First Macro Photos

Here's three images from my first attempt at macro photography using the Tamron 90mm F2.8 courtesy of Cliff-P



Image 1 by RM BRIGHT, on Flickr



Image 2 by RM BRIGHT, on Flickr



Image 5 by RM BRIGHT, on Flickr

The last image is of an imaginary Star Wars character built by my eldest son!

C&C welcome as this was my first real attempt at macro photography.

Rob

A good start, nice and sharp now go out in the real world and get some out door life.I like the festive subject.

I have not much experience with macro photography myself, but I like your set. I especially like the way you have managed to get parts of your subjects out of focus, like the "light-sword" of the Star War character. How large are these plastic figures?

Regards
Bjørn

Nice and sharp colours rich nice set Robe when you go out for insects and the like dont forget the flash with a softbox it really will add so much ( well it helps me )

A nice set and start. You can see that there are shallow dof issues or constraints when using the macro lens, but can be used to your advantage, as seen in the second and last.

Have you seen any of the homemade light tube posts?

Now to prepare yourself for the great outdoors, place said figures in a Lego boat, floating on a tray of water, add a breeze with a house fan, kneel on on some marbles, and hold that position for half an hour

This lens doubles up as a nice walk around short telephoto with lovely bokeh.
Nigel

Thanks for all your comments and advice. Apologies for not replying to you all sooner but I've been working a fair bit over Christmas and New Year since I posted the photos and was unable to get online.

Back to normal now anyway so I can start using this lens a bit more

I agree with David; although I like to try and shoot without flash, I've had my best results with a home-made flash diffuser made from a Pringles Tube (thank you Charlotte for the initial idea and your inspirational shots that prove it works). I like your first shots, it will be great to see some of living and breathing subjects too!

Regards
David

Nice set. regards, jeeess