Yes, I did find my diffuser a bit awkward, especially if there were bugs in amongst trees / bushes where branches got in the way! I would be interested in seeing your diffuser set up if you could @andabata
My very first extremely lucky shot, Canon 55-250mm with close-up lens (possibly a Canon 250D)(also a 100% crop):
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Allow me to contribute a few more images.
Probably my favourite subject to photograph, besides pretty girls, is the jumping spider. Here we see several shots of two different females, so I guess it’s still pretty girls.
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First one was a lucky shot while experimenting with retro adapters, the second one was one focus hit next to 15 missed ones:
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Haha, those weevils are funny. Lovely shot!
Ouch! I’ve been bugged!?!?!
Setup: Model = Dianthus. Zuiko 50mm/3.5 + 2x macro focusing teleconverter + adapter olympus->eos + adapter eos → fx + X-T3.
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Wooooooooaaaaahhh!
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I also love shooting those spiders! It’s amazing how they follow the camera with their eyes and head, as if they were curious…
Nice catch!!!
This is a brilliant (if slightly terrifying) thread!
We get a lot of crab spiders in the garden here:
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My most recent series of macro, broken glass. I had quite the “happy” accident…
All are focus stacked, and batch raw processed in Rawtherapee.
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@benp The second spider looks like it has another face that’s frowning or slightly amused.
@Waveluke Nice contours and framing. Makes me want to make edible glass, jelly or brittle. Hope it wasn’t a part of something expensive.
Nah, it was an el cheapo wine glass. Also, it didn’t look as amazing in real life, as I cloned out a lot of dust, dirt and irregularities, as well as glass inclusions. The pictures were only 12-24 mm on the horizontal length scale, so not really noticeable in real life.
I got the colors by shooting with a real backdrop of sky during golden hour, albeit with lots of cloud patches.
Oh man! Not sure when I posted in this thread last but here I come! Always with Darktable, Gimp, GMIC and Digikam, lately started to work a lot with ART as well.
Red velvet by Mike Bing, on Flickr
EMG03106-Thuis-ISO6400-dt_filtered-2020-web by Mike Bing, on Flickr
EMG01816-Maalwater-ISO200dt-gimp-crop-2020-web by Mike Bing, on Flickr
EMG01360-Bloesem-ISO3200_filtered-2020-web by Mike Bing, on Flickr
DMG08180-Fiets-ISO400-dt-gimp-2019-web by Mike Bing, on Flickr
DMG08171-Fiets-ISO2000-dt-gimp-gmic-2019-web by Mike Bing, on Flickr
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/me starts pouring gasoline on the forums…
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