My journey into photography (formerly "Newbie questions")

[freezetyle]

Thanks for all of the help. I think part of my issue is getting the idea of one or two good shots out of a group of 100. Practice, Practice, Practice... Patience.

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[Snaz]

A tripod, bookcase or a dead elephant is must to keep the camera steady for macro shots. Also for aquariums turn off the pumps ten minutes prior to shooting but don't forget to turn them back on after!

[freezetyle]

Not fish related but who doesn't like hydrangeas

Looking at these photos, I think the magnifying filters i bought add a little too much distortion. If you look at the edges in the above photos you can see it slowly gets worse and worse. And in my mind/vision not in a typical way you normally see in photos.

Time to start looking into a budget macro lens...

[jzz30tt]

You can find good macro lenses occasionally for really decent prices. I managed to come across one such deal and it's amazing how much nicer to use a purpose-built lens is. I'm over on the nikon side of things but i'm sure the same is true for deals on canon lenses. The tamron 90mm in canon mount has a great reputation as does the tokina 100mm

One of my first macro's after getting it. It being the Nikon 105mm 2.8 AF Macro lens.



I love how much easier it is to work with when compared to extension tubes and the like.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by jzz30tt

You can find good macro lenses occasionally for really decent prices. I managed to come across one such deal and it's amazing how much nicer to use a purpose-built lens is. I'm over on the nikon side of things but i'm sure the same is true for deals on canon lenses. The tamron 90mm in canon mount has a great reputation as does the tokina 100mm

One of my first macro's after getting it. It being the Nikon 105mm 2.8 AF Macro lens.



I love how much easier it is to work with when compared to extension tubes and the like.

Great photo, Thank you for sharing. I have always been a nikon point and shoot fanatic. I imagine there dslr's experience would follow suit.

I have been cruising ebay for some cheaper ones. I have a bunch of Film SLR's that were my grandpa's i might just have to dive into those ones and play around with some of the lenses there. I wish i had the same appreciation for camera's like he did. There are some really neat camera's (exakta, Leica, rollei, etc)

[jzz30tt]

I would if i were you. There's bound to be some great glass in there and great equipment in general. I still shoot film as well as there are certain places where you really cannot beat it. A good digital scan at 4000dpi and you've got a very high resolution digital image to play with after.

[DisneyCoralReef]

Tanks are hard to photography eh. I should post some of my photography. I'm into equine photography tho, a bit left field for this forum. I will try to make time later to post some of my most recent sessions.

Beautiful photos!