25 lovely macro shots

**casio** · 22nd September 2008

i wish theses were done my me but alas ive neither the steady hand nor the talent i found them during my mid day work avoidance (which is different from my morning and afternoon work avoidance by being in the middle lol) and thought id share them after all other than hdr style piccys i dont think that anything has the impact of a good macro shot

ive shamlessly stolen them from http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008...-shots-photos/

25 Beautiful Examples Of Macro Photography

Eye of a Tokay Gecko
�A close-up shot of a Tokay Gecko. Their eyes remind me of old-fashioned keyholes. Thanks for looking!� The photo is taken by Alan M

La force et la passion
�She felt her strength and passion back by 1 small drop of water.�. The photo is taken by Leon Baas.

High-Tech Jumper
�Jumping spider on a DVD reading my data! Shot with a Canon 20D with a Canon MP-E macro lens.� The photo is taken by Coder.

Bubble Magic
�Close-up of a wet leaf � taken with a Canon Powershot A610

� The photo is taken by Sophie.

Lasius Vlavius
�This yellow meadow ant is trying to find a way to dry ground after the rain�. The photo is taken by Leon Baas.

Flower Detail
Close-up of a very colorful flower.

Frog�s eye
Photos are taken by Justin Dotson.

Dewdrop Refraction
Taken by Brian Valentine.

Water lily
The photo is taken by Chun-Chih Fan (ddsnet).

A flower
The photo is taken by Indah Susanti.

Another vision
The photo is taken by Kristina Buceatchi.

A Flower
The photo is taken by Cyril Cattin.

Igor Siwanowicz

Under a microscope

Crane Fly
This insect looks like something out of a Sci-fi movie.

A flower
The photo is taken by Chan Chen.

Spider

Stunning detail of a spider.

8.365 I saw the sea
The photo is taken by Lux Tenebra.

Water & Rose
Beautiful colors.

European hover fly in profile

Refracted Daisy
You can see the refracted daisy in the blurred background.

White Spider

Flower in water
Amazing picture of a flower sitting in water. The reflection almost looks surreal.

House fly
Simply wonderful photo.

Red Veined Darter
Truly stunning macro of this insect covered in morning dew. Wow!.

edit - hopefully that should have sorted it,

edit2- apparently it didnt sort it although i should have now lol the only way they dissapear this time is if df is down lol

**xanderxine** · 22nd September 2008

25 lovely red X's
your thumbnails are fcuked. good job you included the links m8. Great pics

**casio** · 22nd September 2008

fcukin chrome my arse I didn't have these probs with firefox, I'm not at me desk at the moment so I'll fix em in the next half hour to three quarters as soon as I get backs to me desk

EDIT- done em

**evilsatan** · 22nd September 2008

Superb mate, I love them all. Although a lot of post processing by the looks of it.

**casio** · 22nd September 2008

**evilsatan** · 22nd September 2008

Originally Posted by casio

i know some people dont like the post processing that gets done to them but i personally dont see whats wrong with making something look as good as you can

I'm a fan of post pro if the image looks better, my comment wasn't a criticism, more of pointing out that unfortunately you can't achieve shots like a lot of those with no processing.

**casio** · 22nd September 2008

i didnt take it as a criticism m8

**dpSparhawk** · 23rd September 2008

Some stunning shots there. Brian Valentine is a regular on dgrin.com and one of the mentors as such there.

His dew drop refraction shots are created by precise positioning of the subjects and also by focus stacking (taking multiple shots at different focal points and then merging them all together).

**Simate** · 23rd September 2008

Awesome pictures, truly awesome. They've inspired me to splash out on a new DSLR lol, can a Canon EOS 450 do anything close to this with the standard lense?

**dpSparhawk** · 23rd September 2008

Originally Posted by chilliman

Awesome pictures, truly awesome. They've inspired me to splash out on a new DSLR lol, can a Canon EOS 450 do anything close to this with the standard lense?

Hi Chilliman.

The EOS 450D is most definitely capable of producing such shots and you can get relatively close with the standard lens however in order to get the real in your face close ups, the standard 18-55 Kit lens will not cut it.

You would have to consider splashing out on something like a Canon 100mm Macro lens (�300+) or a Sigma 105mm EX DG Macro lens (�220) and probably some extension tubes.

Both are lenses designed for this type of photography.

**B B Leo** · 23rd September 2008

the one with the cat is amazing

**ming** · 23rd September 2008

truly superb, i love the house fly one.

**mr_jockman** · 23rd September 2008

Some wikked shots there. Thanks for sharing!!

**rIKmAN** · 30th September 2008

Love the house fly and spider ones....and wtf is that moth - been mated with a wooly mammoth?

Top stuff!

**casio** · 30th September 2008

i honestly dont know m8 but if that came flying in the back door i think id have to re-evaluate my catch and release policy that i have with spiders. moths etc