dshnarw March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 New macro lens - Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Decided to give it a try with my 2x teleconverter, and came up with these from the coldwater tank... beadlets: strawberries: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 you really suck - too flipping good - help me out with April's totm please. I SUCK!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw March 28, 2009 Author Share March 28, 2009 you really suck - too flipping good - help me out with April's totm please. I SUCK!!!!! lol, sorry man. just keep reminding yourself that aquariums are one of the most difficult subjects out there a friend on nano-reef is in the process of writing an article on aquarium photography. if you want, i'll send you the link (or post a link somewhere?) when he finishes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 Dan, The pictures look great. I have the Sigma 105mm macro. Does the 2x teleconverter just screw on the end of the lens? Looks like it did a pretty good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDiver March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 sweeet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw March 28, 2009 Author Share March 28, 2009 thanks guys Dan,The pictures look great. I have the Sigma 105mm macro. Does the 2x teleconverter just screw on the end of the lens? Looks like it did a pretty good job. it attaches like an extension tube - goes between the lens and the camera body. i should start using the tripod to really show off how nice it can be. VERY nice for getting closer in on stuff in the back of the tank - can still get that 1:1 macro with a working distance of 30 inches for the Sigma 150, somewhere close to 20 inches for the Sigma 105. and, of course, 2:1 macro shots are pretty neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgets March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 Great pics! I luv the dreamy look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia March 28, 2009 Share March 28, 2009 Good stuff Daniel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw March 29, 2009 Author Share March 29, 2009 Thanks! More photos... Same setup as the last ones, but I walked my lazy butt to the car and got the tripod this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman April 1, 2009 Share April 1, 2009 Okay... that does it... what kind of camera do you have that lens on?? bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw April 1, 2009 Author Share April 1, 2009 Okay... that does it... what kind of camera do you have that lens on?? bob canon rebel xsi but it's all in the lens, any Canon/Nikon with that lens would make some awesome photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM April 1, 2009 Share April 1, 2009 NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman April 1, 2009 Share April 1, 2009 (edited) canon rebel xsi but it's all in the lens, any Canon/Nikon with that lens would make some awesome photos I have a Pentax SLR available - but that lens wouldn't fit it. I think I need to get a beeger camera! Way back when film was used in cameras (some of you youngsters might not understand) - I had a couple of Pentax Spotmatics. I had every lens and extender known to man. I took photographs, vice snapshots. Those are photographs - and now I miss taking them. You know... spiders that fit with perfect detail on a sheet of 18x24?? Believe it or not, Ripley... I have an enlarger... paper... developer... safelite... used to do some of my best work in a dark room. But what sold me is the pictures of the strawberry anemone's... I took - a reasonable estimate 70 pictures of my strawberry anemones with my auto-focus camera. I could NEVER get a decent picture. No matter the distance, angle, settings... I kept shooting, because I couldn't believe I couldn't get a decent picture! The camera thought they were invisible, or something. And then last week - the first 'limpet' to ever appear in my display tank showed up on the front glass. And I couldn't shoot that, either! So... I'm off to the camera shop this weekend! Thanks! bob Edited April 1, 2009 by lanman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan April 1, 2009 Share April 1, 2009 New macro lens - Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Decided to give it a try with my 2x teleconverter, and came up with these from the coldwater tank... beadlets: strawberries: THAT's THE ANEMONE IN MY TANK!!! What is it? OMG, WOW, these are absolutely gorgeous. Will you be selling prints? I'll buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw April 2, 2009 Author Share April 2, 2009 THAT's THE ANEMONE IN MY TANK!!! What is it? OMG, WOW, these are absolutely gorgeous. Will you be selling prints? I'll buy. You have a tropical Corynactis species. Common names include: Strawberry anemone, club-tipped anemone, beaded anemone (not to be confused with beadlet anemones which are the larger red and striped anemones in my photos), or Cory by some groups. Most of the info on them is on the temperate species in my photos, Corynactis californica. Care info for the Corynactis are all essentially the same, except in temperature requirements (C. californica being the sole temperate species available to aquarists). Thanks for your compliments. I do/will sell photos if you're interested (selling photos is my source of income for new camera gear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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