Bumble Bee

[Muscat]

I had an hour to kill this afternoon so had a play with the macro lens and extension tubes, both shots hand held with 580 EXii + stofen.

5D3, 100mm f2.8 ISL macro + 20mm Kenko tube, 1/200, f11, ISO200


5D3, 100mm f2.8 ISL macro + 36mm Kenko tube, 1/200, f16, ISO200

[raymon]

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Very nice maro shots, really sharp & good DOF, #1 is my favourite only because I can make the insect out a little better although love the composition of #2, I'm guessing a stofen is a flash diffuser.

ray

[Hereford_EOS]

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Excellent Ian , #1 for me but both are good.

[mikep]

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Quite remarkable what detail you've captured!

Can I ask whether the flash was mounted on camera, or on an off-camera cord etc.? I would have thought being close for macro would prevent on camera flash being very productive, so a ring flash would be used! Happy to be proven wrong, as it opens up some macro try-outs in my own back garden!

Nice work Ian, love them both. #1 for me, as the detail just seems to edge #2. Although #2 does seem to be doing the okey-coky... with his left leg out!

All the best, Mike.

[tesarver]

Bumble Bee


Tom

[Muscat]

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Thanks guys,

Quite remarkable what detail you've captured!

Can I ask whether the flash was mounted on camera, or on an off-camera cord etc.? I would have thought being close for macro would prevent on camera flash being very productive, so a ring flash would be used!

Mike, the 580 was on camera, I find that as the 580 can angle down more than 90 degrees it works well for macro with a stofen which diffuses the light nicely. I often prefer the 580 to the ring flash (I have a cheap Marumi ring flash) as the light is not so flat and even

[wolfyccfc]

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loving these especially no.1, top image.

[J H Foto]

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No 1 for me 2

[Stan]

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No 1 for the detail. With no2 the flower rather than the bee is taking centre stage

Stan

[Muscat]

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Thanks guys