Thanks man, figured a minion pendrive would be more useful rather than jostling with dozens of people for a toy

Btw nice peacock shot. Wish I had a larger aperture tele too



This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 2 2013, 01:04 AM

Real or fake?? Sigma's 24-70 F/2 OS

You're quite the fast learner what

I have no idea what that spider is

About the discovering new species stuff, amongst the best in malaysia is Kurt, his blog you can find here

He's an expert on macro as well as identifying species of bugs and other small critters like lizards. Recently he discovered a new species of insect that was featured in a science article somewhere

Myself, I just like to find new insects to add to my existing collection, FRIM is a really nice place, would drag Silverfire back sometime again

Inchworm


And a human sized one

A softbox focuses light, might not be a good idea to use it on people unless you bring it really close to them. Try a mini umbrella instead, since your focus is to make the light as soft as possible. A parabolic light-shaper will spread the light out as much as possible.

Here's an example of what that soft-box does

Yeah, an umbrella is more difficult to handle than a softbox outdoors, with the wind and all

But to be honest, your vacation shots using flash is pretty nice already. Even lighting and nice shadow-transitions. Good job mate

Got, friggin lots of mosquitoes.

Dear Silverfire ignored part of my instructions to wear long sleeves and shoes with long socks.
So the fella paid the price with both his arms literally covered with mosquito bites at the end of the day

The girl also had quite a few on her legs. Even I also got one under my shirt! Don't mess with jungle mosquitoes

Of course~ The more the merrier, especially given the state of security in Malaysia nowadays, not safe to wander into a forest alone with gear worth tens of thousands

silverfire managed to do it, high iso+flash/no flash. Some shots came out really nice too. Salute him, never really thought of balancing ambient with flash throughout the 1 year+ I've invested into macro

And yes, I'm somewhat into macro more than other genres, went from 50mm+extension tubes > Tamron 90mm (stolen) > Tamron 60mm > Tamron 90mm VC
Also have extension tubes, teleconverter, even tried DIYing my own macro flash diffuser until I bought my own Nissin MF18 ringflash

You can always get extension tubes, meike has a set that retains autofocus and aperture control for RM250, which is what I have atm. Cheap solution compared to a dedicated lens, gives great results too.

P.S. If I do find a leech I'll probably try and take a macro shot of the mouth, I know it's weird but that's just me

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 5 2013, 03:13 PM

Yeah, I should start experimenting with that, previously I only use iso 100-200 exclusively because I want to retain details for smaller subjects.

I'm usually working with number above that because of the teleconverter+extension tubes

Then I just let the flash do the rest.

Which usually results in a black background unless it's adjacent to the subject.

Well.... It depends on the shot really, some are better with a black background, some not so much.



Yes, working with attachments reduces light, with a teleconverter I can see F/64 on my cam if I stop all the way down, go figure if extension tubes are thrown in

I use a monopod occasionally. Much much better than tripods unless it's a stationary subject like a spider within it's nest.

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 5 2013, 04:49 PM

LOL I don't dare to reverse my lens, especially outdoors with all that dust flying around

I guess the 105 would make a good portrait lens on a full frame body la, since you can get closer. The 90mm on my crop frame is only so-so because of the framing, have to be furthur back = less bokeh

Keep in mind the aperture actually stops down as you get closer with macro lenses.

You all cheating to the max lah, D600 can go way above in ISO while D800 can retain details even when not magnified as close

105 micro can hardly match up to a 105 DC mate, since the micro stops down when you get close, while 105 retains it's bigger aperture at the same distance.




This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 5 2013, 09:26 PM

Stepladder??

Whoaaaaaaa, nice shot man!

Never mind the corners, keeps the attention focused on the center of the photo

Long time no take sunrise photo already, should really get up early one day and do it if I can override my lazyness

Mini crab spider

Kit-lenses can also produce good results la given that the photog has skill

I got mine for 1850 at YL camera

Ahh sorry, just checked my receipt, it's 1900

The 1850 is quoted by digitalsmania, but have to wait for them to order la, usually takes them just a couple days to get the lens in their store.

That comes down to your budget la, for me the VC=90% of the Nikkor except for the metal build quality so the 1000 bucks extra is better spent elsewhere