First time using a macro lens

[Salty_Box_Reef]

Picked up a macro lens and took a couple shots with it today. Led's make it a little challenging but I'm sure I will learn to work around that. Here's the first few images from the new lens.

 

[Phelipe's Ocean]

Nice, love that third shot! I am still working on it as well its a learning curve haha, there are some things it blurs out I havent learned how to fix yet. Some shots from tonight.

 

[Phelipe's Ocean]

Notice how it blurred out the mouth of the acan, things like that I havent found a way to work around very annoying. Are you using porthole as well?

 

[Salty_Box_Reef]

Yeah I’m using an avast I narrowed from a friend. I’ll be purchasing the building an obsession tube once I have a tank up and running.

I think you just need to close the arpeture down some is all. These shots of mine were all f4-f8 I think. Everything around 2.8-4 on a full frame with the lens I’m using has a rediculously shallow depth of field so if your shooting something similar I’d assume that’s the issue.

 

[leahfiish]

I like the third one a lot too! Need to get a macro lens for myself.

 

[marinesnow]

Looking really good guys!!

Turning up the aperture will give you more DOF, but you may need to decrease your shutter speed to compensate for less light coming through.

 

[hockeyhead019]

@Phelipe's Ocean I think those shots are really cool, even with the out of focus mouth!

+1 to closing your aperture some more. f/8 seems to work well for most people. I can't speak from experience though as my lens is shipping currently lol

Like @marinesnow mentioned you'll have to play with shutter and ISO to get the right exposure. The coral shooting sticky thread has some great info in this section.

 

[SuncrestReef]

In order to get a lot of depth of field, you can close the aperture way down and use a long exposure to compensate for the lack of light. For example, these shots were taken at f/36 with a 3 second exposure. For these longer exposures, you need a tripod and I also turn off the flow pumps to reduce any polyp movement.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Beautiful shots, guys! I'm loving these!

 

[Wilsonfeliz]

Nice!

 

[jasonrusso]

Which lens is this? They look good. This is my best shot with a Tamron 90mm.

Maybe some day I'll get the 100mm Canon IS

https://flic.kr/p/27MVHw9

 

[Salty_Box_Reef]

Mine are with the Sony 90mm macro 2.8 and the first gen Sony A7 body. This is my first time shooting macro so there’s plenty of room for growth but I don’t currently have a tank running to practice on.

 

[Rich Klein]

Picked up a macro lens and took a couple shots with it today. Led's make it a little challenging but I'm sure I will learn to work around that. Here's the first few images from the new lens.

Nice! - You've inspired me to do better than my IPhone with an orange filter.