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DoobieDuck · 03-01-2012, 08:19 PM

MPE 65mm Macro Landscapes

Welcome friends and foes, I hope you are all well today. I’ve dug deep down into my hard drives and pulled out some pixels I’ve been hording for a couple years now. Some captured fall 2010, spring 2011, or fall 2011. Hording only because I’ve either been in to poor of health or couldn’t find the time to get them processed and uploaded to share with you. I’m sorry for the delay but if you lurk with me I hope you’ll be pleasantly surprised and that will make it worth tagging along. In just my fall 2011 folder I have over 1,400 files to go through so this will take me some time, the thread may get to large and be closed before I’m finished-hope not-if so I’ll start version II. Most likely I’ll be shooting more pix before I even get these all uploaded so let’s guess years..

These images were all captured with the Canon MPE 65mm macro lenses.

I rent this lens a couple times a year, one reason-I don’t have the bucks to buy it and the other- macros are the only thing you can shoot with it. You can’t do pix of your honey by the pool or me riding in the PBR, macros only, that’s it.

Please keep in mind, these are the images I like! The pix each have some quality that caught my eye. That could be a tiny sliver of light, a nice bokeh, or out of focus effect with-in them. Possibly a unique twist to a pistil or something that was unusual that popped out at me. Then….again, they might just be a good macro image of cannabis that has no artistic qualities at all. Macros I consider the toughest cannabis pix to capture and get right. Sometimes I luck out and get a good shot or two. An average shoot for me is 200 frames in an afternoon, or until my pain puts me down, and I only save to my drives one of every ten frames. So this is only a small sampling of what it takes to get a decent shot.

I hope you enjoy them…lurkers loved, questions answered if possible, your images allowed only if shot with this lens, I’d like to keep the thread specific to the MPE 65mm. Criticism accepted and of course some appreciated lol. Friendship respected and humor encouraged….thank you for your views and comments..DD.

first to the show..my Cripple Creek from fall 2011

...and REZ HazeDog-ChemDog Haze

.........my Hummingbird Red

trichrider · 03-01-2012, 08:21 PM

beautiful just beautiful.

**exploziv** · 03-01-2012, 08:23 PM

Wow! Stunning!

Trichomes Gone Wild!

Hama-Kavula · 03-01-2012, 08:29 PM

like beautiful morning dew only ment to catch weed lovers instead of flies and bugs - love it

diggdugg · 03-01-2012, 08:29 PM

That's so awsome! I just have the urge to lick that like a lolliepop.

WasntMe · 03-01-2012, 08:53 PM

Doobieduck,

The macros came out good! Got to love a macro lens but you are right, they can be expensive for a one trick pony. Have you tried reverse mounting your reg zoom lens yet? A LOT cheaper to do you just seem to get a slightly smaller DOF and obviously need to do all focusing manually. I can send you some links if you want a little info...

As far as this lens, I think I remember you saying you were not really a fan of the technique but I would love to see how a DOF stacking shot would turn out, especially on the Hummingbird Red. There is so much depth to visually explore that unfortunately gets lost to the short DOF of doing macros. Do you think the softening the sharpness once they are stacked would bring back at least a little of the "natural" feel?

DoobieDuck · 03-01-2012, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WasntMe

Doobieduck,

...Have you tried reverse mounting your reg zoom lens yet? ..Do you think the softening the sharpness once they are stacked would bring back at least a little of the "natural" feel?

Everyone..many thanks for the immidiate response and appreciation of my art...wow, I'm honored.
WasntMe..I've tried every type of reversing you can think of. Some of my reversing lenses and techniques are better than these with this lens. I've also used enlarger lenses on bellows..just about everything buddy.
As far as stacking..YES..I did some with the MPE a couple years ago but did not have the right tripod-etc. to do it correctly. I think stacked images with the MPE would be fantastic now that I know what I did wrong. The next rental I'm considering doing some. For now we have these...Peace..DD

Teresa · 03-01-2012, 09:04 PM

Beautiful!!

DoobieDuck · 03-01-2012, 09:27 PM

Terese..thank you.
We have a couple black and whites and a couple colors of DutchGrowns Mystic....

Guest58392 · 03-01-2012, 09:29 PM

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DoobieDuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Only where my disabilities allow me to be. Posts: 7,419	Canon MPE 65mm Macro Images MPE 65mm Macro Landscapes Welcome friends and foes, I hope you are all well today. I’ve dug deep down into my hard drives and pulled out some pixels I’ve been hording for a couple years now. Some captured fall 2010, spring 2011, or fall 2011. Hording only because I’ve either been in to poor of health or couldn’t find the time to get them processed and uploaded to share with you. I’m sorry for the delay but if you lurk with me I hope you’ll be pleasantly surprised and that will make it worth tagging along. In just my fall 2011 folder I have over 1,400 files to go through so this will take me some time, the thread may get to large and be closed before I’m finished-hope not-if so I’ll start version II. Most likely I’ll be shooting more pix before I even get these all uploaded so let’s guess years.. These images were all captured with the Canon MPE 65mm macro lenses. I rent this lens a couple times a year, one reason-I don’t have the bucks to buy it and the other- macros are the only thing you can shoot with it. You can’t do pix of your honey by the pool or me riding in the PBR, macros only, that’s it. Please keep in mind, these are the images I like! The pix each have some quality that caught my eye. That could be a tiny sliver of light, a nice bokeh, or out of focus effect with-in them. Possibly a unique twist to a pistil or something that was unusual that popped out at me. Then….again, they might just be a good macro image of cannabis that has no artistic qualities at all. Macros I consider the toughest cannabis pix to capture and get right. Sometimes I luck out and get a good shot or two. An average shoot for me is 200 frames in an afternoon, or until my pain puts me down, and I only save to my drives one of every ten frames. So this is only a small sampling of what it takes to get a decent shot. I hope you enjoy them…lurkers loved, questions answered if possible, your images allowed only if shot with this lens, I’d like to keep the thread specific to the MPE 65mm. Criticism accepted and of course some appreciated lol. Friendship respected and humor encouraged….thank you for your views and comments..DD. first to the show..my Cripple Creek from fall 2011 ...and REZ HazeDog-ChemDog Haze .........my Hummingbird Red
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exploziv pure dynamite Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 20,173	Wow! Stunning! Trichomes Gone Wild! __________________ "We ought never do wrong when people are looking." - Mark Twain If the whole world smoked a joint at the same time, there would be world peace for at least two hours. Followed by a global food shortage.
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diggdugg Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 271	That's so awsome! I just have the urge to lick that like a lolliepop.
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WasntMe Saw me bang'n on the sofa... Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 906	Doobieduck, The macros came out good! Got to love a macro lens but you are right, they can be expensive for a one trick pony. Have you tried reverse mounting your reg zoom lens yet? A LOT cheaper to do you just seem to get a slightly smaller DOF and obviously need to do all focusing manually. I can send you some links if you want a little info... As far as this lens, I think I remember you saying you were not really a fan of the technique but I would love to see how a DOF stacking shot would turn out, especially on the Hummingbird Red. There is so much depth to visually explore that unfortunately gets lost to the short DOF of doing macros. Do you think the softening the sharpness once they are stacked would bring back at least a little of the "natural" feel? __________________ . I'm just a figment of my own imagination. It's best to just ignore me. It Wasn't Me
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Teresa Tree Grower Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,767	Beautiful!! __________________ Happy High's
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DoobieDuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Only where my disabilities allow me to be. Posts: 7,419	DutchGrown Seed Mystic Terese..thank you. We have a couple black and whites and a couple colors of DutchGrowns Mystic....
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