Canon 100mm IS USM L Macro Photos

[revup67]

Honey bee hanging on as temperatures drop here in southern Cal. Image stacked with Helicon Software. Tripod mounted camera.

 

[epitope]

Great shot! I tried Helicon stacking software a few years ago, but I never managed to get good results. Did you use a macro focusing rail for this? What are you using as lighting?

 

[revup67]

Thanks for the kind words. No macro rail just a Bogen tripod #3021 with a Manfrotto HD701 fluid head, EOS 7D, 100mm IS USM L macro lens 1x. Settings were 1/10 @ F11 manual focus AWB. The bee was completely stationary.

Speaking of Macro Rails, the cool thing about the quick release plate on this head is that you can slide it back and forth by a few inches if I ever needed the macro rail "feel". It also has an emergency brake in case you forget to lock the plate in place. Fantastic product.

 

[revup67]

Just by coincidence I found another lethargic bee today on our BBQ counter. Temps were in the low 50sº F and this guy was fairly lethargic until I tried to manipulate him for the ideal shot. He awakened and tried to muster up enough energy to fly away in which he eventually did but not before I fired off two shots. Improper planning on my part was to get a larger depth of field forgetting he might move thus the shutter was a bit to slow at 1/25 hence the slight blur. Should have increased the ISO or used the flash..live and learn

 

[Jaredvs]

Canon 100mm usm not(IS) sorry can't afford one!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredvs/sets/72157622383982672/with/4731866369/

 

[xROELOFx]

hi all, i'm pretty new to this site. i just wanted to post some pictures i made with my 7D and 100mm lens, hope you like them

 

[bycostello]

great images... got my 100mm macro this wee hope to get some images as good as these to share real soon...

 

[keithfullermusic]

Why only "L"?

My non L seems to take some pretty daggone sweet pics!

 

[K-amps]

Canon 100mm usm not(IS) sorry can't afford one!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredvs/sets/72157622383982672/with/4731866369/

Wow! How did you get that level of magnification? very nice pic.

PS: I tried both the L and non-L versions. Both very sharp... but my non-L version seemed sharper.

 

[LuCoOc]

Why only "L"?

My non L seems to take some pretty daggone sweet pics!

There is another thread for the non L-version:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,299.msg14542.html#msg14542

oh and there already is one for the L-version, too:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,1195.0.html

 

[keithfullermusic]

Why only "L"?

My non L seems to take some pretty daggone sweet pics!

There is another thread for the non L-version:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,299.msg14542.html#msg14542

oh and there already is one for the L-version, too:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,1195.0.html

Thanks, I didn't see those in the Macro section.

 

[Razor2012]

Canon 100mm usm not(IS) sorry can't afford one!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredvs/sets/72157622383982672/with/4731866369/

Wow! How did you get that level of magnification? very nice pic.

PS: I tried both the L and non-L versions. Both very sharp... but my non-L version seemed sharper.

Yes I'm curious too, how did you get that kind of magnification with the 100mm?

 

[drjlo]

Extension tubes I'm guessing.

 

[K-amps]

Extension tubes I'm guessing.

Yes and maybe diopters.... or even MP-E65 perhaps

 

[bkorcel]

From What I can see here, the L version is sharper and colors look much better..though that could just be a factor of the shot presented.

I bought the L version due to sharpness, contrast, and color reproduction. I don't have time to deal with changing color profiles between lenses. Most of the L lenses have pretty consistent color across the board.

 

[Razor2012]

You guys need to post some pics, I want to see some good 1:1's.

 

[marv_b]

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4282/spiderchicks2.jpg
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5708/spiderchicksoneoff2.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/679/morespider2b.jpg
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/179/beeinflight3.jpg
All handheld with a 100mm 2.8L Macro + 68mm kenko extension tubes.
Any critique welcome 8)

 

[revup67]

Marv..nice find on those spider chics..I've not seen that before

Here's one I took hand held, no flash, basically slowly walked up to this dragonfly while being careful not to block any light and create an unwanted shadow. From what I have read it's best to keep the light continuous when photographing insects due to loss of heat. Every few steps I would take the dragonfly would take off then return to the same location moments later. This happened several times. Though this shot was taken with the 100mm 2.8 L macro, I was not in 1x macro mode.


Black and Blue Dragonfly by Revup67, on Flickr

 

[K-amps]

Marv..nice find on those spider chics..I've not seen that before

Here's one I took hand held, no flash, basically slowly walked up to this dragonfly while being careful not to block any light and create an unwanted shadow. From what I have read it's best to keep the light continuous when photographing insects due to loss of heat. Every few steps I would take the dragonfly would take off then return to the same location moments later. This happened several times. Though this shot was taken with the 100mm 2.8 L macro, I was not in 1x macro mode.


Black and Blue Dragonfly by Revup67, on Flickr

Great shot, love the muted exposure and blue offset of the DF. Also great tip on walking closer, then stopping... never tried this before.

 

[Kernuak]

Avoiding your shadow on any insect is the key, but even more so with dragonflies. Also, for any animal, it's important to know their behaviour and sometimes physiology. For example, dragonflies tend to have better eyesight forward and above and it's pretty poor from below. This is due to an adaptation based on their hunting technique. Another trick that some advocate, is to slowly moving forward while waving from side to side, it is supposed to mimic a bush waving in the wind.