All of us, marching endlessly across the metal tree. A hunt for a worthy fight, to sting and bite and feed. A larger two legged insect with one large eye approaches, it's clicking and snapping sounds bombard us, with him easing in towards the heart of our pack. My brothers anchor, web rope to our metal home, each one fearlessly launching themselves to our attacker. His single eye shutters, two hands clasped about the side of his face as he looms overhead. I am ready my brothers, he will pause, he will stare and capture the moment, and then I will strike. (Short story by my son: G.S. Santi), (pen name). Model: Lyssomanes viridis (Male Magnolia Green Jumper).
Technical Info: Canon 40D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, Handheld, Mode: Aperture Priority, 1/125, ƒ/5.6, ISO 800, Manual Focus, File: 130818EOS 40D001626. Process: Edit raw file on Canon Digital Photo Professional. Location: Clear Lake Park, Orlando, Florida.
On my Set "A Macro/Micro World".) - for More Info on my photography. Press L for Large. (For the Spanish, look below).
Tags: Canon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM 40D Lyssomanes viridis Magnolia Green Jumper Male Clear Lake Park Orlando Florida jumping spider G.S. Santi
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See the setup for this image down below.
My Macro/Micro World
Data: Canon 40D, f/8, 1/30, ISO: 800, Lens: reversed 28mm Canon FD, Extensions: 28 mm, Magnification 3:1, Mode: Manual, Support: none, Flash: built-in @ 1/4 power, Remote: no, Process: Canon Digital Photo Professional, file: 120723EOS 40D056, Date: July 23, 2012. (Note: Exif data never show f/stops of manual focus lenses with adapters.)
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(Press L for Large view). Using a a Reverse Mount Adapter Ring on my 24mm manual focus lens, was able to achive more than 2:1 macro ratio. This mini wild flower was about 12mm in diameter and this setup was able to cover about 9mm wide area on a crop sensor camera; a 1:1 Macro lens will cover only about 22mm wide area. Is almost like getting into photomicrography.
(Spanish: Este macro es casi al nivel de retratar con un microscopio, ya que se alcanzo una proporción mayor de 1:1. Pues al montar en reverso un lente angular de 24mm o 28mm se consigue una proporcion mayor de 2:1, lo cual es el doble de la conseguida con un lemte macro).
Technical Info: A very common wildflower, the daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus), Canon EOS 40D, reverse mounted Tamron 24mm f2.5 Adaptall, ISO: 800, f/5.6, 1/350. Edit on Lightroom CC
Tags: Canon 40D Reverse Mount Adapter Ring Tamron 24mm f2.5 Adaptall wild flower yellow manual focus no tripod 2:1 Macro micro
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Kari Salomon gave me the idea of trying salt with the same setup, to compare reflectivity, refraction, and crystal shape. Because the image came out too similar, try with flash instead of led lights, in order to get more details. As you can see, they look similar, but salt is more square and box shape. Press "L" for large and then "Esc" to come back. My Macro/Micro World
Data: Canon 40D, f/5.6, 1 sec, ISO: 100, Lens: Omegar 50mm enlarger lens with bellows extended 200mm, Full frame equivalent of: 80mm, Mode: Manual, Focus: manual, Support: Copy stand, Remote: yes, Flash: Built in camera flash (at half power) and a Vivitar 283 with slave at full power. Process: Canon Digital Photo Professional, file: 120626EOS 40D718, Date: June 26, 2012.
Tags: macro salt
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Great to know that an ugly caterpilar, like this Gulf Fritillary or agraulis vanillae caterpillar can turn later into a beautiful butterfly. Press "L" for large and then "Esc" to come back.
Data: Olympus Pen E-PL2, f/16, 1/60, ISO: 640, Lens: Omegar 50mm enlarger lens with bellows extended 50mm, FL equivalent of: 100mm, Mode: Aperture-priority, EV: 0, Flash: Built-in, full power, Image stabilizer: off, Filter: none, Support: none, Remote: no, Process: Lightroom 4 Beta, file: 120322_EP2C6070, Location: Lukas Nursery, Oviedo, Florida, Date: March 22, 2012.
Tags: Florida macro orange larva Gulf Fritillary agraulis vanillae caterpillar Lucas Nursery Oviedo
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