Green Stink Bug - Chinche Verde

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Macro of a Green Stink Bug (Acrosternum hilare) over a leaf. Picture taken using natural light and 2 macro tube segments.

Macro de una chinche verde (Acrosternum hilare) sobre una hoja. La imagen fue tomada usando luz natural y 2 segmentos de tubos macro.

Spider Web - Telaraña

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Just a great spider's web I found in La Cumbrecita

Honey Bee macro

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Macro of a honey bee using macro tubes in a Nikon D90 with a 50mm lens.

Android robot toy

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  • Make: NIKON CORPORATION
  • Model: NIKON D90
  • Exposure: 1/125
  • Aperture: 5.6
  • Flash: No Flash
  • Focal Length: 105.0 mm
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Android robot figure.

Seemed like an ants war

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Smaller ants were attacking the flying ones. Flying ants killed several ants before going away. Even though they seems to be the same species they performed a massacre.

I used a Nikon D90 with macro tubes and a 50mm 1.8 Nikkor

Macro Drop Over a Leaf

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Using macro tubes 2 segments and 50mm lens

Lichen Macro

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Using macro tubes 2 segments and 50mm lens

Ball-Point pen macro - Macro de punta de birome

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I keep playing with macro tubes. Although I like macro filters, I think tubes gives much more definition and less distortion.

Domestic Fly Macro - Macro de mosca Doméstica

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Again, playing around with macro tubes. I'm not happy with definition but the macro is pretty detailed specially with the eyes. (see in higher resolution)

De nuevo jugando con los tubos macro. No quedé muy conforme con la definición, pero me gustaron los detalles de los ojos. (ver en resolución más grande)

Weevil - Entiminae - Naupactus leucoloma

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Another image using macro tubes (three segments). This beetle has about half inch long. It belongs to the Curculionidae family in the group of entinimae (Naupactus).

Thanks to reddit that helped me to find some information about this insect.

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Otra imagen usando los tubos macro (tres segmentos). Este escarabajo tiene aproximadamente dos centímetros y pertenece a la familia Curculionidae del grupo Entinimae (Naupactus).

Gracias a reddit que me ayudó a encontrar información de este insecto.

Pollen of Mirabilis Jalapa, also known as Marvel of Peru

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Este macro muestra las pequeñas partículas de polen de esta flor que florece cuando no le da el sol.

Esta planta está presente en muchos jardines, es comunmente llamada Maravilla del Perú, Periquita, Dondiego de la noche, donpedro, etc..

Para esta foto usé tubos macros (3 segmentos) y un lente 50mm


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This macro shows the little pollen particles of this flower that only opens when sun comes down

This plant is very common in a lot of south american gardens, is also known as Four o clock or marvel of peru.

I used macro tubes (all 3 segments) and a 50mm lens.


Orchid - Orquídea

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I took this Orchidaceae while playing with my new speedlight and the macro tube. In this case I used only 1 segment of the tube since I wanted to capture the main attraction of the flower without loosing deep of field. Apperture value was not automatically recorder within EXIF because the macro tubes. I used 11f in manual mode with a 50mm lens.

Tomé esta orquídea mientras practicaba con mi nuevo flash y un tubo macro. En este caso usé sólo un segmento del tubo ya que quería sacar la parte más atractiva sin perder profundidad de campo. No sale la apertura grabada en el EXIF por el tubo macro. Usé 11f en modo manual con un lente de 50mm



Drop Over Dandelion - Gota Sobre un Diente de León

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I used one segment of a macro tube using a 50mm at 2.5F

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Para esta foto usé un segmento del tubo macro usando un lente 50mm a 2.5F

Hairy

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I used an inverted 50mm at 3F

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Para esta foto usé un lente 50mm a invertido a 3F

Bugs Eating Bugs

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I used one segment of a macro tube using a 50mm at 2.5F

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Para esta foto usé un segmento del tubo macro en un lente de 50mm en 2.5F

Coffee Beans - Granos de Café

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I was wanting to take a picture like this since a while. It's just I love to drink coffee specially fresh expresso.
This macro shows a mix of toasted (brown) and roasted (black) Brazilian beans.

This shot was made using an inverted 50mm lens

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Hace un tiempo que quería hacer una toma como esta. Adoro tomar café, en especial el expresso recién hecho. Este macro muestra una mezcla de granos de café brasileros tostados (marrones) y torrados con azúcar (negros).

Esta foto fue realizada con un lente 50mm invertido.

Arocatus roeselii (I think)

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This bug I found in my garden looks like a Arocatus roeselii but I'm not sure (if someone knows please let me know).

I used 2 macro tubes with the 50mm

I love the micro world

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Este insecto que encontré en mi jardín parece un Arocatus roeselii pero no estoy seguro (si alguien sabe, por favor avísenme)

Usé 2 segmentos del tubo macro con el lente 50mm

Adoro el mundo micro.

Macro Fly!

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I fired several shots until I get a decent one. In this case the background doesn't help to the composition, I would have preferred a darker one like a dark green leave for example.

Anyway, cheap macro tubes work, it's just about dominating the technique with practise.

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Saqué esta misma foto varias veces hasta que al final una me gustó. Así y todo el fondo de la imagen no me convence, hubiera quedado mucho mejor un fondo oscuro como el verde de alguna hoja por ejemplo.

De cualquier forma los tubos macro son baratos y funcionan muy bien.

Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion o Diente de León)

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I keep testing macro tubes. I've no troubles with focusing this time. Dandelion are really photogenic.

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Sigo probando los tubos macro. No tuve problemas con el enfoque en este caso. Los diente de león son muy fotogénicos

Patterns on a Seed

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As you may know, I'm trying to dominate the macro tube technique. In this case I used 2 segments of the tubes to get this shot.

The photographed seed is about 1 centimeter in diameter.

I honestly don't know what plant this seed is from.

I've also added this picture to the Digital photography School weekly challenge

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Como ya sabrán, estoy tratando de dominar el uso de las extensiones macro. En este caso usé solo dos segmentos.

La semilla fotografiada tiene aproximadamente 1 centímetro de diámetro.

Honestamente no se de que planta proviene.

Tiny Flower

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Ok, here I am again trying the macro tubes. This time I closed the aperture as much as I could having in mind the available light and the light from a 500w lamp.

This flower has less than 8 mm in diameter

Tiny Flower

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I've to shot more than 10 shots from this angle in order to get a decent shot. Even though I liked it, I'm not 100% satisfied with it.

This flower has less than 8 mm in diameter

Weird Nature

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I keep playing with the 3 segment macro tube. In this case I picked a weird hairy plant and wet plant.

I don't like DOF that much in this picture since there are several random interesting focused points within a kinda chaos. I think I would had to increase the DOF by closing the aperture (however it needs a lot more light I used). It's quite difficult to see this at the very moment you are taking the picture with the tubes.

Anyway I like colors and composition.

Tired Screw

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I'm trying a new macro extension tube. It works great even though It has to be used 100% in manual mode (even aperture has to be set analogically) since does not share information with the lens.

I will keep posting some macro tests for a few days until I get familiar with this technique.

Testing fast shutter with drops

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I like this shot. Looks focused and soft. But the timing was not as good as I expected

Chain in black and white

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Chain in black and white

Dry Yellow Leave

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