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Some samples from my photo albums:
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Buckster
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Here are some of my recent nature shots. Been working on macros a lot lately:
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pr126
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Good shots Buckster! Did you get the Canon 100mm Macro yet?
I think we should get this thread going again.
(Looks like HBA stopped his site.)
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| pr126 wrote: | Good shots Buckster! Did you get the Canon 100mm Macro yet?
I think we should get this thread going again.
(Looks like HBA stopped his site.) |
I played with the Canon 100mm in the store for about a half an hour, but went with the Sigma 180mm 3.5 macro instead. All of the ones I just uploaded were shot with it. The top two (mosquitos) also had 68mm of extension tubes to get even closer to the tiny bugger.
Edit: See what you think of this: LINK
I updated my gear page too: LINK
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pr126
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Excellent. I guess it was cheaper too.
Amazing magnification on the mosquitoes. Good DOF too. 
Edit: Looks quite a good engineering project. I see lots of new gear too.
(You'll need a hand cart and a caddy to help you.) 
Good going. CS3 too?
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| pr126 wrote: | Excellent. I guess it was cheaper too.
Amazing magnification on the mosquitoes. Good DOF too. |
Thanks. I did some testing of the lens as soon as I got it, and the 'sweet spot' seems to be around f/22, so that's what I've got dialed in on it pretty much all the time.
I didn't get as far as pricing the Canon 100mm. I wasn't going to buy it at the store anyway - much better deals online. I shopped around for the Sigma 180mm when I finally made my decision, and picked it up from Amazon for $659.99 (+tax/shipping).
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| pr126 wrote: | Excellent. I guess it was cheaper too.
Amazing magnification on the mosquitoes. Good DOF too.
Edit: Looks quite a good engineering project. I see lots of new gear too.
(You'll need a hand cart and a caddy to help you.)
Good going. CS3 too? |
Yeah, I've done some shopping this year, and still the list of 'wants' never seems to get smaller! LOL!
Haven't gotten CS3 yet, but I want to. CS2 is still serving me well, so I hate to spend the money to upgrade when I really don't have a true 'need' to do so. In reviewing some of the new CS3 features, there are definitly some that I could use though. I hear it takes quite a bit of horsepower to take full advantage of it though, so I think I want to upgrade my computer at the same time, and I'm not quite ready to spend the money for both just yet. I'd say within the next 6 months though, I'll probably make the leap.
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 Absolutely gorgeous! You guys are very talented! |
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| Amberli wrote: | | Absolutely gorgeous! You guys are very talented! |
Thanks! Everybody needs a hobby... 
Here's a few more from the Louisana bayou:
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A few dragonfly macros from Saturday out at the swamp:
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Wow..just wow.
I forgot how to use Imageshack.
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Canon 350D, 70-300mm USM IS on tripod
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