Reply to: My Photography Attempts

[d000hg]

My phone has a manual focus mode, it is wonderful for pictures like that.

Bumblebees are great. Nice.

[rl4engc]

I started dabbling with reverse mounted lenses on my old Canon 40D, basically an adapter so you screw it on to the front of the lens (the filter thread) and then on to the lens mount of the camera.

Got some suprisingly good results, this was hand held of a bee on the wall:

(Lens was an old manual focus zoom that cost about £8)




http://i62.tinypic.com/v4o3dd.jpg

[MicrosoftBob]

I've just just been salivating over this bad boy

The Canon ME20F-SH

$30K is a bit steep though

Ouch and I grumbled stumping up £3k on a lens

[NickFitz]

Good pics!

[xoggoth]

Seriously. Mine's a Fuji Finepix too. Only one I've found that does such close ups properly. Got a more expensive camera that focuses well when you do a prefocus but usually goes out of focus when you actually take the picture.

[xoggoth]

Here to lower the tone as usual. Soldier Beetle porn. A threesome on Giant Hogweed. Taken with my cheap little camera:

[Gumbo Robot]

Wow. Nice pics!

[EternalOptimist]

not bad suity.

[WTFH]

I've just just been salivating over this bad boy

The Canon ME20F-SH

$30K is a bit steep though

Me too, while I'm in a dilemma over upgrading a 7D or a 5DII (or both)

For macro, smartphones and compact cameras do a great job, even compared to dSLRs

[DimPrawn]

Have I stumbled across FaceBook?

[OwlHoot]

I've just just been salivating over this bad boy

The Canon ME20F-SH

$30K is a bit steep though

[MarillionFan]

Photography?Birds? Birds and the bees?
Ooo! Does she? Doe she sir?
Nectar in the flowers. Long proboscis?
Ooo! I bet she does. I bet she does sir!
Ooo! Suit you sir!

[suityou01]

I bought some cheap screw on macro lenses for my telephoto lens the other day. They work surprisingly well but are a sod to focus manually.

I'm a total novice. This is a second hand Fuji Finepix S200EXR bought from my neighbour. One lense is all you get.

But for a Rookie it's good enough.

I like that I had a free trip to the common, really had a great time with my kids scampering after a grasshopper with them all on their elbows willing me to get a great shot and then the fun of sitting in the coffee shop afterwards sipping lemonade and discussing the photos.

Then hours afterwards viewing them on the laptop in wonderment at the beauty of these insects. I think I am hooked on photography straight away.

I'm sure perseverance will mean you will soon be able to post far superior shots and encourage me to buy bigger and better gear.

[TheLordDave]

I bought some cheap screw on macro lenses for my telephoto lens the other day. They work surprisingly well but are a sod to focus manually.

[AtW]

The only things you should be making photoes of are the new postings on jobswerve