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Mediasoldier
6th of October 2006 (Fri), 23:41
Oh my it's been a few weeks. I have been taking pictures, just haven't gotten around to posting them all here. The other day I attempted to experiment with somethign I have very little experience with, I attached a reversed 50mm f/1.8 conveniently inside of the Sigma 105mm Macro screw-on hood. It fit snug, and I could screw it on whenever I wanted. The magnification was AWESOME. At 1:1 I can see about 22mm, when I shot a ruler in my kitchen with the 50 infront of the sigma, I was getting about 8mm full-frame. Thats a bit over 2:1 I believe. One problem, I have about ZERO depth of field :P. Almost all of my shots with the set-up where taken at HIGH ISO and flash, just so I could get relatively good DOF at f/22, which I do say so myself the Sigma performs VERY well!

Anyways, nuff talk, heres the shots :D

1
http://www.mediasoldier.net/photography/images/20061006233612_orbweaver3.jpg

2
http://www.mediasoldier.net/photography/images/20061006233458_orbweaver2.jpg

3
http://www.mediasoldier.net/photography/images/20061006233231_orbweaver.jpg

Comments and crits always welcome, my personal favorite is three. :D
cataclysmcow
6th of October 2006 (Fri), 23:44
Holy crap !! I could use that DoF to shave with.

Very impressed with the coloring... even regardless of your setup which is pretty keen BTW.
LordV
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 00:49
Excellent Shots- great detail- esp at F22.
Assume it's an orb web spider.

Brian V.
racketman
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 03:05
more like 3:1 I would think, like the last shot with more in focus.
JJF
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 03:14
Nice! How did you get the spider not to move? Because with a DOF like that I cant imagine trying to focus on a live spide from 22mm away.
dazzlebea
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 09:28
Oh my!!! That spider has reptilian skin!!! Awesome macro shots :D
canonloader
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 09:34
Thats amazing.
Omri Alon
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 10:30
#3 is excellent! :D
Ferco
7th of October 2006 (Sat), 15:24
who are you? lol jokes! awesome shots! i LOVE the third one! simply outstanding!!!! unbelievable!!!
Mediasoldier
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 13:13
Hehehe thanks guys :D I have no idea what magnification the reversed 50 would give me, I just know it was ALOT more than my vanilla sigma 105 :P However, I do get vignetting and odd, circular OOF area near the edges. I should post a 100% crop, because it was still DAMN sharp and the detail on the spiders face was awesome :D

Thanks for all the kind comments!
Alex Paul
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 13:56
You absolutely nailed focus on the face shots..... Terrific detail!!! Keep up the good work...Alex
Greg_C
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 16:06
Great shots.
Miyagi-san
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 19:22
look at the eyes on that thing! great work :D
tania622
9th of October 2006 (Mon), 14:53
all these pictures give me chills, but they are great ;-)