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Can you tell me exactly what lens you have for these shots? I have a 70 - 300mm and a 150 - 500mm. I know I need to use a better tripod, but you can't get all these kind of pics using tripods, can you?! (They tend to be gone-in-no-time subjects.)
Thank you!
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This shot was taken with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens.
It's got to be my favourite lens and being a good quality prime lens, it is really sharp.
For these macro shots I've also used Kenko extension tubes (no glass means no negative effect on quality)
The last but not the least part of the set up is that I've started to be able to better control my flash unit so that I can avoid the slight camera shake that can ruin macro shots.
Hope this helps
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I have saved this to my photo guides folder.
Thanks for the advice, and I'm now seriously considering the lens option. (I already have a Tamron 90mm prime lens, but I'm not happy with it.)
I have an external flash unit, (top mounted) but it's never attached when these little bugs appear. Lol...
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I've seen a lot of people who really like the Tamron 90mm but then again most people can't make an objective review because they only use the one lens.
However, if you already have an external flash unit, I would try optimising the way that you could use that to improve your results. I used to hate using flash but now I, almost, always use it for macro shots.
I use a very cheap 'C' shaped bracket like this one 'C' shaped bracket to get the flash off the camera and as close to the insect as possible. (You would also need to get a cable to connect your flash to the camera).
You will then hopefully have enough light to be able to use an F stop of F11 or F16. This should give you the depth of field that helps to make a good macro shot.
This way you just might find that your lens wasn't as bad as you thought and it wont have cost you a fortune finding it out.
If you then still want to change your lens, then you've already got the bracket set up and ready to use with your new one
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I have a cable already, so maybe the bracket would be a good investment, and investigate the flash options on the camera and external unit.
Thank you for this info and tips, Kieran. Very much appreciated! Now all I need are the cooperatively stationary bugs. Lol...
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No problem, as soon as I started to embrace and use the flash, rather than recent it, my images got a whole lot better
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Nice shot Essssssssyyyyy
PhotoSeries for this series??????
Big hugs
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Thank you and yes I was thinking the same thing.
I shall get onto it right away
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