High Noon..

No it's not a gunfight on Main Street. This was high noon in the back yard Saturday. Took the Nikon 105 macro out for a spin. Love to get close to little creatures and mother natures creations. Hope you enjoy them too.

OT this is some of the best macro work I have seen in quite sometime. I love 1, 2, and 4. They are sharp as a tack and extrmemley vibrant. I did some macro work today, but I doubt it will compare with these great shots. Darn film...I gotta go digital!

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Originally Posted by zrfraser

OT this is some of the best macro work I have seen in quite sometime. I love 1, 2, and 4. They are sharp as a tack and extrmemley vibrant. I did some macro work today, but I doubt it will compare with these great shots. Darn film...I gotta go digital!

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Thanks for the compliment, but believe me they don't all come out the way I would like. I was pleased with a few form todays session though. And I agree I use to have to wait a week to get my slides back after a macro session. That was just cruel.

OT, the ant shot is gorgeous. Great how you got the entire body in focus. The shadow on the curved part of the bulb just below the ant really puts the finishing touch on the shot. Definitely one to be proud of!

How close were you to the fly & the ant? I've got a 150 macro and everytime I get close they move :mad: Got any tips to help me out?

That's some pretty solid macro shooting, OT.
John

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Originally Posted by swmdrayfan

That's some pretty solid macro shooting, OT.
John

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Thanks for taking a look at these John. See I told you I could do something besides pitch and catch.

Thanks for the look and words guys. The ant was my trophy shot yesterday. As I said it was with the 105mm macro. It was shot at 1/160 at f16 and I was on a tripod. Just lucky that he was in no hurry yesterday. He took his time for me and I guess I was about 6 to 8inches or so off him maybe a little farther. The main thing aabout macro is to be patient, you lose a few shots but if you are patient enough many times you'll get a second chance. Here were both my stars from yesterdays shot in a mexican standoff on the same peony.

Awsome lens work OT , wish i could afford a lens like that one of these days . Like em all :)

Just... WOW!

That second shot is out of this world and the detail in the third is too.
These are easily worth printing 11/14 or larger. That second shot looks like a Mother's Day present in the making to me.

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Originally Posted by Knight

Awsome lens work OT , wish i could afford a lens like that one of these days . Like em all :)

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Thanks a lot. The 105mm was an impulse buy on my part about a month after I bought the D70 in April of 04. I went into the camera shop and they had a used one on the shelf that had just come in and I couldn't leave the shop without it. Works pretty well on the
D2H too.

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Originally Posted by Chunk

Just... WOW!

That second shot is out of this world and the detail in the third is too.
These are easily worth printing 11/14 or larger. That second shot looks like a Mother's Day present in the making to me.

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Thanks Chunk. You know I aways value your opinions. I love the flower shots and the peonys are usually crawling with ants, but this first one to open yesterday was free of crawlies and I took advantage of it. Funny you should mention Mothers Day, Joy just said last night she wanted to cover the walls with some of my pictures. Would you believe that I only have two or three framed and hung now at home and those are from several years ago. Some of my friends have more of my prints up than I do.

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Originally Posted by Old Timer

Thanks for the look and words guys. The ant was my trophy shot yesterday. As I said it was with the 105mm macro. It was shot at 1/160 at f16 and I was on a tripod. Just lucky that he was in no hurry yesterday. He took his time for me and I guess I was about 6 to 8inches or so off him maybe a little farther. The main thing aabout macro is to be patient, you lose a few shots but if you are patient enough many times you'll get a second chance. Here were both my stars from yesterdays shot in a mexican standoff on the same peony.

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Well most of my Macro Shots have been hand held. Most of the time I do not have the tripod with me. I really should get a faster macro lense.

Here is a cropped macro that I took last weekend.

I just had to reedit this my spelling shucked big time.

OT,

What has been going on with you lately? Your shots are really suberb here. I first saw the ant photo and was definetely interested in seeing the rest. I still like the first one best. You've acquired a good eye (and obvious patience) as is evidenced by this series.

Great work!

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Originally Posted by Trevor Ash

OT,

What has been going on with you lately? Your shots are really suberb here. I first saw the ant photo and was definetely interested in seeing the rest. I still like the first one best. You've acquired a good eye (and obvious patience) as is evidenced by this series.

Great work!

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Thanks Trevor. Don't know sometimes things just seem to come together. On Saturday I did take the time to get out the tripod and I had some pretty decent light. Glad you liked the results.

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Originally Posted by freygr

Well most of my Macro Shots hav been hand held. Most of the time I do not have the tripod with me. I really should get a faster macro lense.

Here is a cropped macro that I told last weekend.

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Nice job. It's tuff to hand hold and keep the image you want in focus. I must admit that I try shooting a lot of macro or closeups without the tripod but when your in close like that your keeper rate really suffers, or least mine does. I'm not nearly as steady as I was a few years ago when I could take a nice deep breath and hand hold on some pretty tight images. The years will do that to you.

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Originally Posted by Old Timer

Nice job. It's tuff to hand hold and keep the image you want in focus. I must admit that I try shooting a lot of macro or closeups without the tripod but when your in close like that your keeper rate really suffers, or least mine does. I'm not nearly as steady as I was a few years ago when I could take a nice deep breath and hand hold on some pretty tight images. The years will do that to you.

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Thank You. But I'm too far behind you. I lose over half, and of that half I'm only happy with one or two of the shot. I'm going to have to take my tripod with me when I go take herb photo's, I need more to turn out and at 300mm any movement is magnified and to get good DOF I'll have to stop down.

Gorgeous Macro work, OT. Inspires me to breakout my 100mm macro and look for things to shoot.

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

Gorgeous Macro work, OT. Inspires me to breakout my 100mm macro and look for things to shoot.

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Thanks Leon. It seems like once you put the macro on there is always something there to shot. The oddest things all of a sudden become interesting to the lens.

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Originally Posted by Knight

Awsome lens work OT , wish i could afford a lens like that one of these days . Like em all :)

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Just a thought...I've never owned one, but I hear that the Vivitar 100mm macro is really good and it's $100. Vivitar lenses are mostly bad, but that one seems to be an exception.

The ant rocks. :cool: As you may know, I like to shoot macro, ttoo, but we never have ants like that around here -- just fire ants! :D

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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp

The ant rocks. :cool: As you may know, I like to shoot macro, ttoo, but we never have ants like that around here -- just fire ants! :D

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I am very familiar with your macro work. Some of the images that you have posted over the last couple of years have been a big inspiration for me to improve my macro techniques and try and get up to the standard that you have set. Love to see some more of your macros.

Great shots all, OT.

I really like the first one. Very sharp and very detailed.

The last one just proves that the closer a look you get of a fly, the uglier they get!!!

Ugh!

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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp

Just a thought...I've never owned one, but I hear that the Vivitar 100mm macro is really good and it's $100. Vivitar lenses are mostly bad, but that one seems to be an exception.

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Vivitar use to make a very good lens. I owned several manuel Vivitars in the 70's. Still have a 200mm and a 300mm that are pretty sharp.

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Originally Posted by Speed

Great shots all, OT.

I really like the first one. Very sharp and very detailed.

The last one just proves that the closer a look you get of a fly, the uglier they get!!!

Ugh!

;-)

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You got the ugly part right. Can't wait to get a gander at some of your D200 images. I would love to have one just for work like this.