting, albeit tedious and time consuming.

[Jand3rson]

Speaking of shooting spiders, I just shot a Crab Spider the size of a fucking half-dollar out of the eaves outside my front door with my airsoft gun.

Missed him the first time, the second shot hit him dead-on. One second he was there, then he was fucking toast.

[Wh33lhop]

That's really cool.

[daniel]

Wait what? You just flipped around a normal lens? How does this work...

Cool shots.

yes, all you need is a reversing ring. the shorter the focal length, the greater the magnification.

[daniel]

lylefk, that looks like the exact same type of spider for sure.

when i get back to portland, i will grab my 35-105 with the aperture ring, which will let me actually control the aperture. even if you stick one staple in the aperture adjuster thing on my 30mm, it stops way way way up. f22 is really close to fully closed.

most of the shots were 1/200th shutter speed with a flash, iirc.

[NC325iC]

i hate spiders but those pictures are awesome, i might make the first one a background somewhere

[lylefk]

I rented the Canon 65mm mp-e lens a while back just to play with it...it's pretty crazy...1x-5x. Here's a few things I had laying around:

Pepper:



Toothbrush:



LED:

[87e30]

Wait what? You just flipped around a normal lens? How does this work...

Cool shots.

[lylefk]

lol...you might want to try an actual macro lens too...the other alternative to bring more light in besides a longer exposure is adding light, ie a flash. My macros generally are shot at 1/200th of a second (I'm using a 100mm lens), f/22, ISO 100 with a flash...what body are you using? I never use a tripod for macro, it's a PITA...unless you hav focusing rails, I guess. That would help. But I have found it's not needed, especially if you are only using a 30mm focal length...that will let you use much slower shutter speeds than I can afford.

Focus stacking is an interesting technique, but with the settings I mentioned I've never found it to be necessary...I'll play with it at some point though once I find a need.