Good Day ,
I hope you all had a nice weekend so far , today i wanted to show a bit more then just the end results of my macro photography .
Since most people have no idea about the magnification in macro photography,
i've tried to make some examples today .
Phaenicia sericata / Common green bottle fly / Groene vleesvlieg
This image of the fly is not cropped it just fills your screen with the ultra macro lens :)
The downside of the ultra macro is getting all in focus isn't exactly easy lot's of trail and error. Yes people kill insects for the perfect picture or put them in the refrigerator so they can do photostacking, but that is not my game i only work with life subjects unless it's killed by a spider .
to show some failures :
Sharp on the eye yes but the rest of the body not so
and here more of the body in focus but not the eye
and for those that wonder I don't work with a tripod when I do macro photography like this. I do use flash light with a difusser .
fly cropped with a normal Macro lens
Harmonia axyridis / Asian lady beetle eating aphids ( non-cropped)
Slightly cropped
Max cropped
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
More food for the ladybugs not cropped
tiny rose bud with some aphid skeletons on them looks like a ladybug has been feasting here.
another lady bug hunting for aphids
Brachypterolus pulicarius / antirrhinum beetle / Leeuwenbekkevertje , i find the all over the snapdragons they arre very small +/- 3mm in length .
Cropped version
and a frontal view also cropped
and another habitant of the snapdragons is this shieldbug
slightly cropped image
al these are found in my own 6 by 6 meters garden , if you have any questions about my photography feel free to ask in the comments .
Enjoy your Sunday !
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