More flowers with tubes

[mjs1973]

With the crappy weather, and my truck in the shop, I decided to play around in the house yesterday after work.

#1 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro with 12mm tube. SS 1/100 @ f/16
#2 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro with 12mm tube. SS 1/60 @ f/16
#3 50mm f/1.8 with 36mm tube (I think) SS 1/60 @ f/22
#4 50mm f/1.8 with 36mm tube (I think) SS 1/60 @ f/16
#5 50mm f/1.8 with 36mm tube (I think) SS 1/60 @ f/16

All were shot at ISO 200 and lit with the 580 EX.

[Copy_Kot]

I like them all, but I love that yellow flower! Very well done Michael!

[Knight]

Great series Michael its nice to see those great colors again I can hardly wait till things start sprouting up here

[mjs1973]

Thanks Paul & Knight.

Knight, not much has sprouted here yet either. In fact, we just got hit by a winter storm that dropped 3" of snow on us, and they are calling for more tonight. We did have one daffodil but I don't think it survived. These are flowers from the store.

[pympster]

I love them all, They are great! But I have to say that my favourits is the 4th one, I dunno theres just something about it, I like the black background to! And the 1st one is my second favourite

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

I agree with pympster .. the 4th one is great !! I hope this snow melts and I can find some time to go play ... nice to see your having fun with your tubes and getting some great results out of them !!

[Loupey]

Nice colors!

Michael, I'm curious - your 100mm macro goes 1:1 magnification by itself - why add tubes to it? I may be wrong but your images don't appear to be greater than life-size.

Is it to add working distance? If that is the case, your 100mm macro is being used like the 100mm non-macro version (in case people viewing this thread have that particular lens instead of the macro). I recently bought the 85mm f/1.8 and initial tests with the tubes are spectacular.

Please clarify. Thanks!

[mjs1973]

Nice colors!

Michael, I'm curious - your 100mm macro goes 1:1 magnification by itself - why add tubes to it? I may be wrong but your images don't appear to be greater than life-size.

Is it to add working distance? If that is the case, your 100mm macro is being used like the 100mm non-macro version (in case people viewing this thread have that particular lens instead of the macro). I recently bought the 85mm f/1.8 and initial tests with the tubes are spectacular.

Please clarify. Thanks!

I really don't have a specific reason for trying out the tupes with my 100mm macro. I just grabbed a couple lens, and started playing. I will have to do some experimenting with the lens by itself, and with the tubes to see if there is much difference in magnification.

[Loupey]

I just grabbed a couple lens, and started playing.

OK, I understand :thumbsup:

For others out there: a true "macro" lens is really just an ordinary lens which has extension built-in to allow it to focus closer than normal. True they are optimized to produce a flatter field of view at close distances. But this difference can only be appreciated if you are taking pictures of flat subjects (copy work). In the real world, this difference can be hard to spot.

Still, if anyone out there has BOTH the 100mm f/2 (with tubes) AND the 100mm f/2.8 macro, I'd love to see a side-by-side of the same subject at the same magnification!

Remember all, if you don't own a "true" macro, don't think that you can't produce a good macro image (that's a lot of negatives - I think I said what I wanted to say ).

[Chunk]

Nice work Mike. I like the transmitted light in #4 especially. Don't have an angled version of that, do you?

[mjs1973]

Nice work Mike. I like the transmitted light in #4 especially. Don't have an angled version of that, do you?

Thanks Chunk. I don't have and angled version, other than this one. But when I moved the camera, I also moved the light source. I kinda like the two streaks of light going through the middle of the flower.

[readingr]

Lovely shots and the colours are wonderful, makes me want to go and get some tubes right now - however the bank balance says no.

Roger

[Chunk]

This new one is also very nice. I'd suggest burning in on the brighter leaves around the edges to concentrate attention on the light streaks in the center. Hope you don't mind...

[mjs1973]

I don't mind at all Chunk, in fact, it's much appriciated. I do have another version where I burned the brighter pink leaves a bit. I also burned in all the green leaves so they are completly black. I didn't like it as much as this version, but I think it was because of the burning I did on the green in the BG. I will do another version where I just tone down the bright pink areas.

Thanks!