New ones, I begin to like this extender.
But it takes much time to do these shots because every mm is counting!

Whoa... Those shots are F#@%ed up. Take some pictures of other things though, like the stamen of a flower or a person's iris.

This post was edited by kratos on Aug 5 2009 01:54pm

Yeah, I will try. But it is quite hard to do! I have two halogen lamps faceing directly towards the subject (5 - 10 cm away) and a 1 secound shutterspeed. So I think the Iris shot is quite hard.
But tomorrow I will try with other things than insects.

and thanks.

Geez, that thing needs a lot of light..

I'm hoping to do something similar to this soon, when I go back on vacation there is going to be a huge yard sale with like 50 different people and half a mile of the road covered by their stuff and I'm hoping to find some cheap lenses.

This post was edited by kratos on Aug 5 2009 02:08pm

Sounds great! I use a 50mm.
Just PM me if you need advices.

these last pictures are really incredible!!!!
Looks like the work is paying off!!

i know, they look amazing.

inspireing.

last pictures are sick, great light and detail.
The fly is dead right?

Thank you. Yeah, to be honest I never thought they could be this good.




Thank you.




Thank you. Actually I use a program to combine 5 - 15 photos, to make it more sharp all over the photo. I only have like 0,1mm of sharp-focus on each photo.

Yup it is dead. Not by me though, I found it in the garden. I have two halogen lamps faceing directly towards the subject (5 - 10 cm away) and a 1 secound shutterspeed, so it would be quite hard to take shots of a living insect.

Are you closing down tou aperture though?
I know it would slow down your shutter speed even more but it would help with the DOf (and yes, I know the lens is not connected to the body, but here is how to do it: you just attach the lens, select the aperture, dof preview button and unscrew the lens. The aperture will remain closed, you will have a sharper image too.)
I thought the fly was dead cause it's missing so many scales on the eyes.