Got my new Lens! First shots with Tamron 90mm macro

[swannyson7]

I found a Tamron 90mm on ebay dirt cheap, so I couldn't resist pulling the trigger. I'm pretty impressed with the clarity of the lens, but the fact that the tube extends for focusing is a bit annoying. I guess I was spoiled by the canon 60mm in that respect. Here's a few pics. Any critique is welcome!
Green Stylo

Orange Leptastrea

Sunny D's

Blue tip tenuis

The bully of my tank

Red lobo

dragon eyes

Fruit Loops

Dendro

Fire & Ice

Sympodium

Hawkins

 

[swannyson7]

Hippo

Yellow Tang

Pink Spot Goby

Purple Mille

Feather Duster

no name chalice

Pokerstar

Rastas

Pink Mille

Green Bottlebrush

Tricolor

Goniapora

 

[swannyson7]

Pink palys

Deepwaters

Green & Purple Fungia

Sunset Monti

No name acro

Scripps

Browned out GARF Bonsai starting to color up

BLue tip stag

Another blue tip stag

Encrusting red monti

Coco Worm

Echinatas

 

[swannyson7]

Maxi Mini

Favia

Undata

Echinata

Cloves

Pagoda

Blasto Merletti

Lime table

CARs

Campfires

Yellow tip tort

Scleronepthya

 

[benny z]

nice pics of nice corals!

 

[ToXIc]

excellent pic..

you need to quit playing with you may go blind...

 

[subielover]

Are all of these through the side of the tank? Most of those pictures look great with only a few of them a little out of focus. Out of curiosity, what did you get the lens for on ebay? What camera are you using? Good job, and they will only get better if these are your preliminary shots!

 

[swannyson7]

Green toadstool

Blue digitata

Ding Dangs

Leptastrea

Unknown Acro....any ideas?

Superman Monti

Frogspawn

Pink Zippers

Unknown zoas

Favites

Pink Birsnest

MC Bonsai

 

[gqjeff]

Looking good.

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Holy moly talk about pic overload...sweet macro shots though. I love how your clown is grilling the camera...look at those little chompers!!

 

[Electrobes]

Haha I love the clown pic, that has to be my favorite fish pic. He just looks like one mean mother ready to do business!

 

[swannyson7]

Hammer

Blue mille (or maybe prostrata)

Teal stag from Greg Hiller

Pokerstar

MC Fuzzy Watermelon

Pink Mille w/ green base

Undata

Jedi mind Tricks

RBTA

Echinata

 

[nikesb]

great pics, ive been thinking about getting one of these since i cant afford a canon 100mm right now.

i like the detail you can get in the pictures!

one thing that intrigued me is this pic

was this coral affected by aefw? it looks like i see circular marks, but im not too sure

 

[BeakerBob]

Great pictures!! I use the Tamron 90mm macro exclusively and love it. Yes, the lens barrel does shift in and out, so it is a pain using a top down box to shoot, but there are ways to relieve the pain

 

[swannyson7]

I can't see which one you're talking about, but I've never had AEFW (knock on wood). My guess would be either dirty glass, or possibly a little bit of lost tissue from the red bugs I had a while back

 

[swannyson7]

nice pics of nice corals!

excellent pic..

you need to quit playing with you may go blind...

Looking good.

Holy moly talk about pic overload...sweet macro shots though. I love how your clown is grilling the camera...look at those little chompers!!

Thanks everybody! This has definitely been a new hobby brought on by reefing. I bought the SLR for my wife for Christmas last year (but it was really for me). lol

Haha I love the clown pic, that has to be my favorite fish pic. He just looks like one mean mother ready to do business!

Yeah, he's a vicious little clown. He's drawn blood on me a few times....If i get within a foot of any anemone, my hand is fair game. Pretty hard to avoid considering theres 3 RBTA, 3 GBTAs, and a maxi mini in my 180. He only hosts the biggest GBTA, but apparently feels the need to protect his vacation homes too. He was never really that vicious until I pulled out the Sabae anemone he was hosting about 6 months ago. It got to be about 14" across and was just taking up too much real estate.

Great pictures!! I use the Tamron 90mm macro exclusively and love it. Yes, the lens barrel does shift in and out, so it is a pain using a top down box to shoot, but there are ways to relieve the pain

Yeah, I'm definitely very happy with the lens. A significant upgrade from the 60mm Canon. After I read that review you posted in last month's POTM, I figured it was worth a shot.

 

[nikesb]

ive been looking for into the differences between the 90mm and a canon 100mm and most are saying that the tamron is almost on par with canon. happy to see reefers using it with success.

btw heres the section i noticed

it looks circular but might just be growth areas. not too sure. ive been watching my tank after red bug treatment too since some have suggested that they noticed aefw a month or two after red bugs

 

[swannyson7]

Are all of these through the side of the tank? Most of those pictures look great with only a few of them a little out of focus. Out of curiosity, what did you get the lens for on ebay? What camera are you using? Good job, and they will only get better if these are your preliminary shots!

The pics are taken through the side of glass and were taken with an XSi body. I ended up getting the lens for $300 shipped and although it was used, it's like brand new. The body of the lens is mint, as is the glass, and there's a couple dust particles inside that the camera compensates for with ease. My only real complaint is the AF being loud & sluggish, but that isn't really an issue with tank shots seeing as I use MF.

great pics, ive been thinking about getting one of these since i cant afford a canon 100mm right now.

i like the detail you can get in the pictures!

one thing that intrigued me is this pic

was this coral affected by aefw? it looks like i see circular marks, but im not too sure

For some reason, the pic didn't show up the first time, but I figured you probably meant the tricolor. The red bugs seemed to love that piece along with the green bottlebrush, so it's just a bit of die off from where they congregated and blocked the light. You should def. pic up this lens if you're looking for a good macro for a reasonable price. While the Canon does have its perks, you can't beat the Tamron for the price!

 

[swannyson7]

Here's a few pics to show just how much detail you can get. The first pics are the original shots and the second ones are cropped down. Some of them aren't the greatest shots, but I was still pretty impressed how much I could crop the images and retain detail
Dendrophyllia

Blue Tipped Tenuis

Dragon Eye Zoanthids

 

[swannyson7]

Green Stylophora

Sunset Montipora

Fruit Loop Zoanthids

Orange Leptastrea

Sympodium