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  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    After loosing almost everything I worked my life for waiting on my disability, I bought the camera I have always wished for, a Canon D-60 with several attachments.
    The cost was through the roof but as I can no longer get around good, I needed a hobby I could explore from a power chair as I find it harder and harder to walk.
    This is why I plan now to reanimate this thread!
    Send your photos my friends, I enjoyed every one posted.
  • TeegeTeege Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 660
    A very cool macro shot IMO
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    Not sure who to credit it wasnt me though just for clarification..
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    Today I ordered in a EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM that produces true life sized reproduction along with a 0.43 HD AF wide angle lens.
    This along with a few other toys recently purchased should give some interesting results.
    Some say that I must be crazy to spend so much on photography equipment but it in no way compares to what I lost waiting for my disability to finally clear the courts.
    I hope for some really interesting shots to be posted in the coming weeks.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    Teege:
    A very cool macro shot IMO
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    Not sure who to credit it wasnt me though just for clarification..



    Very cool shot no matter who the photographer might be!
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    I finally managed to shoot my first, by the true definition, macro shot.
    This is a Rosemary Bud from my garden, about the size of a pencil lead.
    For this shot I used a Canon D-60 coupled To a Canon EF 100 F/2.8 Macro Lens.
    Not the best photo out there ,true, but as I get the chance to practice I expect some decent shots with this lens.

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  • beatnicbeatnic Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,133
    Do these shots require a tripod?
  • MartelMartel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,423
    Actually, Rodney, I think that shot looks pretty amazing. I've always been fascinated by Macro, but I can't even take a still shot worth posting on facebook so I've never bothered to try it. That rosemary is a great subject between the individual "needles" and the buds. You can really see some of the details, the texture and the white stripe. It almost makes me feel like I can smell it! I love fresh rosemary.

    RBeckom:
    I finally managed to shoot my first, by the true definition, macro shot.
    This is a Rosemary Bud from my garden, about the size of a pencil lead.
    For this shot I used a Canon D-60 COUPLED To a Canon EF 100 F/2.8 Macro Lens.
    Not the best photo out there ,true, but as I get the chance to practice I expect some decent shots with this lens.

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  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    beatnic:
    Do these shots require a tripod?



    Not if you have a steady hand, unfortunately I do not, so I do in fact use a tripod.
    As the subjects become smaller a tripod would definitely be needed.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    I have had this particular Rosemary bush for five years.
    It spreads over six feet and is about five feet tall.
    The smell in the spring is almost overpowering, in a good way, of course.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    Two of Oak worms while still a half inch long.
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    photo IMG_2050_zps652d0ff8.jpg
  • Rob1110Rob1110 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,454
    You can also get macro filters (usually a +1, +2 and +3) that will let you get amazingly close. And it saves you a ton of money on having to buy a lens. I think I got my filters used in perfect condition for about $15-20 bucks for the set of 3. Plus you can stack them.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    Rob1110:
    You can also get macro filters (usually a +1, +2 and +3) that will let you get amazingly close. And it saves you a ton of money on having to buy a lens. I think I got my filters used in perfect condition for about $15-20 bucks for the set of 3. Plus you can stack them.


    You can also get them by the ten pack for less than twenty dollars and they work along with your Macro Lenses if you have them. Now in that, as you mentioned, they are stackable you can get really amazing photos. I will post some in the future with the Macro and the magnifiers attached and let us see the micro world.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    One of an Angel Trumpet in my yard late at night. Yes I know it's not macro but I found it appealing anyway.

    Angel Trumpet. photo 100_7184_zps6b54a620.jpg
  • ImgemboImgembo Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 657
    yup i need a macro lens now....thanks alot.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    Imgembo:
    yup i need a macro lens now....thanks alot.



    Ebay, and search out:
    NEW Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens For EOS Canon SLR... (200894508968) Member id gammerjammer :
    He is a little more expensive than some of his competitor's but he is reliable and fast in service and will not hesitate to resolve any issues you may have. I have made multiple purchases from him and am completely satisfied though this one lens set me back a little over five-hundred dollars. It was and is worth it in the long run simply because the quality is outstanding. This in no way states that some cheaper lenses are not of as good of quality, but this seller I can personally vouch for. In most stores you would pay around seven-hundred for the same lens.
    I hope this helps though I know the price is a shocker.
    :-)
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    RBeckom:
    One of an Angel Trumpet in my yard late at night. Yes I know it's not macro but I found it appealing anyway.

    Angel Trumpet. photo 100_7184_zps6b54a620.jpg



    Funny thing about this shot, I took it with a seventy-five dollar Kodak C-190. The cheapest camera I own. Sometimes things just seem to fall into place. It is a shame that Kodak is no longer, they made some great, cheap and most importantly, reliable camera's. This one is already five years old and still works flawlessly.
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    The same flower magnified to show the detail this simple little camera can capture.

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  • variant2variant2 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 351
    Started exploring the world of macrophotography a few months ago.

    Canon 40d w/EFs 100 2.8 macro lens and some with a 1.4x extender.

    Red Hibiscus fruit image

    Hungry little critter image



  • webmostwebmost Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,131
    These are great!
  • webmostwebmost Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,131
    Teege:
    A very cool macro shot IMO
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    Not sure who to credit it wasnt me though just for clarification..
    This is the outstandingest pic here.
  • timtomtimtom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 40
    Though not true macro, still a beautiful photo and a promise of things shortly to come with Spring in the air.
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    Life is grand and I can still remember the cigar I was smoking last Spring when I took this photo, my favorite of all time, a Casa Magna Colorado. A truly gratifying day. Walking around a pond that I had dug personally with a Bobcat. Watching large Bass swim around thinking of the Catfish already stocked, along with Bream and Shell Cracker, than will be on the menu this spring. Yes, in all aspects a great day.
    Rodney
    :-)
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