If, on the other hand, you adore bugs, then enjoy! All these photos are from our weekend walk at the Leslie Street Spit. Shot with the Canon 7D and Canon’s 100mm prime f2.8 macro lens. The last one is my favourite :)
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If you do not like bugs…. then this post is not for you.
Published August 9, 2012 Macro , Photography 6 CommentsTags: bugs, leslie street spit, macro, photography, toronto
The Music Garden
Published June 20, 2011 Macro , Photography Leave a CommentTags: macro, music garden, photography
One of my favourite ways to relax is to take my camera for a walk in Toronto’s music garden. It’s close to home, beautiful, and you can always find something interesting to photograph!
Like a flower having a bad hair day…
…or a bee-bum….
…or these flowers shaped like little hearts.
And even a creepy crawlie…
…or two ;o)
I needed a break from all the photography I’ve been processing- so I decided to do some more photography ;o) Fun shots though, instead of ‘working shots’. One of my favourite things to do is macro – you don’t have to go far to take great macro pics. I went no further than a vase of flowers on my table.
For the techy among you, I shoot with the Canon 7D.
The Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens.
And to get even closer, on top of the 100 mm prime I put kenko extension tubes.
An interesting thing about focusing when you’re shooting this close – no matter how sensitive your focusing ring is, it’s usually easier to just set your lens as close as it will go and then move toward and away from your subject until you have the shot in focus.
Shooting with a tripod is a good idea, it allows you to have a slower shutter. This water droplet would be tough to take hand-held. It’s fine with just the lens, but lens+kenko makes your camera an unwieldy object.
An ordinary gerber daisy becomes a fascinating landscape of texture and colour.
And that’s why I love macro =o)
Macro Photography
Published October 18, 2010 Macro , Photography Leave a CommentTags: Canon f2.8 100mm prime, macro, photography
This weekend I was super stressed with trying to produce inventory for the show. After watching me cast on and rip out a project for the 5th time Tito suggested I take a break and go do some photography. I resisted of course, must…..work….harder! But gave in at last and even though I lost lots of production time I did manage to relax and cheer up which made it all worthwhile. Attached are some photos from the weekend, and also from the summer that are all macro; very close up shots of bugs.
This shot was my favourite one of the weekend. I had to sit there for about 20 minutes to get this one, but I think the jumping spider’s face is so cute!
For macro photography I use the Canon f2.8 100mm prime macro lens. It’s easily the sharpest lens I have and one of my best lens investments ever. On top of that I use kenko extension tubes, they allow me to get in even closer. To explain:
“Extension tubes are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its normal set minimum focusing distance. Getting closer has the effect of magnifying your subject (making it appear larger in the viewfinder and in your pictures). They are exceptionally useful for macro photography, enabling you to convert almost any lens into a macro lens at a fraction of the cost while maintaining its original optical quality.”
(Taken from http://www.thkphoto.com/products/kenko/slrc-04.html)
I got my extension tubes used, at Henry’s, for a little less than $100. They have no glass, and they work like a charm!
Here’s a great shot – when I found that same dragonfly on another plant he turned out to have captured, and was eating, a ladybug.
Ok, so this is clearly not a bug, but I wanted to show how the Canon 100mm performs as a telephoto lens and not just as a macro, I was standing about 30 feet below this little guy.
I love the colours on this leafhopper! I love them so much I want to glaze something to match…
All I can say is… “Oh, Hai!”
This guy is having a bad hair day.
One thing I love about macro is that for at least half the year there is always something to photograph because there are always bugs about. Even in October at the Leslie Street spit we saw grasshoppers, caterpillars, spiders and even a few garter snakes. This lens is also great for birds, we saw (though I was too slow on the shutter) robins, cardinals and bluejays. Some people think the pics are gross, but I think bugs (except centipedes, eeeewwww…) are just beautiful =o)
