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[entropius]

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[zimfusion]

So awesome! You must send me links for the attachments to do this! ^_^

[entropius]

Oh, and the best stronger closeups are those made by Raynox:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/292476-REG/Raynox_DCR150_DCR_150_1_5x_Macro_Lens.html is the one I have -- it's the weaker of the two, +4.5 diopters;

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/275182-REG/Raynox_DCR250_DCR_250_2_5x_Super_Macro.html
is the stronger one -- it's +8 diopters.

Here's the sort of magnification you can get with the weak one:

This is a housefly's mouthparts:

[entropius]

That was done with my weak closeup. It doesn't actually give you any more magnification than you'd get by putting the camera up close to whatever you're shooting, but it lets you get it from further away (by using the zoom). The perspective and "bokeh" (a funny Japanese word that means the way the blurry background looks) are more pleasing when doing this

[jaralith]

Oh, shiny!!!
Special on 11x14, hmm? =)

[entropius]

Yep, and those 16x20 posters are still on sale, too.

The flutterby is http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~wfreeman/pictures/LJ/Saguaros/P1060295_1.jpg . Charlie and Birdie and my parents got some drool on it, I think -- I can't wait to see it. Apparently it looks pretty awesome printed up huge.

[jaralith]

That is made of awesome.
The light in those pictures is just perfect. I love the light-touched blossoms with busy morning bees.

[entropius]

I'm glad you like!

Any that you particularly like? ;-)

[hesterbyrde]

Cactiods! So awesome.

[entropius]

They are, aren't they?

[hesterbyrde]

Maybe one of these days I'll make it out to Arizona with the cactiods are blooming. I'd like to see that. On the documentary 'Planet Earth' they showed how much the desert changed when it was in bloom.

[entropius]

That picture with the white balance fixed up, and all the other ones, are at:

http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~wfreeman/pictures/LJ/Saguaros/

And, yes, they're sort of big and might take a few moments to slither through the tubes. Click on them in Firefox to enlarge.