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Vivitar S1 90/2.5 Field Macro (Image Heavy)
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Recent images using this setup:































Last edited by Mike Deep on Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:52 am; edited 1 time in total


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no words - this is fantastic
the forelast is my fav, if there is any


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Ahhh, such a great lens... Love the vibrant colors in your shots! Have you ever tried using it for portraits?


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Very good !

Pictures are great but some of them bugs are quite impressive for a northern guy !


Do you use a flash and diffuser ?


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I'm so jealous of the variety of bugs you have captured.
Excellent examples from an exceptional lens.


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perfect !


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Shocked stunning bugs !


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Great job. I have had little success with macro. I think my mistake is that I don't change my technique from normal photography. Was your lighting natural? Also, what aperture settings?


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All were flashed with a softboxed 430EX. There's a link to the setup in the first post.

Aperture varied, but never went wider than f/8 on the lens itself (effectively f/16).


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Fabulous shots!


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Last edited by bernhardas on Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:47 am; edited 1 time in total


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Bump!

It's macro season again. Very Happy Still using the same setup, but a Nikon SB-26 will soon enter the fray.

















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Still jealous of the bug variety you have in your area Surprised excellent images again.

It's still too cold where I am for the bugs to appear Sad


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Probably time to mark this thread image heavy...

Katydid nymph



Treehopper



Arrowhead spider



Lady beetle



Mydas fly



Ichneumon wasp



Wittfeld's Forester moth caterpillar



Fir Tussock moth caterpillar



Giant Leopard moth caterpillar (~70mm!)



White-dotted Prominent moth caterpillar



Polyphemus moth caterpillar (~70mm!)



Bluet damselfly