Macro Photography

Red Dragonfly - Close up shot of a red dragonfly
Malaysia
March 3, 2010 11:26pm CST
I'm really interested in taking a super close up photo of insect such as dragonfly or even a moth while they are not moving right? Getting to frame the right angle and producing out of focus background will even satisfied me more. While I'm using my macro lens and getting as close as possible technique to get my shot, others might using a couple of close up lens, reversing lens or anything that produce what they like. What is your take?, what kind of macro shot you like most and what setup you usually have when taking this kind of photo?
2 responses
@Torunn (8609)
• Norway
7 Mar 10
Icicle - Dripping icicle
On my old film SLR I used a reversed lens I think. Or no, a reversed converter, I got really close but you had to have a really steady hand. On my film SLR I'll either just use the tele zoom, or I use my 50 mm with a close-up filter. That reduces the area in which you can focus so I should probably use a tripod, but it's often difficult to set up one when you take macro shots. The last weeks I've been taking pictures of icicles and tried to capture the drop the moment it was falling, it was quite difficult but I got some decent shots I think.
• Malaysia
8 Mar 10
Nice shot you have there, actually, I also use my 50mm macro lens to get a close up shot, but sometimes find it quite difficult due to "Minimum Focusing Distance" to ge a 1:1 ratio, especially when shooting life animal like insect as I have to be as still as possible to avoid them running away. One advantage of using 50mm macro vs 90mm macro is you can easily get your shot in tight space where you cannot go back further, and in a situation where you have small trees / grass in front of you, so that you can go closer to avoid them included in your framing.
@phoenix8606 (4942)
5 Mar 10
hi! I am keen on landscape photography, but i also like the macro one, because my cousin is keen on it and it is his favorite photography genre of all! we both don't have DSLR cameras, and use some semi-professional ones. mine is canon powershot 630 and his is fujifilm s5700, but his has a greater macro- up to 1 cm, which is really very cool, because he makes cool macro photos!