I am really really contemplating buying a macro lens. I would love to see your macros and be able to look at your exif info. I know I could just look up the tag "macro" but I thought this would be fun anyhow :P So show me already!
PS-If you want to list the lens you took it with, I wouldn't be mad at ya!
Oh boy... I ADORE macro! I wanted a macro lens before I could even afford an SLR.
This is my Tamron macro lens:
I am thrilled that I got this because being a 60mm, I feel like I can skip the "nifty fifty" (at least for now) and use my "nifty 60" instead for portraits:
These two shots are true macro and SOOC. The frog was smaller than the size of a nickle. No cropping, etc was needed for these:
I use a macro converter ring for most of my macro shots. They go on the ring end of your lens which then goes directly onto your contacts (in reverse position), putting everything into a magnified perspective. They are very inexpensive and quiet simple to use.
I agree with @Cherrill re. P&S cameras. This was taken with the digital macro function on my P&S prior to me purchasing my DSLR. It's the centre of a sunflower
This is my favourite macro -
it was taken by @juanita and one of the reasons I love it is because macro isn't it's only virtue, if that makes sense... sometimes I think that once you look beyond the incredible detail of the macro lens the photos you get can be a bit shallow and not have that much to them... As in, it's easy to focus on the macro and not get anything else about the shot right. But this one's got everything... i love it :)
I submitted this photo to BugGuide.net for ID, and was told that the dragonfly is a female Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Libellula pulchell. And the wasp is a black and yellow mud dauber!
I have yet to get macro photography down right, even though I have a pretty decent macro lens: the Tamron 90mm f/2.8. But I'm working on it. Here's one of my most recent attempts.
@Cherrill thanks for the vote of confidence. i'm getting there, but for macro 'down right', scroll back up through this thread... there are some brilliant shots up there!!! Just to name a few, see the shots posted @kimmiesue@timandelke@bugik and @indiannie_jones that's how it's supposed to be done. :-)
I took this only just tonight. Not the most spectacular macro ever - but I'm proud of it. I got a new set of extension tubes, and this is a result of two hours of googling trying to figure out how to hook them up, what settings to use, what goes where, how to do what. I learned more about my camera in that two hours than I've probably learned in the year I've owned it. I actually whooped when this came out. :)
Nicole I recently purchased a macro lens and love it, just wish I could use it more than I do.
canon 100mm macro, this shell was the size of my thumb nail to give you some perspective.
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I went cheap as well and bought extension tubes. About $10.
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Ok, a couple more:
I don't have a macro lens yet, so went the cheaper direction (for now) and bought an extension tube. It has been a lot of fun for little money.
55mm f2.8
However, I shoot using the reverse lens macro technique so you won't find any useful exif info!! The reversing ring set me back a whopping $3. xD
This is my Tamron macro lens:
I am thrilled that I got this because being a 60mm, I feel like I can skip the "nifty fifty" (at least for now) and use my "nifty 60" instead for portraits:
These two shots are true macro and SOOC. The frog was smaller than the size of a nickle. No cropping, etc was needed for these:
Love the intricacies of flowers.
canon ef 100mm macro f/2.8 USM
But this is one of my favorites
Nearly every shot in my 365 has been taken with a 100mm macro lens .. if I used my S90 then it is normally specified.
I use a Sigma DG 70-300mm which has Macro setting at 200-300
Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Macro
This is for all those who just use a P&S! :-)
I'm not sure what lens I used, but I'll hazard a guess it was my 35-70mm Nikon one. It's quite old, so don't know if they're still around.
it was taken by @juanita and one of the reasons I love it is because macro isn't it's only virtue, if that makes sense... sometimes I think that once you look beyond the incredible detail of the macro lens the photos you get can be a bit shallow and not have that much to them... As in, it's easy to focus on the macro and not get anything else about the shot right. But this one's got everything... i love it :)
Also taken with a point and shoot! :)
Zeiss 100mm Makro Planar
I took this only just tonight. Not the most spectacular macro ever - but I'm proud of it. I got a new set of extension tubes, and this is a result of two hours of googling trying to figure out how to hook them up, what settings to use, what goes where, how to do what. I learned more about my camera in that two hours than I've probably learned in the year I've owned it. I actually whooped when this came out. :)
And one taken with my IXUS 105:
This was one of my first attempts via "reverse Macro" using the kit lens
This was taken with macro filters.
canon 100mm macro, this shell was the size of my thumb nail to give you some perspective.
For some perspective on how tall this figurine actually is, I also uploaded: