The TPU Darkroom - Digital SLR and Photography Club

[Aquinus]

Just do it you know you want to haha

I totally do. Part of me wants to cheap out and go with the 85mm STM lens just to have it, but I know that it'll be worth going a step up, so I might just wait and go with something nice.

Meanwhile... Moo.

Canon EOS RP, Canon RF 100-400mm @ 400mm, ƒ9, 1/400s, ISO 800

 

[grunt_408]

@grunt_408

Are the fly shots taken in a studio set-up or in nature. Just wondering how you get set up.

The recent shots including my last shot where taken in nature. I find a nice spot in the shade and sit near flowers that seem to have a nice composition and wait for the bugs to come to me.

 

[the54thvoid]

Ah... patience. What camera shop can I buy that from?

 

[Valantar]

The recent shots including my last shot where taken in nature. I find a nice spot in the shade and sit near flowers that seem to have a nice composition and wait for the bugs to come to me.

Impressive! Are those single exposures or stacked? And if the latter: how do you manage that for a rapid moving subject?

 

[Aquinus]

Ah... patience. What camera shop can I buy that from?

It probably helps being in the southern hemisphere being spring and all, going into summer. We're having some nice autumn days here in New Hampshire, but it gets cold at night and most wildlife has either migrated or has started hibernating. Deer and Turkey are a little harder to take pictures of since I live more in the "city" than the country.

Canon EOS RP, Canon RF100-400mm ƒ5.6-8 IS USM @ 400mm, ƒ8, 1/400s, ISO 200

 

[grunt_408]

Impressive! Are those single exposures or stacked? And if the latter: how do you manage that for a rapid moving subject?

The subject needs to be still for a stack to work.. Any movement and the stack will not work. The latest shots are single shots Sometimes an insect will give you a few seconds to rattle off a few shots on different focal planes.

Ah... patience. What camera shop can I buy that from?

Haha surprisingly I have found I do not have to wait very long and I am leaning in getting shots. Here is my setup with the mpe 65mm attatched.

 

[tabascosauz]

It probably helps being in the southern hemisphere being spring and all, going into summer. We're having some nice autumn days here in New Hampshire, but it gets cold at night and most wildlife has either migrated or has started hibernating. Deer and Turkey are a little harder to take pictures of since I live more in the "city" than the country.

Canon EOS RP, Canon RF100-400mm ƒ5.6-8 IS USM @ 400mm, ƒ8, 1/400s, ISO 200

Dust spots to the right of middle bird, below right bird, between left bird and middle bird? Nothing a quick spot healing tool or some rocket blower action won't fix

 

[Aquinus]

Dust spots to the right of middle bird, below right bird, between left bird and middle bird? Nothing a quick spot healing tool or some rocket blower action won't fix

I know. I haven't touched up any of the photos I've uploaded to be completely honest. I'm being a little lazy.

 

[grunt_408]

Canon 5D Mark IV , Tamron 90mm 1.3 seconds F13 ISO 800. UV Flash used and UV cut filter on the lens. UVIVF. WB tickled to my liking.

 

[grunt_408]

A Cucumber in Ultraviolet fluorescence
Gear
Canon 5D Mark IV (Unmodified)
Tamron 90mm f2.8 with Hoya UV 0 Filter
2x Yongnuo yn560iii modified and fitted with Hoya U-340 and Schott S8612 filter set
1/160th ISO 4000 F18

 

[micropage7]

when you have macro extention and you can shot something next to your door

A Cucumber in Ultraviolet fluorescence
Gear
Canon 5D Mark IV (Unmodified)
Tamron 90mm f2.8 with Hoya UV 0 Filter
2x Yongnuo yn560iii modified and fitted with Hoya U-340 and Schott S8612 filter set
1/160th ISO 4000 F18View attachment 224896

it's like something from another planet

 

[grunt_408]

Conostylis candicans

Visible light , 1/160 ISO 800 F16

UVIVF 1/160 ISO 12800 F16

 

[Aquinus]

Conostylis candicans

Visible light , 1/160 ISO 800 F16

View attachment 225312

UVIVF 1/160 ISO 12800 F16

View attachment 225313

Would I be right in assuming that these shots wouldn't be possible without a flash given the narrow aperture and fast shutter speed?

 

[grunt_408]

Would I be right in assuming that these shots wouldn't be possible without a flash given the narrow aperture and fast shutter speed?

The one up the top in visible light easily possible with a longer exposure. The UV one I did with modified flash. I have not had much experience with the really good 365 uv torches but I would say it is possible to do with one of those with a longer exposure and a really good uv torch.

 

[Aquinus]

The one up the top in visible light easily possible with a longer exposure. The UV one I did with modified flash. I have not had much experience with the really good 365 uv torches but I would say it is possible to do with one of those with a longer exposure and a really good uv torch.

I bet that a tripod would help. I find myself using it when I take longer exposure shots with a lens that doesn't have image stabilization, like my 50mm pancake lens. I can get away with a lot on the lens with IS. It's not until I start getting to about 1/10s that it doesn't quite work out.

 

[grunt_408]

I bet that a tripod would help. I find myself using it when I take longer exposure shots with a lens that doesn't have image stabilization, like my 50mm pancake lens. I can get away with a lot on the lens with IS. It's not until I start getting to about 1/10s that it doesn't quite work out.

Yes I should have said tripod is a must

 

[grunt_408]

Botony Bay Weevil with some aphids underneath. Canon 5D Mark IV , Canon Ef 180mm F3.5L , ISO 400 , F16 , 1/160 , flash used on the subject and on background separately.

 

[Nuckles56]

Botony Bay Weevil with some aphids underneath. Canon 5D Mark IV , Canon Ef 180mm F3.5L , ISO 400 , F16 , 1/160 , flash used on the subject and on background separately.
View attachment 227918

I've always loved those weevils, they're so cool. I also love the fact that they have metallic scales and their undersides are especially pretty.

 

[grunt_408]

Botany Bay Weevil on a cornflower. Shot in Ultraviolet induced visible fluorescence. Canon 5D Mark IV , Canon 180mm F3.5L. 1/160 F16 ISO 8000

I've always loved those weevils, they're so cool. I also love the fact that they have metallic scales and their undersides are especially pretty.

Me too

 

[Nuckles56]

They're not up to @grunt_408's standards but here's a weevil I found Christmas last year in one of the burned out national parks. I didn't have my macro lens with me that day either. You do get to see the metallic scales on the underside though.
Canon 6D mk II, 24-105mm f3.5-5.6 @105mm & f6.3, 1/160s & 1/200s, ISO 640.

 

[plastiscɧ]

this thread reminds me of my student days in biology when i bought an outrageously expensive camera for my circumstances at that time. it was not a highly professional camera like others at that time. but it took very nice pictures.
the iso intermediates were its strength

est. 2006

CAMERA review - finepix V10

 

[the54thvoid]

Went to the National Memorial Arboretum in the midlands.

@Tatty_One

 

[Aquinus]

So, I have a picture and question for the group. By the way, merry Christmas and happy holidays!

A. The picture is with the Canon EOS RP, 50mm 1.8ƒ Pancake lens @ 10k ISO, 2.8ƒ, and 1/100 shutter, with included exif data.
B. I'm dumping the exif data from this image as a spoiler at the bottom of this post. Are there any attributes here that people would like to see when I upload pictures? I figured that I could just write a script that dumps just the info people care about so I don't have to go hunting for it. I can share the script once I write it for anyone on a *nix machine with exiftool.

Spoiler: exif data

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[the54thvoid]

The parameters that folks can apply would be sufficient:

ISO, f number, Shutter speed, and focal distance.

Camera and lens for completion.

 

[Aquinus]

The parameters that folks can apply would be sufficient:

ISO, f number, Shutter speed, and focal distance.

Camera and lens for completion.

I just got an external automatic flash for the EOS RP. Wouldn't parameters for an external flash be included on that? There are a lot of parameters in there beyond ISO, aperture, shutter, and focal length that can be controlled. That's kind of why I was asking the question, because capturing just those 4 is plenty easy.

Canon EOS RP, Canon 50mm 1.8ƒ Pancake Lens @ ƒ2.8, ISO 1600, 1/60s.