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1/200 f/10.0 65.0 mm ISO 100

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

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collembola
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Adrian Jones
Dicyrtomina saundersi
Dicyrtomina
saundersi
Globular springtail


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Dicyrtomina saundersi

Dicyrtomina saundersi
A globular springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi taken at 5x magnification, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Shrewsbury Shropshire.
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 Cheryl Beal
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Having accidentally snapped one of these on some Yellow Brain I'm just in awe of this capture. It's amazing how you've got so much detail in something so minute!!! Wonderful
10 years ago.
Adrian Jones club has replied to Cheryl Beal club
Thank you Cheryl, they are tiny but not difficult to capture with the right lens, a bit of patience and plenty of practice.
10 years ago.
 Cheryl Beal
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Ahaaaa....I have lots of patience.....willing to practice......the right lens??
10 years ago.
Adrian Jones club has replied to Cheryl Beal club
The only purpose built macro lens for the job is Canon's MP-E 65, it allows for magnification from 1x up to 5x, its manual focus only but that isn't a drawback, you set a magnification and then move the camera and lens back and forth by tiny amounts to get focus on your subject. This lens has now ceased production and although still easily available to buy new parts are becoming a problem for certain repairs to older copies of the lens, I just had to buy a new one as my lens was unrepairable. You would also need a good flash and bracket to mount it on to get enough light onto your subjects, I use a Wimberley macro bracket and a Canon 600 EX RT or a 270EX, the flash will be fast enough to freeze any motion so the camera and lens can be hand held when taking extreme macro shots like the one above.
10 years ago.

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