Macro-photography

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Roy, I knew it was Ragwort, but I wasn't sure of which variety it was.

MichaelG, thanks for posting the Ragwort page, I have heard that Ragwort is poisonous to horses, but like in this page, there are horses in a field about 100M away from me and I have seen this same Ragwort growing in there and the horses just don't eat it but they do graze completely around them, and I've been living here for 28 years and not heard of any of the ladies horses being poisoned by this Ragwort. This Ragwort has always grown in parts where I never have mown and I don't now of any wild animals that may have been poisoned by it. Hoverflies also seem to like this Ragwort.

Regards Nick.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, thought I would show my latest stereo pair that I photographed yesterday, Top one is parallel viewing and the bottom one for cross viewing.

Regards Nick.

[Raphael GolezParticipant @raphaelgolez]

Enjoyed seeing all your work here and happy to know that the thread keeps on moving even if its around a year since we started posting amazing macro and stereo photos.

I have not done much macro photography lately but I have managed to find this poor dead bee in my window seal last weekend. I can't resist taking a closer look and found out that his wings "unzipped" and showed the 2 pairs (4 wings) and his stinger deployed. Hopefully I can find some more interesting small subject to shoot particularly on the field. This is a stacked of 56 photos taken from front to back to achieved a full depth of field. The magnification is around 2X and the lens is a revere 50mm lens with a 52mm extension tube taken at f11. Enjoy!

Edited By Raphael Golez on 14/06/2021 22:33:23

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Raphael, that's really impressive and in no way is it an ugly insect.

Regards Nick.

[Raphael GolezParticipant @raphaelgolez]

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 14/06/2021 22:41:39:

Hi Raphael, that's really impressive and in no way is it an ugly insect.

Regards Nick.

Thanks Nick!

Some high magnification shots I made lately of a Giant Hoverfly.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, too hot to work out in my garage, so yesterday and this morning I've taken a more leisurely approach with my camera. In my outback bit of rough ground, a few thistles are flowering and I thought one maybe worth a stereo photo, but although the breeze was only very light, the long stems of these thistles were waving about, so a cut a small bunch and decided to photograph them indoors, but I made a mistake of photographing them in front of a window and using the trees outside as a backdrop. The problem was that I needed the lights on my macro lens to illuminate the front, but I hadn't noticed that they produced a halo effect behind the flower, from the reflection in the window glass, otherwise I believe it came out pretty good. So this morning I've had another attempt with coloured paper behind with daylight through the window. Below are eight results the four odd numbered ones are parallel views and the four even numbered ones are cross views and No. 1 & 2 are those with the halo effect. I welcome opinions as to which people think are the best (if any) but the first four where taken in portrait mode and No. 5 & 6 were in landscape mode, No. 7 & 8 are the same as 5 & 6, but each image has been separated by about 12mm.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 21/07/2021 12:37:11

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

The wonderful image of a quarter-millimetre microsphere, chosen as the Supporters’ Favourite should inspire us: **LINK**

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/newly-born-blood-vessels-win-british-heart-foundation-photography-prize/

MichaelG.

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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/cardiovascular/annalisa-bettini

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 25/08/2021 07:37:30

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

I feel sure this will interest those ME members keen on improving their macro photography techniques …

Simon Booth – My 8 Essential Macro Photography Tips for Nature Photographers

**LINK**

Have fun,

Sam

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Well-found, Sam

MichaelG.

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Thanks to Ian Parkin I now have the Benbo tripod that I’ve always fancied !

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Despite my obvious frustration with the thread:

I would like to congratulate John Smith 47 on his second photo, here: **LINK**

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=174528&p=1

That’s quite an impressive piece of ‘workshop’ photography.

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Rummaging about in a box of odd lenses, today ; I rediscovered an old close-up lens of considerable age

… a little web-searching revealed that it belongs to one of these : **LINK**

http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C807.html

… and this appears to be the patent for that interesting camera : **LINK**

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DGB189603055A

It’s the ‘3FT’ one, so should be a little over one dioptre

… I must try taking some test-shots

MichaelG.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 21/07/2021 12:35:57:

Below are eight results the four odd numbered ones are parallel views and the four even numbered ones are cross views and No. 1 & 2 are those with the halo effect.

You despicable cad! Reversing the order of the views from the previous post, resulting in my eyes nearly popping out of my head!

Very nicely realised and presented.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 22/09/2021 22:43:00:

Rummaging about in a box of odd lenses, today ; I rediscovered an old close-up lens of considerable age

… a little web-searching revealed that it belongs to one of these : **LINK**

That's quite a device.

The medical macro photography is interesting too.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/09/2021 11:54:45:

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 21/07/2021 12:35:57:

Below are eight results the four odd numbered ones are parallel views and the four even numbered ones are cross views and No. 1 & 2 are those with the halo effect.

You despicable cad! Reversing the order of the views from the previous post, resulting in my eyes nearly popping out of my head!

Very nicely realised and presented.

Neil

Whaat!

Hi Neil, glad you liked the photos

Regards Nick.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 23/09/2021 18:48:54:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/09/2021 11:54:45:

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 21/07/2021 12:35:57:

Below are eight results the four odd numbered ones are parallel views and the four even numbered ones are cross views and No. 1 & 2 are those with the halo effect.

You despicable cad! Reversing the order of the views from the previous post, resulting in my eyes nearly popping out of my head!

Very nicely realised and presented.

Neil

Whaat!

Hi Neil, glad you liked the photos

Regards Nick.

Send me a really nice stereo pair of a piece of workshop equipment to put in MEW as an experiment!

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Parallel, Crossed-eyed, or both Neil?

Sam

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Best just the two images, as we'll have to generate spacing/placement/background for best results depending on what size we use them.

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 22/09/2021 22:43:00:

Rummaging about in a box of odd lenses, today ; I rediscovered an old close-up lens of considerable age

[ blah, blah, blah ]

… I must try taking some test-shots

MichaelG.

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Time passes …

First here are a couple of shots of the close-up lens:

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MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 27/09/2021 20:50:40

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

… It's just a nice size to work with the little Russian Industar 50mm f3.5 lens, so it was temporarily affixed with three blobs of BluTack [!]

Closest focus of the Industar is nominally 0.65m, and this reduces it to about 0.45m

These two shots are thoroughly boring, but nicely demonstrate the performance:

With aperture = f16

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With aperture = f3.5

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Not bad for a 120 year old

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 27/09/2021 20:52:12

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I have just attended a Quekett ‘Zoom’ meeting, where this lady talked about her insect photography.

**LINK** :

https://insectinside.me

**LINK** :

https://www.nhbs.com/insectinside-life-in-the-bushes-of-a-small-peckham-park-book

My mind is boggled

She has immense natural talent.

MichaelG.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi MichaelG, a lot of really good clear photos in your link, I can't say that I've ever seen one of those wasp spiders though, thanks for showing it.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 13/11/2021 21:31:57

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

For inspiration [or just for for admiration] : 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/snowflake-structure-still-mystifies-physicists/

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 20/11/2021 08:55:47

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi MichaelG, fascinating! Hard to believe that no two are alike out of the trillions+ of snowflakes that are formed over the years, but I guess it is possible from reading your link.

Regards Nick.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, been awhile since I last made a stereoscopic photo, so I though I'd give it ago using my Canon IXUS 170 compact camera. It soon became aware that the subject that I've photographed wasn't easy to achieve, as lighting was a problem to get right, it was either too bright and washed most of the detail away, or I got good detail but a lot of darkness making other parts hard to see. My solution was to cobble together an angle pose lamp with a daylight bulb in it and a lamp dimmer, but it still took a lot of trials to get what I considered a satisfactory result, the bronze look is the result of the dimmed light bulb. the 3D effect is a little shallow but the main subject does stand out from the background and does work well using a stereoscope.

Photo numbered 1 is for parallel view and 2 is for cross view.

The bearing is from the HSA (head stick assembly) of an old hard drive, not that I was measuring it particularly, it was just that it was small and easy to mount into position and was to hand.

Regards Nick.

P.S. if anyone wants the photos without the grey bar in the middle, just say and I'll do them.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 30/12/2021 23:10:09

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Nice job, Nick

… I can free-view the parallel pair quite easily

MichaelG.

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