>>4376661
Macro is about the size of the object you're photographing and not the level of magnification you're using, right?

>>4376735
Technically speaking it is about magnification, but practically speaking you are correct. Small things that generally need specific equipment to photograph properly. I mean, you can shoot at 1x mag with a person as your subject but all you're going to get is nose hair, so that's not really "macro" as we know it.

>>4376746
Depending on sensor/film size. I suppose using large format film for macro is a bit of an extreme edge case these days. A headshot in 8x10, or a whole ass cat if you shot 20x24 could be at 1x magnification, but it's not in the spirit of macro.

>>4377022
I kinda enjoy the softness of this image.

>>4378898
f/22 and I still didnt get the eye in focus, fuck my life.

>>4378899
No, you did, they're probably diffracted to shit tho

>>4378899
I'll tell you a little secret to get your macro shots more consistently in focus.
Figure out a way to use clear glass and a high power loupe to focus. Relying on ground glass or split prism is not precise enough.

Or just use a camera with excellent AF lol.

>>4378899
Don't listen to the other retard, he has no clue
Use manual focus with peaking on

>>4378898
Oh, you're shooting digital. Ignore my advice. It only works for film. Just be gay and focus stack 99 images if you're doing digital macro.

>>4378993
>Just be gay and focus stack
Yeah basically, but that's gonna be next to impossible with a flash and a moving subject.
I thought Canon's diffraction correction was mint but I can see it fails to improve on certain things.
>>4378991
See I would normally go with MF, but this guy took me by surprise and I wanted to get the shot off quickly; he did indeed fly off about 1.5 seconds later, so fucking around with MF may have missed me the shot.

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>>4379038
I think you can get a power pack for certain flashes that up the burst rate significantly. Probably not worth the expense unless you're really into being gay.

>>4379038
well software trickery has it's limits, the eyes have very small details, smaller than the scales in the wing, beyond a point they all meld together and you get the resullt you see

>>4379052
Interesting. Currently rocking a TT350 Godox mini because of the muh grams/space savings, but I think I might just go full HAM on a normal sized speedlite and look into these power packs you speak of.

>>4379086
>a normal sized speedlite
ngmi
Godox AD300 is the bare minimum

>>4379087
That fuckin thing costs as much as my body, and now I want it.

>>4379091
You know what you must do.

Sell your body to afford all the camera gear.

My first ever macro. Shot on an galaxy a55. How do I get this macro shooting to be more stable?

>>4379112
Tripod and/or powerful flash.
Phone macro is difficult because even with dedicated macro gear it is not simple to get good results with.
This is a decent photo especially considering the tools available to you. At macro distances you'll struggle to get much in focus.

>>4376661
Little guy is literally sitting under my monitor and I can't get a good flat angle. Diffraction is such a bitch af f/32 so I ended up shooting two stops lower just so everything wasn't so smooshy.

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>>4380948
This is shot at f/32 and despite things being in focus it's just a bit too gooey.

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I received a UV Hi Topcor 55mm f1.8 lens a few days ago and it has amazed me. Here's a shot from my backyard, taken with a Fujifilm X-S10, using a Fotodiox Pro PRONTO Autofocus adapter in macro mode. I really like old lenses. Especially ones like this that cost less than $50.

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>>4381774
Here's another.

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>>4381775
And another.

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>>4381777
Last one.

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>>4381775
Beautiful!

Well, I tried

>>4383824
I think it's breddy good

None of these snapshits have any character or soul. All of them look like soulless stock photos. Or when you search macro photography on Google images.

>>4383890
>nophoto
opinion discarded

>>4383890
fuck off

>>4383891
imagine taking pride in making stock photo schlock

>>4383895
buy some taste pleb. your shit sucks

>>4383896
So you're gonna post some good macro photos right? Right?
Imagine larping on a photography board instead of posting photos.

>>4383899
No she won't. That's not how it works with nophotos.

>>4383890
The bird threads are even worse.
>>4383903
NTA but you don't need to post a photo every time you give an opinion. You kind of just proved this with your own post.... if you don't trip you might as well be one of these "nophotos" you're obsessed with.

>>4383905
>/p/ is dying. 2/3rds the board is a gear thread. How do we make sure the board doesn't die?
>Let's shit talk some of the few people going outside and taking photos.
>No we don't need to even OWN a camera! That's the best part, we just have to spout liquid shit out of our mouths on any thread with photos!

Bro I don't even do macro, but you are a certified NIGGER

>>4383906
>thinks endless snapshits in categorized threads are the life of the board
On the contrary, snapshitters killed /p/. It used to be a photography board with quality work from people who made photo dumps in their own threads. Now it's just another imageboard no different than the rest. It's why all the good people stop posting here, it's embarrassing. Your snapshits may prevent you from being a nophoto but more importantly, it bolsters your position as a notphotog.

>>4383910
>oh no, people might take photos because it's fun, that's not allowed. you have to be a pro or aspire to be a pro, and the only way to enjoy photography is to impress a faggot like me on a macedonian ship building forum.
Yeah cool man, let us know when you start one of those threads with good photos you speak of.

>>4383910
Think the nolife trolls are what ruined it and you're just coping. Look at you whining and bitching instead of contributing, pictures or meaningful criticism.

>>4383906
Nobody gives a fuck about generals except the people who post in them. Separate photo threads actually "save" the board and also get more attention. Here there is endless barrage of snapshit without any thought, it's chaotic fuck up same as instagram's explore tab.

If you want to boast about le saving the board then at least make a separate thread of your photos with a coherent theme.

>>4383916
If you think anyone here posts because of some approval from niggers like you or I, you're both a nigger and a dumb faggot.

Generals exist to correlate themes where contributors don't have enough for their own thread. if you want curated portfolios, fuck off to insta.

>>4383920
>>If you think anyone here posts because of some approval from niggers like you or I,
Speak for your own self.

>if you want curated portfolios, fuck off to insta.
Funny because you're acting exactly like instagram user. If anyone say anything slightly negative they just like you lose their shit and block them. (You) should go back to insta, not me.

>>4383920
>>Generals exist to correlate themes where contributors don't have enough for their own thread.
Generals create lazy pieces of shit. Who just keep dumping their shit like they're on insta without thinking about wider and complex themes which sometimes take years to build. Create your own thread is by far the best thing for beginners.

>>4383925
>>4383927
Where's YOUR photo thread, faggots?

>>4383932
Generals are like sharing your room with 50 other people. Have some self respect and start making your own individual photo threads.

>>4383937
So you've never had friends?

>>4383937
So you'll start a photo thread, right?
>Oh look the macro thread has been bumped. Cool I like bugs and stuff
>Two or three useless ass suckers complaining non stop
Why even bother posting?

>>4383939
Strangers on internet are not your friends.

>>4383940
Seems like my post has generated more interaction than 19 photos combined which received one liners like "I like this photo"(might as well reply with a heart emoji) and at worst got no replies.

>>4383945
>muh activity
I see
Your brain has been deep fried
go to reddit if you want activity

>>4383951
>NOOO I AM NOT POSTING FOR (YOU)S, BELIEVE ME I AM NOT NOOOO I DON'T WANT ATTENTION FOR MY WORK OH GOD I DON'T NEED ANY (YOU)S
Yawn

>>4383954
Not everyone is as socially starved as you are

>>4383970
Then why are you posting your photos publicly on the internet? Bury them in the ground mate.

>>4383977
Print big, hang on wall. I've spent more on printing than gear in the past 10 years, the hardest part is keeping the house from looking too much like a gallery since that's really tacky.

>>4383977
Because I can
Stay mad

>>4383985
To get admiration from visitors. There nothing wrong with it though.

>>4383991
You're just coping. Everyone who show their work wants attention. I don't know what is so "shameful" to accept this.

The lil shit ITT is clearly lashing out because he’s hurt. You can spot that injured animal behavior anywhere. The hysteria. The faux-aloof posts masking his actual anxious-depressive state. He’s trying to offload his misery like an injured housecat attacking anyone who’s unlucky enough to be close by.

>>4384014
Seems like she has been looking for attention in a few different threads. Pretty sad behavior.

>Wakeup because it's 3PM in STRAYAM8
>Let's look at /p/ while I sink some tinnies
>One retarded fuckhead swinging around his cock ruining multiple threads.
Mate, I really need you to listen and pay attention to what I'm about to say. You need to kill yourself. No part of the world is better off with your involvement.

>>4384245
No.

>>4384014
I am sorry for hurting your feelings but you need to stop projecting and start taking better photographs.

>>4385260
Kino

bump

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>should've taken something for macro before heading out
cue not finding shit this afternoon

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I did some stuff recently on my cameras, kinda trying to look at how theyve worn, or the parts never being as smooth or perfect as you think
Pentax K3III, with a 100mm f2.8, on a 15cm bellows extension. Something like f3, I blu-tacked the aperture lever open, and 1/125s

1/6

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>>4390466
3/6

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>>4390467
4/6

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>>4390468
5/6

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>>4390470
6/6

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>>4390466
>>4390467
>>4390468
>>4390470
>>4390471
Interesting macro, bud. I appreciate textures and themes with these

don't even know if this is macro, just posting some dragonfly I found today, kinda mad about the shitty place where I found it, mf should have stood somewhere else and camera didn't want to properly focus

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>>4390853
Bugs and small subjects taking up at least 1/3 the frame are loosely considered macro. Would rather see a photo than not because someone was scared their contribution doesn't meet some autistic benchmark.
>camera doesnt want to focus
I encourage people to manually focus for macro since it's kind of always a cunt

Overall decent macro snapshit. Head isn't in focus but if you keep doing this kind of shit you'll understand why f/4 isn't nowhere near enough

10x magnification. A lil mold. Just took this to get the right exposure for a film shot. The colors are kinda cool so yeah.

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Two-spined Spider :)

Never had a subject be so compliant, stayed still in the open
of course when i found her it was the one time i didn't bring my macro lens

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Had to adjust the exposure as it was a bit dark. Taken in the summer. Shame about the leaf covering the mite.

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>>4394584
I posted these two in the summer but never bothered cropping or adjusting the exposure.

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Almost not worth posting because I had to crop the shit out of it, they were both tiny.

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just a couple test shots I made, would appreciate some insights
I got a LF at the beginning of the month and was testing the movements and the razorthin DoF
i think I didn't get the most out of it

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>>4394636
i'm not sure if there are some blurry parts because of diffraction or if it's something I've done wrong

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>>4394642
just found out I had another one of these from a month before lol

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>>4394640
>>4394641
>>4394642
>>4394643
I forgot to mention but these were all shot on 35mm with a 55mm Nikkor Micro f/2.8 (that needs fixing, it only works at 2.8, but I'll get it fixed)
Only the first two >>4394636 and >>4394638 were shot on 4x5

>>4394584
idk what you did here but dont do it again

>>4394640
do you have a higher res version of this so i can look at the pixels more?
i can't tell if it's a good photo or not yet, but maybe if i see more pixels i'll know

>>4394658
Is it too bright? The original is really dark on account of no more sunlight

>>4394638
Everything is in focus, but soft from diffraction. We cannot get around this aside from spending big bucks on modern LF lenses. If your bellows allow try to fill the frame like my example pic. Personally I prefer abstract texture over close-up of thing.

>>4394636
You did not use enough camera movements to get the focal plane in line with your subject. Try imagining a flat plan that covers as much of the important stuff as possible and then use the schiempflug principle to get a rough estimate of where your front and rear standards need to be. I took very similar macro shots when I first started dabbling in LF macro. Keep at it and you'll continue to understand what works well to photograph and what you like in macro LF.

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>>4394674
this grey/black ?noise? is terrible
im assuming your using a shitty monitor or something because it immediately stands out

>>4394696
It's hardly noticeable even with the crop unless you zoom in further, and is probably a result of the jpeg conversion if reckon. The actual subject is fine, no need to be so harsh on something that is only noticeable to pixel peepers

>>4394725
I bring a 10x loupe whenever I go to gallery showings. This would stand out immediately to the more concerned photography appreciators amongst us, thank you very much, sir.

>>4394725
>hardly noticeable even with the crop unless you zoom in further
what monitor panel are you using?

it is extremely noticeable on my IPS display but nowhere near as bad on my TN panel
like i do not have to crop in or zoom in at all to see this, it is visible immediately and extremely distracting

>>4394696
Barely noticeable on an ips w/ 100% srgb. Same on iPhone/Macbook/Ipad (just being thorough).
Some people truly are full of shit. You have to max brightness to see it. I see why people hate pixel peepers.

>>4394696
I kinda see it on a different monitor now. There is a black blob top right next to the back-swimmer >>4394585 which is irritating me now too. I just used Darktable and added a few f-stops worth of brightness. How else would you go about editing something like this? Just to get more color out of the subject I mean. Maybe just shoot raw in low light too begin with?

>>4394737
itoddlers BTFO yet again

>>4394737
>>4394739
>>4394725
i dont know what to tell you, it comes up obviously on mine
phone pic of screen for proof

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>>4394795
Whats the fuck

>>4394739
>added a few f-stops worth of brightness
>Maybe just shoot raw in low light too begin with?
Yes obviously. Increasing exposure on a jpeg will always do this because jpegs are 8-bit and not meant for editing.
>>4394725
>>4394737
My brothers in Christ there are 4-value gaps in the RGB values (i.e. 6bpc equivalent color depth) if this is not obvious to you please refrain from driving at night and see a doctor.

>>4376661
Very based. I'm loving it. Transports your to a magical dreamlike world.

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>>4378898
Nice! I had a similar pic from last year.

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>>4383890
Show us your macro pic then.

Bird's nest fungus

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>>4399168
Really nice work. I like the lighting, flash or LED?

Weeping conk mushroom.

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>>4399192
Thx
Flash w/diy diffuser, I did have an LED softbox behind me but it didn't add a whole lot

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he fukkin bit me

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>>4399751
Good.

>>4399168
I put together a new diffuser and macro stage

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>>4399953
Small pewter raccoon

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What do you think of this IQ? Using a 40MP MF digital back from the like 2006. Just got a 120mm macro planar and 90mm super symmar macro for my new camera.

I think it does multishot/pixel shift, but only when it's tethered.

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First is planar this is the symmar. I didn't have a cable release, but I did use mirror lock. Think it could be a touch sharper.

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Worm.

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>>4400529
I'm sorry. I am still terrible at color grading digital. :[
I think my gaming monitor is partly to blame, but not as much as my own inexperience.

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How and where can I find insects in the winter months? Apparently many hibernate within the leaf litter.

Assassin bug.

it sneaks up from behind and stabs things with that giant proboscis, then injects acid that dissolves insides
extremely painful bite. biggest one ive ever seen, also had wings

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>>4401012
>>4401011
That bug looks like a real asshole.

>>4401012
I knew this was micro four thirds before checking the exif. Its the dull colors. Every time. The colors must be dull by default. I used to think it was a darktable thing but apparently capture one and lightroom have the same issue.

You should try profiling the camera with each lens with a color checker to see if it helps somewhat but missing color data might be inherent to small pixels (the a7rv and gfx100s also have duller colors than other cameras)

>>4401011
Above the head on this one there is massive granularity in the background.

>>4380949
do you even know what diffraction is?

>>4401157
youve been staring at ken rockwell photos too long
the flash made the bugs hairs whiter than normal but the leaf and background are accurate, its a dull light blue wall
i can just turn up the saturation slider but i personally hate how it looks expecially on greens
im also using a cheap ass chinese lens

>>4401169
i did notice the colour banding, seems to be more present on macro

>>4401190
colors aren't meant to look bad with a sat or vibrance boost. that's a sign your white balance is very wrong or your camera's profile isn't correct. if you think that's accurate you'd probably think a canon was eye searingly color rich.

that photo is not desaturated either, it's dull, like there's some blech shade of yellow-brown mixed with everything. colorcheckers are cheap. profile once for each lens if they're not all the same brand+series. fix your color science bruh.

>>4401202
fixed it

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