How I have more MACRO DOF …

As we know anything >1:1 macro, we have very limit DOF … I had it share before … what we DOF have while we shooting macro e.g. at crop body, F16 at 1:1 .. the dof we have is just ~1mm … so how we have more DOF ?

1. angle is important , if we want the main objects “focus”

e.g.

limit DOF

at certain angle, we have not possible to have both object focus .. e.g. choose one , shoot small to crop , or using stacking method I use (discuss before HERE)

by using the stacking … we can get both beetle focus as below

 

or discuss http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=922

 

of if we do not want to do much on post process… choose the best angle to have both object focus e.g.

 

more beetle collection click HERE

MACRO … soon …..

I had slow down a lot on macro for pass 6 months ….

my previous testing on my lighting …. is mainly for Canon MP-E65 or you may refer here and only once I test my SIGMA150 light HERE

and now …. I am working on my new SIGMA 105 OS … as below .. just a start for how I bring my flash closer …. and making the diffuser in progress …….

macro ... coming
macro .. coming ...

 

and stay tune .. more testing result for 5dm2 + SIGMA150 and 7d + 50mm MACRO

the Soldier – Termite is cute

not many love them or most of us hate them … they destroy, bite … etc … but when we look close there are cute

... cute termite ...

 

... when this bite u .. u will jump up

 

this is good of MACRO photography , let we look thing differently … not only photography but we should look every at different angle before conclude

a Gold bar – Wasp

while my trip to Bake’lalan , I did spent ~2 hours in a lovely jungle purely for MACRO.. a beautiful jungle with so much thing found …

One of them is a GOLD bar … I thought why a gold flying around while I saw this … and when I approach .. just notice this is a WASP …

 

a beautiful GOLD wasp

 

anyone love Mosquito ?

anyone love mosquito ? think in Malaysia we scare of it due to the Dengue … which kill a lot peoples in Malaysia …

No my first time but 2nd time found a mosquito biting non human.. the 1st time was a frog …

Mosquito biting a frog

 

and last week, I able to witness another Mosquito biting a lizard ….

Mosquito biting a lizard

 

a mosquito is biting a Giant or Great Angle Head Lizard, gonocephalus grandis

an interesting firefly ….

a bug that really make my day, we had a short night outing in a reserve jungle within KL …. within 2 hours .. we found few interesting model e.g. Spotted Litter Frog… , juvenile Spiny Turtle, Lovi’s Reed Snake & Marbled Forest Gecko

a nothing special while you see it at picture …..

 
 

... fireflies ? and it is ...

have a look how interesting is this firefly

 

I didn;t able to capture it’s head due to the environment … and would love to see it again

 

thanks Andy Paul for the ID
adult larviform female of a firefly from the lamprigera spp.

Bee Collection

Bee one of my favor object for MACRO photography .. as bee seldom stop for rest to it is a big challenge to capture it

1. very 1st bee found on my MACRO training ground

Bee in details

 

2. common honey bee that just need little patient

Bee in flight

 

3. 1st time saw it

Parasitic Bee

 

4. another Bee in flight

... did u ask for permission to snap my picture ?

 

5. a green bee from US

... litttle green bee ...

 

6. one of the cutest bee ever met … I call it “fat” bee

Long Tongued Blue Banded Bee still sleeping

 

7. call it green eye bee just same like #1

.. Good Morning ...

 

more bee collection click here

Ant-Mimic Spider fight for a “girl”

I witness a ant-mimic male guide or seem protect the female .. I was observe it (~10-15min) hope for something interesting happen among the male A (with tag) and female

but suddenly another male (Male B) turn up and try to fight with the male (it happen so fast (<1-2s) and they end up at this position …

after the Male A got kill, male B look at the female for a while outside the web … but the female just run away …. (even before I can try to give her a close up shot)

Ant-mimic spider fight for female

some of my Ant-mimic spider collection

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=326

 

and was with my update lighting setup

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=102

New Collection – the Ant-mimic Jumping spider

I was there (drive ~20km) for a robberfly which I met one day before (and I don;t have my macro gears with me)…

but accidentally found this Ant-mimic for me .. never see this type … and not only new found but I witness an amazing moment … the both male fight for something !!!!!… (will share the other picture to show what it fight for later … need to little stack work on that)

... Ant-mimic jumping spider ...

and the moment they fight …

... fight for ? | Ant-mimic jumping spider ...

not a most beautiful ant-mimic that I saw before but this is a beautiful one too …

few types of Ant-mimic collection

1. An ant mimic spider of the genus myrmarachne that mimic Tetraponera rufonigra ant

Ant-mimic - Male myrmarachne

2. … Ant-mimic crab | Amyciaea lineatipes having prey …

Amyciaea lineatipes

3. Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)

Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)

4. very common black myrmarachne

myrmarachne

Spider collection by liewwk

Spiders COllection