Micro Insect

This fly is only about 2-3mm long. I've been testing my home-made macro setup in the garden today (thanks darkskies, CharlotteF, Dr O). This comprises of:

Pentax FA 28-80 with all glass removed

Reversed Pentax-A 50mm F1.7

Neewer TT560 Speedlight flash

Home-made double-headed flash diffuser made from Pringles Tubes, this fixes onto the flash head and fires light from both left and right of the subject, the idea being an even light with no shadows that can occur with a single light source

Duck Tape to hold the reversed lens onto the butchered zoom

Shot taken with the zoom at F32 and 80mm, reversed lens at F1.7

Can't wait for my Nikkor enlarging lens to arrive!

Uploaded08/06/2014 - 22:16

CategoryMacro

BodyPENTAX K-3

Shutter Speed1/160

Aperturef/32

LensN/A

ISO320

Focal Length150mm

Unique Views / Likes5/0

Tagstiny fly macro home made setup garden flash k-3 flash diffuser

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Date Taken	08/06/2014 - 19:06
Make	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Model	PENTAX K-3
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1/160
Aperture	f/32
ISO	320
Focal Length	150mm
Lens	N/A

drobbia drobbia

46 posts
13 years
California,
USA

Posted 09/06/2014 - 01:51 Link

The image is wonderfully produced but as technically challenged as I am I will only be able to view not create my versions of bugs and insects. I'm happy you do so, and if reincarnation is real,I might be a bug waving at you. Fine resulting image, thanks, tg

"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau

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GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 09/06/2014 - 07:38 Link

Sharp

PPG

graysummers graysummers

5 posts
12 years

Posted 09/06/2014 - 10:38 Link

'Way to go' to get these results. Hats off. We just enjoy the results, so thankyou.

"The Latent Image that exists before development is a truly mystical and exciting entity and some subsequent individual photographs can make the spine tingle."

Good Fortune:

Gray Summers. Website www.graysummers.com

davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
15 years
Sheffield,
England

Posted 09/06/2014 - 20:26 Link

Thanks all, I'm on a mission to improve these shots and there is a long way to go yet! This is one of hardest areas of photography to master, it get harder as the bugs get smaller!

Your encouragement keeps me going and challenges me to make better shots.

Regards
David

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