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http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/42768262

Annika1980 <> wrote:

>http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/42768262

Nice. By the way, your "bee" isn't a bee, it's a "Syrphid Fly"
(probably Metasyrphus Americanus?):

http://www.cirrusimage.com/Flies_hover.htm

Bees don't have sponging mouths like flies. Theirs are more
munching/licking:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceos/Insects4.html

Perhaps you could work on a nice series of insect tongues for us?

--
Ken Tough

Annika1980 wrote:

> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/42768262


Bret, try taking a pic of the curly trim at the edge of a $5 bill, you
will see what I'm talking about. I got a shot with an inverted lens on a
tele but the quality is awful.

>Bret, try taking a pic of the curly trim at the edge of a $5 bill, you

>will see what I'm talking about.

Now where am I gonna get one of those?

Annika1980 wrote:

>>Bret, try taking a pic of the curly trim at the edge of a $5 bill, you
>
>
>>will see what I'm talking about.
>
>
> Now where am I gonna get one of those?


What're you a foreigner? Don't you know this is a 'Merican forum?
Actually I got it to come out pretty good later by stopping down (with
some major vingetting):
<http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=Misc/misc-photos/2005-05-01-super-macro&PG=2&PIC=6>
I posted in another thread about the wierd optical problems I've got
with this setup shooting reflective stuff wide open.

In message <dLqdnSLA3q3dXejfRVn->,
paul <> wrote:

>What're you a foreigner? Don't you know this is a 'Merican forum?
>Actually I got it to come out pretty good later by stopping down (with
>some major vingetting):
><http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=Misc/misc-photos/2005-05-01-super-macro&PG=2&PIC=6>
>I posted in another thread about the wierd optical problems I've got
>with this setup shooting reflective stuff wide open.

http://www.pbase.com/jps_photo/image/42881886/original
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wrote:

> In message <dLqdnSLA3q3dXejfRVn->,
> paul <> wrote:
>
>
>>What're you a foreigner? Don't you know this is a 'Merican forum?
>>Actually I got it to come out pretty good later by stopping down (with
>>some major vingetting):
>><http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=Misc/misc-photos/2005-05-01-super-macro&PG=2&PIC=6>
>>I posted in another thread about the wierd optical problems I've got
>>with this setup shooting reflective stuff wide open.
>
>
> http://www.pbase.com/jps_photo/image/42881886/original


LOL OK you win!
(I didn't use flash though <grin> and was yours hand held?)
90mm macro on what?

paul wrote:

> Annika1980 wrote:
>
>>>Bret, try taking a pic of the curly trim at the edge of a $5 bill, you

> Actually I got it to come out pretty good later by stopping down (with
> some major vingetting):
>
<http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=Misc/misc-photos/2005-05-01-super-macro&PG=2&PIC=6>
> I posted in another thread about the wierd optical problems I've got
> with this setup shooting reflective stuff wide open.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/937049/full5.jpg

100% crop

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/937049/crop5.jpg

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Stacey

Stacey wrote:

> paul wrote:
>
>
>>Annika1980 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Bret, try taking a pic of the curly trim at the edge of a $5 bill, you
>
>
>>Actually I got it to come out pretty good later by stopping down (with
>>some major vingetting):
>>
>
> <http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=Misc/misc-photos/2005-05-01-super-macro&PG=2&PIC=6>
>
>>I posted in another thread about the wierd optical problems I've got
>>with this setup shooting reflective stuff wide open.
>
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/937049/full5.jpg
>
> 100% crop
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/937049/crop5.jpg



OK, I'm beat, what's your specs?



--
Paul Furman
http://www.edgehill.net/1
san francisco native plants

Paul Furman wrote:

> Stacey wrote:
>>
>> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/937049/full5.jpg
>>
>> 100% crop
>>
>> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/937049/crop5.jpg
>
>
>
> OK, I'm beat, what's your specs?
>
>
>

E-300 w/ manual focus OM 80mm F4 macro lens on a bellows, no flash f8 @ 1/2
second. I have to say your shot handheld is amazing for that magnification
without a flash. I'd never -even- attempt that!

You might try the nikon 6T filter, they work really well on a longish zoom
and aren't that expencive.
--

Stacey