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Macro Photography

Probably not, but the short DOF is used to good effect. It's something that
used a lot in his portraiture (although it's tough to see on the images in the link).
 
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If you do have a DLSR, you can always flip the lens around, hold it up to the lens mount (carefully), and have your macro shot magnified by a large large amount. The only negative is the extremely shallow DOF.
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Correct, however using a reversal ring is quite beneficial... holding your lens against the camera while focusing is a chore.

The main downsides however are:
- Unable to use auto-focus
- Must set aperture size on lens (if you can't set the aperture on your lens and are required to use the controls on the camera, you can't do reverse macro)
- Metering is difficult
- On some cameras the shutter will not release if no lens is detected, and in a lens reversal situation, the CPU contacts are facing the front of the camera, therefore no lens is detected... good news is you can use the Manual mode to overcome this on most dSLRs.

To point it out again, if you want to achieve any amount of success, a reversal ring is a must for this technique. They're dirt cheap, just make sure to get one with the right mount for your camera and the right thread size for the front of the lens (52mm on my 50mm f/1.8)
 
I love this shot!

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Spider meet's the blue night sky

I really need a tripod though .... this image could have been so much better

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Neon Berries
 
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Never "HAVE TO" change lenses?!

You say that like changing lenses is some sort of chore. 8( I can swap a lens, with both end caps, in less than 5 seconds. Oh the horror.
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I snap many types of shot's ... I don't want to have to carry extra lenses. I

It's not just the swapping that sucks... it's also lugging the shit around too.

I do alot of traveling so small and compact is key.

My SR camera is a dream! it does Macro, Super Macro, Landscape etc with the same lense ... amazing!
 
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Here's a few more I snapped after a few cones!

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A close up of the weed I was smoking at the time.

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My eye!

Next week I might have money for a tripod .. then i'll have less camera shake and sharper images. Can't wait!
 
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A few old ones from when I had a decent phone lol.

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Not really a macro, but was shot in macro mode.
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I have some more but I can't get them to load :( I went on a macro crazy day a while back haha. And yeah I love that photo :D

Edit: Except she has a really dirty beak :p
 
A few more I have taken recently.
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^This guys rolled up in webbing :(
 
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^ Holy shit! is that thing covered in it's offspring?

Impressive pic bro.
 
I have just been wondering around my garden and snapped some photos i'm pretty happy with!

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^ Here's a broodling! Happy I found this one and i'll snap a few more photos of it in the next week to see them progress into adults.
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Photography is one of those things you do better while baked ... <3
 
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Cool photos Seventeen and 8ft! I love spiders :)

Seventeen, so many babies!! Look at them all! What a good mum =D
 
Yeah wolf spiders incubate their young on their backs... looks weird as anything with the naked eye; like it's got warts or spines or something.

That thing crawled straight into the bed we were sitting on :D

Likewise 8ft, wicked photos. The first one is crazy - are they venomous?

EDIT: might as well post some more macros

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More to bore you with later ;)
 
^^ Brilliant hun, you've got a great eye for photography :)
 
@Seventeen: I love those pictures. Especially the third from the top; it really has a feeling of depth to it.
 
Aaw shucks. Thanks both of you :)

Here are a few more; that's pretty much all I have on my PC for the moment though - that I'm willing to share.

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Thanks People!

That first pic of the spider is perhapes the my best pic i have taken.

The spider isn't even that big .. he just looks massive in that photo cose he's outstretched and looking like he means buisness. I love that photo!

No spiders in NZ are vemonous %)

MORE!

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Now I have no job ... expect more photo's %)
 
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