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creators

The bees knee.

Thought I should have a look at  my macro stuff given the weekend theme. Very Happy

Gilly

was that dead, or were you brave?  Confused

nice colours and great detail.   Smile
creators

I'm afraid it was rather dead, of natural causes though, or at least not my doing.
GREENWIZARD

sexy  Very Happy
hil26

anyway, its not eligible for this weekends comp - LOL
creators

Very Happy
mr_tone

wow that is close! what macro lense do you use?!
creators

That was taken with a Sigma 50mm 1:2.8DG Macro lens with all three extension tubes on, 12, 20 and 36mm. When I am working that close I also put the camera in Exposure Delay Mode which flips the mirror up 1/40th second before the camera takes the picture to cut out extraneous movement. I also wanted a fair depth of field, nothing stupidly tight, hence the choice of f9.

Exposure time: 1/1.60
F-stop: 9.0
ISO speed: 100
mr_tone

o right, well i am sooo new to this, what exactly are extension tubes?

sorry for asking a silly question Confused
creators

Oh, not a silly question, I didn't know what they were till last year.

Here you go: http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1007657

and an explanation: http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/...classics/nikonf2/macro/index1.htm
mr_tone

o great thank you!

that set looks really good, very tempted for when i get a macro lens
jonH

mr_tone wrote:
o great thank you!

that set looks really good, very tempted for when i get a macro lens


u don't need a macro lens to use tubes - they'll reduce the minimum focus distance on any lens, even a telephoto ;)
mr_tone

o right well the longest zoom ive got is 200 but the focusing distnace is about a metre

might buy these first and see how close i can get

thanks for the advice Smile

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