My macro-photography.

[splitterpoint 10,986]

-thread brought back from the old forums-

since I was eleven years old I bought my first DSLR-camera.
and started to take pictures of... well almost everything.
But my main and best section to the photo world is macro-photography.
This includes insects and plants, basically everything that is tiny... but photographed as huge.
I'm taking pictures of them for 6 years now and improving over time.
I am also shooting landscape and motion photos with long shutter times. (you would probably not understand so ignore that last part )

My equipment is a Nikon D300 (from 2009), Tamron 90MM macro F2.8; a basic kitlens (18-55MM), and another Tamron F2.8/24-70MM


Well I just want to share my photos here with my fellow tankmen.
I'm going to post my photos in this thread.
Hopefully more to come!

 

2-10-2013

 

Last week, I've bought a Sony Xperia Z1.

It's the best of Sony at the moment; and packed with a very nice camera.

 

20,7 Megapixels is very nice for a phone camera.

it has the same sensor you find in Sony's compact camera's so you can aswell take decent pictures at low light.

 

I've been playing with it for a while with the panorama function... Something I can't do with a DSLR straight away.

Here's some:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 2, 2013 by splitterpoint

[r_steven123450 0]

Excellent.

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Thanks. :) I'm improving over time... Some photo's I took from the beginning ain't look good to me anymore, I didn't posted them here though.

Edited October 11, 2012 by splitterpoint

[HichigoShiiro 4,378]

You live in such an awesome place. Dx

 

Excellent pictures btw! ;o

[LiquidGold 1,370]

In the old days to get colour richness like that you would have to wait for very bright days and use fuji film. Some of the images are very good but suffer a little from depth of field issues due to the very macro lens you have on, which is a very technical issue to over come.

The composition on most of them are good too, check out and google wildlife photograher of the year competition photos hosted by the natural history museum in London each year. If you wish to go on and become professional ie make a living from it the bible to get is a book called the Photographer's market its an annual book and publishes what all magazines and periodicals want in terms of photos, a valuable guide and list of over 2000 places to sell photos.

Keep up the good work and have fun from an ex photo trader (10 years)

[splitterpoint 10,986]

In the old days to get colour richness like that you would have to wait for very bright days and use fuji film. Some of the images are very good but suffer a little from depth of field issues due to the very macro lens you have on, which is a very technical issue to over come.

The composition on most of them are good too, check out and google wildlife photograher of the year competition photos hosted by the natural history museum in London each year. If you wish to go on and become professional ie make a living from it the bible to get is a book called the Photographer's market its an annual book and publishes what all magazines and periodicals want in terms of photos, a valuable guide and list of over 2000 places to sell photos.

Keep up the good work and have fun from an ex photo trader (10 years)

 

Thanks so much, I will sure remember this. :)

 

The depth of field is caused by the F2.8, If I increase this I have to ramp up the ISO to avoid the dark pictures... because long shutter times is hardly possible when zoomed in.

I have have a tripod, should get a monopod though... much easier to use.

 

Have you made any pictures too?

[enon97 0]

Kodak close, but... polariod... polaroid is going to open soon!

I have and old polaroid super color 1000 and I want to buy the film.

[r_kilaz0 10]

these look like stock photos

[LiquidGold 1,370]

Thanks so much, I will sure remember this. :)

 

The depth of field is caused by the F2.8, If I increase this I have to ramp up the ISO to avoid the dark pictures... because long shutter times is hardly possible when zoomed in.

I have have a tripod, should get a monopod though... much easier to use.

 

Have you made any pictures too?

mono pods are great and usually telescopic so pack away very small, have you thought of using fill in flash ie a flash gun or built in flash to over come the darkness( however this means you often only get one shot of wildlife as it runs off) or if you have time a collapsible silver reflector, like the ones you see them use on fashion shoots for a more natural and diffuse light, both have pros and cons. The next stage up from that is to recreate a mini garden at home and live capture mini beasts or insects to photo in a controlled lit area and then release them after this is more time consuming but you have much more control over everything, except the little blighters standing still that is :P

 

post script edit .. i got my camera age 7 and bought a Nikon FE2 aged 13 took me 2 years of saving pocket money and saying no to ice cream treats to get it i have taken a few in my day some good some very bad if i get 1 in 100 thats good i am happy if you want any more help pm me no problem

Edited October 11, 2012 by LiquidGold

[Valletta 834]

Splitterpoint, a random question... Do you live somewhere near Rotterdam? :P

[splitterpoint 10,986]

mono pods are great and usually telescopic so pack away very small, have you thought of using fill in flash ie a flash gun or built in flash to over come the darkness( however this means you often only get one shot of wildlife as it runs off) or if you have time a collapsible silver reflector, like the ones you see them use on fashion shoots for a more natural and diffuse light, both have pros and cons. The next stage up from that is to recreate a mini garden at home and live capture mini beasts or insects to photo in a controlled lit area and then release them after this is more time consuming but you have much more control over everything, except the little blighters standing still that is :P

 

post script edit .. i got my camera age 7 and bought a Nikon FE2 aged 13 took me 2 years of saving pocket money and saying no to ice cream treats to get it i have taken a few in my day some good some very bad if i get 1 in 100 thats good i am happy if you want any more help pm me no problem

 

I have a macro flash around the lens, It costed more then the hull (didn't paid it, it was a gift)... It's pretty old thats why it doesn't fit that right on my camera, the connection fitted however, I used ducktape to get it more stabil.

Though I never use the flash ring, I sometimes get really funny pictures.

 

I have my own mini garden sometimes, I even grow my own insects from the very first egg... Most of the time it's catterpillars. I use paper wads on the background, In combination with F2.8 this is a really cool effect.

However, I'm still trying to figure out the positions, My tripod is sometimes just to big to get to the angle I need, but if I photograph without stabilty; I get blurred images.

 

But most of the time I just go classic and just walk trough the area to see if I can find something interesting. :)

Thanks for the awesome tips, you're the very first in this forum that also shares one of my hobby's.

Though I'm not english; I can understand anything with help of google translator.

 

 

Splitterpoint, a random question... Do you live somewhere near Rotterdam? :P

 

No, I live on the countryside of the netherlands, not so sure you can call it country side but ohh :lol:

It's an island called ''ameland'', awesome invironment there, so quiet... but sometimes really boring as there are no big movie theaters and stuff...

And I always have to take the boat if school starts, we only have primary schools there, I'm 17, so that means I have to get up like 5:30 in the morning.

obviously I've took a picture from a high advantage point: You can't see my house... looks like it's going to rain.

(don't think the sea is that blue... I edited it just for this effect)

Edited October 11, 2012 by splitterpoint

[LrefdDRLdDdr.5rfMWES 1]

Nice work!

I should get into macro-photography ^_^

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Nice work!

thanks. :lol:

I should get into macro-photography ^_^

It's awesome trust me... :)

Edited October 11, 2012 by splitterpoint

[Valletta 834]

I've been to the outskirts of Amsterdam and Rotterdam and the nature looks very much like your photos... :D Yet, you live in a very nice, clean and peaceful place, something you should take advantage of since there are very few such spots left in Europe. For example here in Bulgaria we have some pretty breathtaking plains, mountains, lakes and of course, the seaside, but the problem is that most of these places have been made private property and therefore polluted and ruined.. You have some potential with those nice photos and landscape ;)

[CooperO 7,956]

Your photos look very beautiful, although I have to say I don't really like the ones with the trapped birds (but that is coming form someone who loves animals).

[splitterpoint 10,986]

I've been to the outskirts of Amsterdam and Rotterdam and the nature looks very much like your photos... :D Yet, you live in a very nice, clean and peaceful place, something you should take advantage of since there are very few such spots left in Europe. For example here in Bulgaria we have some pretty breathtaking plains, mountains, lakes and of course, the seaside, but the problem is that most of these places have been made private property and therefore polluted and ruined.. You have some potential with those nice photos and landscape ;)

 

 

 

We don't have mountains, we have hills... I would love to make mountain landscape pictures, therefor I have to travel alot.

And I'm not so sure if I want to make work out of the hobby, Thanks for the awesome comments. :)

 

 

Your photos look very beautiful, although I have to say I don't really like the ones with the trapped birds (but that is coming form someone who loves animals).

 

Yeah, many others have your thoughts... I can understand that. the Birds look scared, but yet; we are doing this for research.

We ''ring'' those captured birds and free them in minutes, this way we can monitor the population in the area. :)

I have to admit some died because of the stress, you just can't avoid it. :(

[CONTROOL2 6]

Nice.

[enon97 0]

Good photos splitter, I also like photography,informatic and elctronic

[CooperO 7,956]

;we are doing this for research.

We ''ring'' those captured birds and free them in minutes, this way we can monitor the population in the area. :)

I have to admit some died because of the stress, you just can't avoid it. :(

 

How interesting! So you are using that net to catch the birds?

I thought it was just a net to prevent birds from eating your strawberries in the garden :unsure: .

And true, you can't always prevent that from happening.

Edited October 12, 2012 by CooperO

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Not me, I´m just the photographer. :lol:

[CONTROOL2 6]

So the DSLR-camera did everything? :D

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Buy it and see for yourself, you will not be happy with the first results. ;)

I failed big time the first months.

[Raphael2 3,263]

Thats simply beautifull o.o

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Thanks for your comment. :D

Also I great reminder; as I had some pictures stored at my computer from the last 2 months.

 

About the last 2 (steel grids or something)

Tell me which one you prefer; they are a bit different from eachother.

Edited November 8, 2012 by splitterpoint

[CooperO 7,956]

Thats simply beautifull o.o

I couldn't agree more, amazing!

And split, I like the one to the left better. (I can see a whole scene around that photo, I can't with the other one)

Edited November 8, 2012 by CooperO