All these pics were taken with a Micro-Nikkor 105mm with VR turned on and the camera in programmed mode. All shots were handheld with natural light (except 1 or 2 with fill flash). VR works great and handheld shots are easy even with the weight of this lens and the camera body.

Unfortunately, even though you can shoot at a slow shutter speed, you can't prevent your subject from moving. With the wind blowing it was hard to get clear shots.

These were the first pics I ever took with this lens. Looking forward to practicing my macro shooting when my daughter isn't bugging me. ;)



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That butterfly photo is great! My fav. out of the bunch. Great colors overall in all the photo's! Were all the pics taken locally?

^ They were all taken at Butterfly Gardens on the Island. Went over for the day on Thanksgiving weekend with the family.

I'd love to go back there with a tripod and external flashes as there's just so much to shoot. I have lots of shots of butterflies, but as I said, with the slow shutter speeds they often came out blurry.

Wow crazy i totally wana go there and check it out! Macro mania!

Some insect macro.

About 2mm big.
http://i35.tinypic.com/23laz9c.jpg

How you doin funny fellow?
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Whatcha think boys and girls?

I like this pic :thumbsup:

Wow, definately a big fan of macro too! How did you guys take pictures of the bee's and bugs without getting stung or bitten?!

Macro shows a lot of detail, but the parts not in detail give me a huge headache. But those pictures still amaze me - every single one!

Pretty cool looking woodbug. I think that's what they are?

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look at those evil eyes :D

How do you catch these guys without them running away?

Patience mostly. Of course many do fly away, but overall you get some good shots. Gotta take what you can get.

Played around with my MPE-65mm today. Didn't get anything too crazy. Just some common fly's. Man this thing is sharp! This picture is maybe 2 times lifesize? I haven't even got down to 5 times just yet. Its a super tough lens to use, that will get stunning results with practice.

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More better images will come with time. Hope you enjoy the macro's!

Moar macro's! Dinosaur! Actually its a Shield Bug.

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Whats the setup? :)

On the MPE-65mm Macro

1X life size (the max magnification the 100mm macro can achieve)

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5X life size

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Not the best pics by any means, but just to show you what it can do. This thing has such shallow DOF @ 5X its crazy! Those are full frames, no cropping or anything.

Thanks!

I see a lot of sensor dust... :p

Yeah it magnifies that too! haha..

That's the max the 100mm macro can do? :\ Anything closer up? I thought I saw previous images from that lens that are closer.

EOS > M42 adapter, Fujica macro bellows, Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4 or 135mm f3.5
About $100 for the whole setup

Gets in pretty close for what it is, but damn does it ever magnify the dust on my sensor:eek:

^ shots of the macro it can do :)

dub.dub thats how tiny that subject is. :) very very tiny.

Caught these pictures of some cute lil guy.

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They are called a Dicyrtmina. Interesting little guys. Cool colors! Taken with a 40D + mp-e 65mm macro lens + MR-14EX Flash. Magnification around 4X. Cropped down a bit. So getting maybe 6X life size all together.

having some fun w/ reverse EF-S 18-55 (non IS) lens.

images are not cropped or post edited.

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haha toothbrush bristles =D

I can't wait to pick up a macro lens for my camera..

Any suggestions for a Macro lens for my Nikon? Obviously I dont want some $1000 plus lens...

But I do want something quite good at a reasonable price..

Doesnt matter if its Nikon, Tamron or Sigma branded...hell if I can save some money buying a really good 3rd party lens, I would..

Any suggestions would be awesome...

I cant wait to be able to take pictures like that!

grabbed a tamron 90mm for my d300

now waiting for extension tubes to arrive

big question is whether i should go for the sigma ring flash or the nikon r1