Magnificent Macro #1

Magnificent Macro #1, originally uploaded by v.plessky.

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Sedum, Stonecrop * Очиток * Fetthennen, Mauerpfeffer * Sédum * Vetkruid * Rozchodnik

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Camera: Konica Minolta DYNAX 7D DSLR
Lens: Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX DG Macro 1:1 + 20mm Extension Tube
Lighting: Natural (no flash fired)

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum

Семейство: Толстянковые
Род: Очиток

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Comment:
I used word "magnificent" here as a derivative from "magnification" (увеличение, усиление)
Extension tube which I used (it is mounted between lens and camera on DSLR cameras) is in fact kind of natural magnifying glass, or magnifier.
But, in contrast to teleconverter - it doesn't have lens inside, so you can still enjoy original aperture of your lens (F2.8 in my case)
DOF is very shallow with extension tube, and you need much more accuracy while doing focus.
And of course focusing is manual only - camera autofocus gives up on such kind of macro shots!

And here is result of that work.
As you probably know, I love sedum growing in my garden.
It's incredibly beautiful flower- but you need to be patient to see its beauty!
And extension tubes with macro lens help here a lot.

Mind small white dots on the end of petals - some flowers look like a king's (queen's?) crown, and those white dots remind diamonds or pearls! LOL:

Shot details:
Exposure: 1/50 sec.
Aperture: F7.1
Focal Length: 50 mm *
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Flash did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture priority

* Used in conjunction with 20mm extension tube

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Magnificent Macro #2

Magnificent Macro #2, originally uploaded by v.plessky.

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Sedum, Stonecrop * Очиток * Fetthennen, Mauerpfeffer * Sédum * Vetkruid * Rozchodnik

EXPLORE: #247 - Nov 3, 2008

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Camera: Konica Minolta DYNAX 7D DSLR
Lens: Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX DG Macro 1:1 + 20mm Extension Tube
Lighting: Natural (no flash fired)

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum

Семейство: Толстянковые
Род: Очиток

>>> View my Pink set in Darckr
>>> View my Macro and Close-Up set in Darckr

Comment:
I used word "magnificent" here as a derivative from "magnification" (увеличение, усиление)
Extension tube which I used (it is mounted between lens and camera on DSLR cameras) is in fact kind of natural magnifying glass, or magnifier.
But, in contrast to teleconverter - it doesn't have lens inside, so you can still enjoy original aperture of your lens (F2.8 in my case)
DOF is very shallow with extension tube, and you need much more accuracy while doing focus.
And of course focusing is manual only - camera autofocus gives up on such kind of macro shots!

And here is result of that work.
As you probably know, I love sedum growing in my garden.
It's incredibly beautiful flower- but you need to be patient to see its beauty!
And extension tubes with macro lens help here a lot.

Mind small white dots on the end of petals - some flowers look like a king's (queen's?) crown, and those white dots remind diamonds or pearls! LOL:

Shot details:
Exposure: 1/40 sec.
Aperture: F16
Focal Length: 50 mm *
ISO Speed: 800
Flash: Flash did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture priority

* Used in conjunction with 20mm extension tube

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on sedum flower * Бабочка-крапивница нацветке седум

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on sedum flower * Бабочка-крапивница на цветке седум, originally uploaded by v.plessky.

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Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on sedum flower * Бабочка-крапивница на цветке седум

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Small Tortoiseshell * Nymphalis urticae * Копривната пеперуда * Крапивница * Rusałka pokrzywnik * Petite tortue * Kleine Fuchs * Кропив’янка * Žórła * Kopřiwowy kadźenc * Nässelfjäril

Photo from my garden.
Фотография сделана в моём саду

Camera: Konica Minolta Dynax 7D
Lens: Sigma 50mm F2.8 EX DG Macro 1:1

Exposure: 1/125 sec.
Aperture: F9
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Program: Aperture priority

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This butterfly is called in Russian: бабочка-крапивница

Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Nymphalis
Species: Nymphalis urticae

Научная классификация
Царство: Животные
Тип: Членистоногие
Класс: Насекомые
Подкласс: Крылатые
Надотряд: Amphiesmenoptera
Отряд: Чешуекрылые
Подотряд: Хоботковые
Семейство: Нимфалиды
Подсемейство: Собственно нимфалиды
Род: Многоцветницы
Вид: Крапивница

Sedum: still flowering in October! * Очиток: продолжает цвести воктябре! *** BOKEH version

Sedum: still flowering in October! * Очиток: продолжает цвести в октябре! *** BOKEH version, originally uploaded by v.plessky.

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Sedum, Stonecrop * Очиток * Fetthennen, Mauerpfeffer * Sédum * Vetkruid * Rozchodnik

This shot of sedum is taken today (October 23rd, 2008) in my garden.
I was surprised to see that it is stil flowering, despite it's already end of October!
Heleniums are gone, phloxes are gone as well - but sedum is blooming!
What a nice surprise for this Autumn day!


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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum

Семейство: Толстянковые
Род: Очиток