Macro Photography Mania!

[ryz]

mine is panasonic dmc fz20.. got mega optical image stabilizer.. but like not helping much leh.. I dun have tripod so all the shots I take are taken handheld.

[weileong]

zoom out. Sorry hor too lazy to clean glass.

[DeepBlue]

join in the fun with an old shot of my rics.

Used a sony Digital Video cam to take it then

[weileong]

now macro mode.

[roidan]

now macro mode.

The Power of Nikkor Micro Lens

[DeepBlue]

Poor man's macro

[ryz]

trying again.

[ryz]

gonio.

[ryz]

cup

[weileong]

sorry, one more shot of the yuma. I think this one is much better.

[weileong]

Green monti from walt smith.

[weileong]

green staghorn.

[DeepBlue]

good shot

here's my LPS

[ervine]

Wah bro roidan, 150W you can still take not bad already woh!.. I have 250W and its close to impossible to take even at iso1600... did u flash it? nice pics everyone!

[ervine]

the pink yuma make me nose bleed...

[ervine]

bros what cams/lenses u all using?

[weileong]

Me using nikkon 105mm f/2.8 macro + D70

[weileong]

good shot

here's my LPS

how how how?

[DeepBlue]

how how how?

huh?? normal canon G5..

[Dispar_Anthias]

Me using nikkon 105mm f/2.8 macro + D70

wah you bought it liao.... nice man

[damien]

Squamosa Clam, Minolta Z1 w/o macro lens

[roidan]

Wah bro roidan, 150W you can still take not bad already woh!.. I have 250W and its close to impossible to take even at iso1600... did u flash it? nice pics everyone!

yo bro ervine...

yeah lor...i used iso 800 and 1600 to force the shots out...dare not try 3200 because dun have noise ninja or neat image to use...

used 1/125s and 1/160s to attempt those shots.....Time Value Priority mode (aka speed priority), as such the camera auto-open up f2.8 fully to maximise light. but resulting in very off-focus in front and behind the focus point.

that's about it...the settings i use (non tripod) and no flash used.

Weileong is more tripod based,

if i am not wrong, he using 1/20s or slower , f-super big number (super small aperture size)--> more of the objects in front and back of the focus point are in focus

weileong, share with us the settings

[Dispar_Anthias]

Bro WL can go become professional photographer liao

[roidan]

u see...due to the f2.8 shooting style,

only the clown is in focus, the front and back of the clown (rbta tentacles), are all out of focus.

if i choose a bigger f number (smaller aperture size) like weileong, more of the tentacles will be in focus, but the picture will turn out very dim and i have to push up my ISO to ISO3200 to get a decent picture...but end up will be very noisy.

shooting under 400W will be very nice

[ryz]

wah think my cam's noise reduction is very bad.. ISO 400 already quite noisy.. any tips on reducing noise? maybe the shots I took are taken in too dark a place?

roidan why u always use super fast shutter speed and super high ISO rating? when maybe 1/30 and ISO200 will suffice. Is there a reason? will increase sharpness?