I am a newbie and have just started to develop interest in macro. Thanks for encouraging to post. I recently bought a "canon 500d" , posting a picture for feedback
Hi there everyone. I found this forum by happy accident. I thought FM was just a place to sell gear!?! HA!
Ah well, nice place here.
I've gotten into photography over the past 2.5 years following the birth of our first child. But, macro is one of the other things I have always loved to look at, and I've enjoyed trying to shoot it.
I used Nikon D80 in the past (still use it) and now a D700 coupled with the lovely Sigma 150.
I'm hoping to learn more and lend a hand when I feel a question is within my knowledge base
Here are a couple of my favorite shots. (I hope this works)
Hi all. I've been lurking the Macro area for a while and can't stop asking myself "Why so many bugs & plants?" I have a few intricate man made parts I'd like to share, but don't have the means just yet. Currently, I'm only armed with a 35mm camera (Konica T3N) + extension rings + reverse ring & a Prosumer P&S (Sony F717) camera. I can magnify, but I can't get enough and proper lighting! I'm learning to do B/W with the 35mm and will be replacing the F717 soon with a D700. The D717 has done me well for the past 8 years, but all good things must come to an end.
As I progress in my new/old hobby, I'll be able to share more and hope to soon be able to post some good pics. New/old in the sense that I've always enjoyed taking pics in my life, but I have finally decided to take it to the next level by getting more serious with the hardware.
This is one example of the different things I'd like to share (which I already did a while back). This is with the F717.
I've noticed that several people feel they simply cannot afford proper macro gear, despite being so interested in macro photography. This is unfortunate.
I'd like to encourage those people to consider adapting alternative lenses (non-Canon-EF mount) to their camera. There are many affordable (in the $150-$200 range) alternative macro lenses out there which perform incredibly well. They are manual focus only and manual aperture, but this is only a minor inconvenience for macro work. In fact, manual focus is typically the preferred method for macro.
Lenses that can be easily adapted to Canon EF mount include:
-Olympus OM mount
-Nikon F mount
-M42 universal screw mount
-Pentax K mount
-Leica R mount
-Contax/Yashica mount
-any Tamron Adaptall lens in the above mount types
-Rollei QBM mount
-Various medium format mount systems including Mamiya645, etc.
There are macro solutions in all of these mounts, at various price points, and most systems also include a bellows option and specific belows-only lenses (Olympus OM system has an extensive belows-lens line-up, for instance).
If anyone feels like venturing down this road, post a question (including budget) over in the Alternative Gear & Lenses forum and you'll get many recommendations.
My names Melanie and I'm another Aussie jumping aboard this wonderful forum.
Firstly I'd like to say how much I admire your photography and passion, its fantastic.
This looks like a fabulous group to share my macro passion (okay maybe addiction!) with others that get it!
A few of you are familiar to me from Flickr. (inc Pete, Phil and Kurt) and I thought it would be a great place to learn a lot more and hopefully get some much needed feedback on some of my shots.
I'm new to photography in general but still fresh with macro having purchased my first 2nd hand Dslr a Canon 30D a year ago and a Canon 100mm macro lens six months ago.
Not satisfied with the mag of 1:1 I was using a full-set of kenko tubes and have now this past week bought a MP-E 65mm and so far am loving it! So glad I didn't buy this as my first macro lens though as I can imagine I would have been disappointed.
Welcome Mel, good to have some more female shooters here. Shoot away and post some in a new thread . Both images are wonderful for such a short time with the MP.
I suppose I should introduce myself. I am an amateur, and really enjoy trying to do macro photography. I live in St Louis, Missouri, and I'm really hoping Matt O'Harver decides he doesn't need his 100mm macro lens any more, so I can purchase it from him. I have a Canon XSi camera, and I'm not ready to invest in a flash right now so everything will be natural light, or pop-up flash with a printer paper diffuser. So far I have been taking shots with my 50mm lens reversed, by hand holding the lens in reverse. I'm thinking about getting a ring so I can quit hand-holding it.
I have already started a few threads a few weeks ago, and I appreciate the comments and encouragement. I have been taking a few shots recently, but it's just been too hot here (100°F) the past couple weeks. Also, I just purchased my first telephoto lens in preparation for a trip to Glacier National Park later this year, so I really hope to practice with that some too, so my macro shot time may be limited. I have found that the 55-250 EFS lens at full zoom takes some pretty good butterfly and dragonfly shots; there is no way I could get close enough to those with a reversed 50mm to do any good.
Hi there. My name is Deborah and I've been shooting macro for only a few months now. I have a Nikon D90 and a Sigma 2.8/105mm macro lens, which I'm basically in love with. I mostly shoot flowers right now, and I've sold a few in my Etsy store, but I'm in love with the format and find myself constantly buying new flowers to photograph. I very much want to start shooting insects, but I haven't had much of a chance yet.
I've been lurking in the forums for a while and just recently signed up. I hope to get some images uploaded soon, although it's a bit intimidating because there are so many unbelievable shooters here at FM. I am constantly in awe of what you guys post on a daily basis and I can only dream to become that good some day.
facingthelens wrote:
Hi there. My name is Deborah and I've been shooting macro for only a few months now. I have a Nikon D90 and a Sigma 2.8/105mm macro lens, which I'm basically in love with. I mostly shoot flowers right now, and I've sold a few in my Etsy store, but I'm in love with the format and find myself constantly buying new flowers to photograph. I very much want to start shooting insects, but I haven't had much of a chance yet.
I've been lurking in the forums for a while and just recently signed up. I hope to get some images uploaded soon, although it's a bit intimidating because there are so many unbelievable shooters here at FM. I am constantly in awe of what you guys post on a daily basis and I can only dream to become that good some day. ...Show more →
I think its important, and I'm sure its been said time and time again in this very thread, for people not to be afraid of posting here on the forum, regardless of how they feel about their work. Posting here, be it for C+C or just for viewing purposes, will eventually lead to becoming a better photographer. This has been a case for me and countless others--I don't think anyone hasn't benefited from doing so. Direct interaction is key. I have only been an FM member for a relatively short period of time, but in that time I have seen a lot of photographers step through the door--many of which are now regulars. Some showed up with a refined skill set, others, like me, were new to macro. For me, my work has definitely been affected in a positive way because I post here--the same applies to many others. You can see the progression happen right before your eyes. So, with that said, please feel free and at ease to become an active member here. All of the images posted in this thread deserve their own. The insects posted here may bite, but I think it's pretty safe to say our members don't
Hi, I stumbled onto this forum while looking for a lens to buy. A link had several places to buy Canon lenses.
The buy and sell forum seems pretty active.
M Vers wrote:
I think its important, and I'm sure its been said time and time again in this very thread, for people not to be afraid of posting here on the forum, regardless of how they feel about their work. Posting here, be it for C+C or just for viewing purposes, will eventually lead to becoming a better photographer. This has been a case for me and countless others--I don't think anyone hasn't benefited from doing so. Direct interaction is key. I have only been an FM member for a relatively short period of time, but in that time I have seen a lot of photographers step through the door--many of which are now regulars. Some showed up with a refined skill set, others, like me, were new to macro. For me, my work has definitely been affected in a positive way because I post here--the same applies to many others. You can see the progression happen right before your eyes. So, with that said, please feel free and at ease to become an active member here. All of the images posted in this thread deserve their own. The insects posted here may bite, but I think it's pretty safe to say our members don't ...Show more →
The problem I'm finding is that people just don't comment on my photography in this forum.
M Vers wrote:
I think its important, and I'm sure its been said time and time again in this very thread, for people not to be afraid of posting here on the forum, regardless of how they feel about their work. Posting here, be it for C+C or just for viewing purposes, will eventually lead to becoming a better photographer. This has been a case for me and countless others--I don't think anyone hasn't benefited from doing so. Direct interaction is key. I have only been an FM member for a relatively short period of time, but in that time I have seen a lot of photographers step through the door--many of which are now regulars. Some showed up with a refined skill set, others, like me, were new to macro. For me, my work has definitely been affected in a positive way because I post here--the same applies to many others. You can see the progression happen right before your eyes. So, with that said, please feel free and at ease to become an active member here. All of the images posted in this thread deserve their own. The insects posted here may bite, but I think it's pretty safe to say our members don't ...Show more →
Well said, and I second your comments and recommendation. Reading this forum alone has been an enormous help to me, but taking the plunge to post does more good than anything.
kakomu wrote:
The problem I'm finding is that people just don't comment on my photography in this forum.
Kakomu, you need to give the macro forum another try, all forums cycle and at times seem to come to a stand still on replies . you have only made two post in six months . Heck I still post things and nobody replies either.
been lurking for years. Never posted anything because none of it would anywhere near match anything in here and I'm not exactly really that much into it although recently Ive started looking at trying to become more proficient at it . Ive had an EF-S 60m macro lens that did a great job and have recently upgraded to the new EF 100 L IS macro lens and I'm still playing around with it trying to get used to it. There is some wonderful stuff in this forum
