U guys have to see this...mantis eyes difrent in lower light.

canon 400D - mpe-65 - mt-24ex with home made defuser
Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 65 mm
ISO Speed: 200


cheack this out guys..with the mt-24ex u get focusing lights that if i doulble tap the shooting button it turns them on..i did this and got this shot.

Then i took another pic but didnt have the focusing lights turned on..it was very dim in the room and im thinking this could be the reson why this pic his eyes are like 4 x bigger..cool hey?i had to share this with u guys as this is 1st time i have seen this..

Think you focus better without the focusing lights - lovely shots.
BTW you'll have the mods after you- not supposed to post pics more than 800 px longest side.
Brian V.

LordV wrote in post #4061037
Think you focus better without the focusing lights - lovely shots.
BTW you'll have the mods after you- not supposed to post pics more than 800 px longest side.
Brian V.

well u know what the mods can do just5 kidding..your have to give me that link then as i lost it..i dont need the mods crying at me. can u pm me the link..?u know,how i post them small pics and click to enlarge

Odd, I've never noticed a difference when using the focusing lights. Maybe the lights effected the way the camera metered the scene...

Dalantech wrote in post #4061059
Odd, I've never noticed a difference when using the focusing lights. Maybe the lights effected the way the camera metered the scene...

..it was dark in the room...so the mantis had to make his eyes bigger to see stuff?mayby?but when the focusing lights come on it lite up his face so his eyes went smaller.mayby?

macro junkie wrote in post #4061073
..it was dark in the room...so the mantis had to make his eyes bigger to see stuff?mayby?but when the focusing lights come on it lite up his face so his eyes went smaller.mayby?

Look closely at the mantis's eyes -they are compound consisting of hundreds (if not thousands) of lenses. So that dark spot you are seeing is not a pupil, it's just the way the flash reflects / refracts off of the lenses in that area. I see the same effect in dragonflies. I think Brian is correct -you shifted the focus point slightly between frames.

macro junkie wrote in post #4061004
cheack this out guys..with the mt-24ex u get focusing lights that if i doulble tap the shooting button it turns them on..i did this and got this shot.



Then i took another pic but didnt have the focusing lights turned on..it was very dim in the room and im thinking this could be the reson why this pic his eyes are like 4 x bigger..cool hey?i had to share this with u guys as this is 1st time i have seen this..

Howcome ? With the MT-24EX, Even if the Focus Lights are turned on, they automatically turn off when you press half-shutter.

roli_bark wrote in post #4061290
Howcome ? With the MT-24EX, Even if the Focus Lights are turned on, they automatically turn off when you press half-shutter.

i thought the focusing light lite up his face making his purples bigger..my mistake.

Dalantech wrote in post #4061209
Look closely at the mantis's eyes -they are compound consisting of hundreds (if not thousands) of lenses. So that dark spot you are seeing is not a pupil, it's just the way the flash reflects / refracts off of the lenses in that area. I see the same effect in dragonflies. I think Brian is correct -you shifted the focus point slightly between frames.

so i can get that affect just by shifting the focus point to a different position?as i like this effect more than the 1st pic.

Great shots mj, both of them. I kind of like the first one better.

These are beautiful shots, interesting too

Wow!! What terrific shots!!

macro junkie wrote in post #4061378
so i can get that affect just by shifting the focus point to a different position?as i like this effect more than the 1st pic.

I think so

very nice set, i have a friend who noticed this as well. in very very low light almost black the spots move and get bigger and on his mantis the eye color completely changed colors.

Nice shots - those black spots definably look bigger to but they also appear to be in a different position. Very strange.