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Testing Canon 65mm f2.8 1-5x macro lens

Come closer to your object

Elasmucha grisea

I recently wrote about the Canon 65mm macro lens, but I had not yet taken any pics at that time. Now I have tried it out and I will show you a picture of a bug called Elasmucha grisea. The bug is barely 1 centimeter. When I took this picture I was using 3-4 times magnification. The shot was taken outdoor on a windy day. The picture was also taken handheld. The odds were against me but I managed to capture this bug in the right moment when the wind was not blowing to much.

If I would have used the 5 times magnification on this lens, think about how close I could have got but that is almost impossible to do since it was handheld. It needs to be on a tripod to take a picture with 5 times magnification.

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Posted in Canon 65 mm f/2.8 1-5x, Photos

Picture with Tamron 150-600mm – part 1

Jul 11

Posted by complainwall

Today’s picture is of a tiger. It was taken handheld and I was standing about 30 meters away from the tiger. The camera that was used was a Canon 70D and the Tamron 150-600mm lens.

Enjoy!

Posted in Photos, Tamron 150-600mm

Pictures of fire

Apr 1

Posted by complainwall

During earth hour my city arranged for a fire show. It was a nice event and here is some picture from it. The fire performers are called Favilla.

I have not tried to take picture of fire before so this was a good experience to learn which setting that suited me the most. I have used a Canon 60D with a prime lens of 40mm. I have tried different apertures to see which one that suited the most. If you move the mouse over the pictures you will find out the setting that I have used for each picture. It might be useful for you when you want to try to take pictures of fire. The settings worked for me and might work for you too.

F:2.8 @ 1/56 , 1000 ISO

F:2.8 @ 1/56 , 2500 ISO

F:5.6 @ 1/56 , 2500 ISO

F:2.8 @ 1/80 , 1250 ISO

What is common with all the pictures is that the pictures where taken without a flash. Most of the pictures are also cropped to remove unnecessary elements that take away the focus from the performers. Some pictures might have a green light because I had my Circular Polaris filter on as I do not have a UV filter for this lens yet. The CPL filter will also have made some effect to the picture even though I did not pay much attention to the filter and did not turn it because I only wanted to test the setting on the camera at this event.