Macro photography garden spider
I bought a new flash gun for my Pentax K-5 at Christmas which I’ve been experimenting with over the last few months.
Today I went out into the garden with my Tamron 90mm lens and a Raynox 250 Close up adapter fitted, to try some macro pictures with the lens set to F/32 to maximize the Depth of field. The shot shown above was my most successful picture, taken of a tiny garden spider sitting on a leaf sunning him(her?)self. The spider was about 5mm in length, but at this level of magnification there is quite a nice amount of detail shown. With the aperture set to F/32 most of the spider’s body is in focus, making a nice detailed shot.
- Tamron 90mm
- Pentax K-5
- Raynox 250
- F/32
- iso160
- 1/160 sec
- 90mm + Raynox 250
Terrific macro!
Thank you – I’m quite pleased with it but I think the flash helped a lot by allowing me to get the aperture to F/32.
Love this picture! As I read the description I thought “hey, that’s the macro lens I’m looking to buy!”, and then, “so I will be able to attach a Raynox to it!”. You managed to answer my questions and provide a great picture at the same time! 🙂
Glad I was able to help! Thanks for the comment
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