Impressive macro photographs, sadly not mine!!

I wonder if they do a Sony fit for that lens :lol::lol::lol:

Les :D
 
They are stunning photos......the detail is incredible.
 
Totally amazing. I so want to get back in to macro photography. Love the detail.
 
Wow! That's it, my camera's going in the bin!
 
slight over-exposure on one of the shots ruins the entire collection :P

staggeringly good shots. one can only dream of being that good!
 
Very impresive, quite weird how much detail there is in such a small insect, and then to capture all that detail in numerous pictures is brilliant.
 
Amazing photos. I spent a while trying to figure out how he got the insects to stay so still, and then it hit me :p
 
I only see tea and kittens?

but then i have kitten block installed
 
Those are truly stunning. Reminds me on the old "Bugs Alive" comics I used to collect as a child where there was a giant 3D picture in the middle of an insects head.
 
And here is me with extension tubes :)
 
A guy in the lab I used to work in did a lot of microscopy photography, the results are amazing. He was doing stuff at lower magnifications, like around 100x but also imaging individual cells and chromosomes tagged with GFP. The lower mag stuff is always much prettier. He was also doing time lapse at 100x of fungi growing, really cool results.

The really amazing thing is he visited another lab who did a lot of really groundbreaking work in his field and they were getting the best results using high end consumer cameras and DSLRs rigged to the equipment rather than the digital cameras that were designed to be used with the microscopes.
 
awesome shots.. really are impressive.. need to figure out how to do that..
 
micloi said:
I assume this would only work on frozen insects?
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Frozen or dead. And therein lies the problem. While these are brilliant from a technical and scientific study point of view, as nature photos they do not work for me.

I much prefer to see the creatures engaging in natural behaviour in thier natural environment, not dead under a micrscope in a lab. All IMHO of course.
 
jomike said:
Frozen or dead. And therein lies the problem. While these are brilliant from a technical and scientific study point of view, as nature photos they do not work for me.

I much prefer to see the creatures engaging in natural behaviour in thier natural environment, not dead under a micrscope in a lab. All IMHO of course.
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I second that.
But I agree brilliant images, but something doesn't make me want to engage in. I love my 180mm :) and what I get with it
 
micloi said:
I assume this would only work on frozen insects?
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This is the major problem for me as well. These are only possible with dead insects which is a complete no no for me. I'll stick to my extension tube instead :)
 
ziggy©;3767975 said:
This is the major problem for me as well. These are only possible with dead insects which is a complete no no for me. I'll stick to my extension tube instead :)
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Jumping spiders don't jump when they're dead. ;)

Joking aside, I do tend to agree. I love the thrill of the chase, and photographing them in their natural environment. I was bored when I visited a butterfly house recently. I don't want insects put on a plate for me. Not unless they're particularly tasty.
 
GrittyShaker said:
Jumping spiders don't jump when they're dead. ;)

Joking aside, I do tend to agree. I love the thrill of the chase, and photographing them in their natural environment. I was bored when I visited a butterfly house recently. I don't want insects put on a plate for me. Not unless they're particularly tasty.
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haha very funny :)

People that kill insects just to photograph them only do it to little poor insects. They wouldnt dare kill a lion to bring it home for some photos. They never pick someone their own size :lol:
 
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