New lens

[Winrar]

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Spenner is the best right now

[Coolboyrulez0]

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Spenner manages to put a smile on my face everytime I see his photography

[Xiz]

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My god good sir. Do you have a facebook page for where you post all this? Can I follow you or something xD

BTW the eye one is my favorite. Or the bug one. Yeah the bug one. Sexy.

[Spenner]

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Glad you guys dig this stuff I'll keep doing it

Xiz, I have a deviantart account where I post some of my stuff:

http://thespenner.deviantart.com/gallery/

Or you can add me on facebook, I pretty much post everything there.

https://www.facebook.com/SpencerDispenser

[midnghtraver]

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That one of the fly is crazy O.o

How long did it take to get a good shot of that?

[Spenner]

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I still don't consider it a "good" shot of it, simply because I would've wanted more in focus. I was going to try focus stacking (different spots in focus in different pictures, merging them all together) but it flew away

But, that pic took quite a lot of subtle tweaking and getting the flash at the right angle to make the eyes stand out as much as they did. Having the glass underneath it that it was on reflected some of the light back up, otherwise it would've looked a lot less nice I think.

[Spenner]

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http://thespenner.deviantart.com/art/Through-The-Eyes-of-the-Dying-275086423

^Original picture, edited this one awhile back. I wasn't happy with it so I made some improvements in a re-edit


^less contrast (to boost dynamic range/less muddied midtones), attention to detail with cropping/distortion removal/healing and cloning, has a stronger focal point

[Xiz]

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Alright Spencer Sent a request. And seriously stop making sexy pictures my mouth can only drop so much hahaha

[Spenner]

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We'll see about that

Tried out another black and white. Not nearly as effective, but still wanted to try it with this older photo of mine.

[Artic_counter]

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What the hell is your camera, a microscope ? xD

Damn these images are clear :3

[Renevatia]

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http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/178/2/4/iris_by_wesleychen-d554jr2.jpg

The desperate needs for this type of photography has prompted me to dabble in the dark arts of reverse lensing

[Spenner]

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Very cool what was your reversing setup made from?

Reverse macro can do some very powerful stuff.

Here's some pollen







Please mind my dirty sensor ;~; I need to clean it.

[Renevatia]

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55-250mm at around 120, 50mm1.8 on reverse
only problem i have with reversing is the ridiculously shallow dof

[Spenner]

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55-250mm at around 120, 50mm1.8 on reverse
only problem i have with reversing is the ridiculously shallow dof

You'll find that in most cases, anything more than 1:1 magnification is going to give some pretty insanely shallow DOF. Focus stacking is almost necessary for me at 5:1 magnification (though sometimes I just shoot at f/16 and hope for the best :l) you definitely cannot shoot wide open at anything more than 1:1.

This is a pretty intense alternative to reversing lenses or using a macro lens, I would love to try it. But pricey : | generally.

http://www.absorbedphotography.com/Blog/Entries/2011/10/17_Macro_Stacking_-_Part_I_-_The_Hardware.html

Keep playing with macro

[Renevatia]

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I almost want to try stack focus but its pretty much out of the question as I do not have a connector for a reverse lens setup so I am just kind holding it together
+crappy tripod that is unstable enough to screw up a video recording at 250mm zoom so I don't think stacking macro at that resolution will work.

btw do you by any chance know how the 500mm (both the long one and the mirrored one) optek telephoto lenses are overall. Reviews are kind of both sides with the value/price but I don't know how much the lack of IS is going to cripple me in terms of in general-use.