SirVive Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 10:04 AM, The Bird Nuts said: These were taken with the Raynox DCR-250 microscopic lens attached to my trusty old Canon PowerShot SX50. I absolutely loved my sx50 - took it all over the Amazon and Andes on several trips. Ended up giving it to my friend/guide when I left at the end of one trip because he wanted to know if I could get him one and I knew trying to get it to him would be harder than just replacing mine. Found a good used one to replace it but now I'm having auto focus issues - it just plain won't take a sharp shot and you can see from The Bird Nuts' photos what the camera should be capable of. Anyone here have any recommendations for causes or solutions? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 4:52 PM, chipperatl said: Looks like something my toddler would take to bed 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 13 hours ago, SirVive said: I absolutely loved my sx50 - took it all over the Amazon and Andes on several trips. Ended up giving it to my friend/guide when I left at the end of one trip because he wanted to know if I could get him one and I knew trying to get it to him would be harder than just replacing mine. Found a good used one to replace it but now I'm having auto focus issues - it just plain won't take a sharp shot and you can see from The Bird Nuts' photos what the camera should be capable of. Anyone here have any recommendations for causes or solutions? Aw, that's too bad. I've never had autofocus issues, but I've had plenty of other problems with them! I've had to buy a new (old) one every few years because they cost more to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Considering there is zero shorebird habitat around here now playing with macro is probably going to take up a bunch of my time as I get through the initial learning curve. I reversed by 18-55mm and attached it to my 100mm Macro and then stacked 50 shots of this Petoskey Stone closeup. I tried another one with just the macro lens and extension tube, but it had some nasty digital artifacts in it that I couldn't clean up. Guessing a rail is on my Christmas list. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Downy Woodpecker feather. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Some type of midge(?) on some plant that grew up from bird seed under the feeder. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Autumn Meadowhawk being super cooperative 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Some type of slug crawling up the French door. Rough pic using the LR select subject/sky and darkening the background. Probably PS would do it better, but the pic wasn't "wow" enough to me to mess with. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 4 hours ago, chipperatl said: Some type of slug crawling up the French door. Rough pic using the LR select subject/sky and darkening the background. Probably PS would do it better, but the pic wasn't "wow" enough to me to mess with. That mouth though... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Thought the eyes looked pretty cool so did a major crop of the original. (Female Blue Dasher) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Stacked, although not sure it was necessary. Still need to work on that piece. Weekend project is creating a custom diffuser for my MF12 flash setup. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 8 photo stacks of a cooperative cicada. Still working out the PS process for the parts that get fuzzy. My answer for this was to crop. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I picked up a used 28mm Canon FD lens. This thing was in immaculate shape for what I think is a 40 year old lens. I was going to use it for reverse macro, but decided to play around and see if i could use it with an 11mm extension tube for some wide-angle macro. Still need to get used to all the manual aperature/focus on it. May play around with what the 18mm extension tube would do. Thought I could get closer to this leaf-hopper for the shot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Dragonfly wings/abdomen close up. I think it was on the porch light, so it gives the body an amber-like glow. Same dragonfly, but off the light 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I threw on the 11mm and 18mm extension tubes on with the 35mm and tried looking for some slime mold. Pretty sure this is just a "budding" fungi. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Playing around with the 28mm FD lens I picked up on eBay. This "weed" escaped the mower. So wide-angle macro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Scarlet Bee Balm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 12 hours ago, chipperatl said: Playing around with the 28mm FD lens I picked up on eBay. This "weed" escaped the mower. So wide-angle macro. Do you know what kind of plant that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Do you know what kind of plant that is? Deptford Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Picked up a Laowa 25mm 2.5-5x lens for about 1/2 price. Played around with it some today as I got some parts in to mount my flashes. All uncropped with two 35mm extension tubes. I think I am getting just shy of 8x mag. Very narrow DoF. Really ideally shold be working a rail and stacking, but still fun that it can do some hand-held shots. Bottom side of a fungus on a fallen branch Moss Dirt 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, chipperatl said: Fungus of some sort? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 10 hours ago, stitch58 said: Fungus of some sort? Small shroom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Purplepore Bracket (I think) 5 or 6 images stacked. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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