Close-Up

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That's so awesome

the color is so beautiful! very nice!

Wood Frog.

Wow, Chris! I'd like to know the details of that shot.

african violet

fleurya said:

Wow, Chris! I'd like to know the details of that shot.

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Canon 30D, Canon 60mm macro 2.8, set of Kenko tubes and sigma ring flash.

Canon 30D, Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro and Kenko tubes

This was a lucky catch I got one day, it took me a while to get a decent image like this one!







P.S: You can view the full size image HERE!

Here's a couple I have, taken with my Canon G9.

Wow, these close-ups are amazing. Great job, folks.

I agree, cwa. But, Chris.. can you make your image smaller?

went to a orchid garden this is one pic i wanted to show

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Canon 30D, Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro and Kenko tubes

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Now that is a good picture!

Well done!

macwannabe said:

went to a orchid garden this is one pic i wanted to show

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Stunning. Beautiful shot.

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These pics are just ridiculous on how well they were shot. I can't believe the clarity at such close range. As an avid scuba diver I love taking underwater shots, especially macro. Too bad I was never really good at it though.

I'd like to get back into taking macro shots in and out of the water. Is anyone using an external (strobe or otherwise) flash to take the shots? It seems as though I'm having an issue with the lens shading the shot I'm trying to take and since the flash is on top, I doesn't adequately illuminate the subject at such close range.

This isn't a problem underwater since I have as strobe mounted on a flex arm. But on dry land I'm having issues with this. In daylight, either my lens shades the subject, or the front of the subject is shaded because the sun is behind it etc... lol.

I'm a terrible photographer...