Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

[nonac]

Close-up of a flower bud on a "Lantana" plant.  I stacked the lens on top of two extenders, a 12 and a 25.  This is a crop from the original picture showing approximately 25% of the original.  Camera was a 40d.

[Pitbullo]

Not a macro shot, but a shot with the macro lens
Love this lens!!

[ddashti]

Shot with the EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM.

Prehistoric. by ddashti, on Flickr

[Kernuak]

I hope that's with extension tubes or that is a very big moth .

[ddashti]

I hope that's with extension tubes or that is a very big moth .

No extension tubes were used for this shot.

[Kernuak]

I hope that's with extension tubes or that is a very big moth .

No extension tubes were used for this shot.

What size is the moth? I know that some of the tropical moths grow larger, but then I suppose an elephant hawk moth we get here is pretty big (although I'm yet to see one, let alone try to photograph one.

[Northstar]

We have some Chive plants in our front yard, and with a very late spring, they are just blooming.  Bees love them.  i do not have the patience to make a complex macro setup, I just walk up and shoot away.  The 100mm l is not really any sharper, but its easier for a person like me to get reasonably sharp hand held photos.

All of these are cropped to near 100%.

Scale...I've been debating whether or not to upgrade to the 100L, but I've read over and over again that it isn't any sharper...just like you said.  So the only advantage besides build Q is the IS, but don't you shoot handheld at 1/100 and faster when doing this type of macro?  (the walk up and shoot away kind- which is also my preference)

[Northstar]

Shot with the EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM.

Prehistoric. by ddashti, on Flickr

Initially I thought this was a spider.  It's a great shot, tell us how you did it? 

[lundstrom.emil]

Photographer Emil Lundstrom by imaginize.net, on Flickr


Atomic connection, Photographer Emil Lundstrom by imaginize.net, on Flickr


First take off, Photographer Emil Lundstrom by imaginize.net, on Flickr

[Waterloo]

My first shot with my new Canon EF 100mm f2.8 L Macro IS USM.

(1D X, ISO 800, f11, 1/1000 sec, handheld)

[angox]

and as a portrait lens...

[Daniel Flather]

View from the kitchen @ f2.8, it late and I was bored, handheld @ 1/50, 1:2 approximately.

[Daniel Flather]

First take off, Photographer Emil Lundstrom by imaginize.net, on Flickr

+1!11!

[Jesse]

692A0136 by Jesse Herzog, on Flickr

[K-amps]

First take off, Photographer Emil Lundstrom by imaginize.net, on Flickr

Wow... with such less DoF how in the world did you plan for this shot?