Macro

Eye macro is so rewarding. I did some last week.

here's what "eye" think about it

Do kitties count? I think they are harder to shoot than people!



And Geckos!

Used a flash with this one and it turned out ok.

How about largemouth bass?



or tiny little toads?

Cat eyes!

Holy... Tasslehoff, how did you take a macro shot like that from that distance?

emilevector, it's not me.. reflection of some people who's shooting redbull air race :)

that's how i took this picture

If you want to minimise reflections the best solution is to prevent things in-front of the eye being brightly lit. Diffusing the flash can make this worse.

wow stunning pics.

Funny, the mix of animal- and human eyes. Eyes are the window to the soul? Here you have direct looks.....

Eye like this thread.

Thought I'd chip in with one of my own

shot using a ring flash so it isn't anywhere near as harsh on your eyes.

A cat outdoors has its own challenges:

Nikon D70 - Micro Nikkor 105mm f/4 - Flash Nikon SB 600.



Ciao
Antonio

Nikon D50
Nikkor Micro 105mm f/2.8D

Nikon D50 IR, Tokina 10-17 - was a pain in the ass to focus.

With a Sony P&S

My wife posed for this one. Here's an extreme crop (upside down)

And the original (she was lying on the ground with the tripod above her) SB800 bounced off of ceiling, left and right.


Jack
Fort Loramie, Ohio

I love eyes. Beautiful, detailed and everyone's is so different/unique.

"Catchlight" by jonbradbury [?]

"Looking up" by jonbradbury [?]

With a bit of editing, the flash was quite painfull !

reverse lens macro

Nikon N80, Kodak Tri-X 400, iso@800, Nikon 24120mmf3556gvr + extension tubes. Developed in Diafine.

it's so hard to manually focus on the human eye to get the right shot, I keep getting the focus on my eye lash lol..

theres no way i can better that one above but...

auto macro mode no flash

These are shots from inside my eyes .. notice the yellow specks .. they are right in the middle of where I see .. the spots are blood leaking and causeing loss in my site .. I have had laser treatments in both eyes (right being the worst) the bottom are my left eye .. shot in infered ..

with the treatments I hope to let my sight last but they will never be what they were before.. (the spots showed up in less than 3 months from my last eye exam )

They call this Diabetic Retinopathy and it is what causes most diabetics to go blind ..

thought some might like to see what can happen

view it large,
i think it's gross (:

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My first attempts! They were pretty quick, as I have finals coming up and I need to focus more on studying.. But I liked them (:

very interesting thread and wonderful shots!
Here is mine and yes, I agree with Kyle May
it was a pain to focus it.

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No flash, window light.

Not even close to what I wanted.. I definitely need some practice.

Lots of excellent photos everybody! It's a very hard subject to photograph.

i couldn't get the hot spot all that way off the iris, but i like the depth.

Dragonfly's composed eye.

I dont have macro lenses but I was trying to do my best!

Is anyone still watching this thread?

Here is a shot I took a few weeks ago:

My contribution. :)

I sometimes point my rig at human eyes, but have yet to get a picture that is as sharp as I know my camera is capable of. I suspect that perhaps the aqueous humour refracts some of the light, and this becomes a limiting factor as magnification increases.

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my first and only eye-macro



EOS 30D, EF 100mm 2.8 Macro USM, EX430 with selfmadecardboardsoftbox on camera left

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INSIDE MY EYES .. I have to have laser surgery every year or so to have some problems fixed .. this was taken over a year ago .. it's time to go back for another round ..

using a cheap and poor quality close-up lens mounted on a 200mm lens: