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Nice shots!

Popo. what exactly does your last picture show?

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Olympus E-30, ZD 9-18mm 4.0-5.6, ZD 50mm Makro 2.0, ZD 14-54mm 2.8-3.5, ZD 70-300 4.0-5.6

Light travel equipment:
Olympus EP-2, µZD 14-42mm , Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake.

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It is a close up/macro head shot of a whatever it is... some sort of caterpillar? Here's a bigger picture view. If you want a DoF challenge, this certainly gave one.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Crop from under the red thingy?
And why didi you crop it btw? I like the big version better

EDIT:
This is lens gallery, so was it to show the quality at 100%?
Sorry

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Gear: a200, Sony 18-70 3.5-5.6 DT, Minolta 50 1.7 AF, Lowepro TLZ Mini, GorillaPod SLR Zoom
Saving for Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX HSM Macro II (50%)

Yup, the crop was to show the potential. But most times I resize down a bit too, to help control the noise.

The big version is actually two different shots stitched together. The cropped one earlier is another shot again. Actually the red bit is some sort of tail, as the head is on the other end.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

That's an animal?! Thought it was some kinda cactus lol

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Sonyian?

My Flickr - Comments very welcome
Gear: a200, Sony 18-70 3.5-5.6 DT, Minolta 50 1.7 AF, Lowepro TLZ Mini, GorillaPod SLR Zoom
Saving for Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX HSM Macro II (50%)

I am considering to return my 70-300mm and get a much cheaper 40-150mm. But I really like the macro capabilit of 70-300mm.
Can you please tell me how 40-150mm works for macro shots? Thanks.

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Please forgive my poor English...
My camera gears
Sony M1
Olympus E-520
14-42mm, 40-150mm, 70-300mm
Wish list for now:
12-60mm or 14-54mm II, a decent tripod
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design portfolio: http://www.id.iit.edu/~chlee
blog: http://donniett.spaces.live.com (Chinese)

So, some more shots with the 70-300 I did today.

This lens really needs lots of light, but then image quality is great. It's still one of my favourite lenses, but on the other hand, every zuiko lens is my favourite lens

I hope you like them!

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Olympus E-30, ZD 9-18mm 4.0-5.6, ZD 50mm Makro 2.0, ZD 14-54mm 2.8-3.5, ZD 70-300 4.0-5.6

Light travel equipment:
Olympus EP-2, µZD 14-42mm , Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake.

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that's so great!
really like the butterfly
not only it's sharp, also the composit is great.
I think you must spend lot's of time capturing these two pictures

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Please forgive my poor English...
My camera gears
Sony M1
Olympus E-520
14-42mm, 40-150mm, 70-300mm
Wish list for now:
12-60mm or 14-54mm II, a decent tripod
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/donalone/
design portfolio: http://www.id.iit.edu/~chlee
blog: http://donniett.spaces.live.com (Chinese)

Thank you!

I really can't say I composed these images when shooting, because with insects, you usually don't have the time to spend much thought on how to shoot them. The result are many sucky pictures and some really good ones. The good ones, you crop the right way to make it seem like you composed something.

On the other hand, what am I talking? Of course I composed these shots cause I'm pro!

As to your question:

The 40-150mm is not made for macro work. You would need an additional lens like the raynox 250 to get decent results. I would prefer the 70-300 any day, even though it weights more.

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Olympus E-30, ZD 9-18mm 4.0-5.6, ZD 50mm Makro 2.0, ZD 14-54mm 2.8-3.5, ZD 70-300 4.0-5.6

Light travel equipment:
Olympus EP-2, µZD 14-42mm , Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake.

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70-300 @ 141mm, f/4.4, ISO100, 1/500, continuous drive mode, RAW converted via Oly Master2 with +2 sharpen, NF low

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Olympus E620 | 25/2.8 | 50/2 | 12-60 | 14-42 | 14-54 | 40-150 | 70-300
Olympus E-P2 | Panasonic GH2 | 20/1.7 | 14-42 | 14-140
Leica M7 | M9 | 21/4 | 35/1.4 | 50/2.5 | 50/1.5 | 70/2.5 | 90/2
Sony NEX-3 | 16/2.8| 18-55
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This is my favourite lens so far. It is very versatile (going from 140 to 600 mm) and is great for macro work.



Excellent shots. Kind a wish i had a olympus dslr now

E-30! Animals! Not macro! Enjoy!

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Olympus E-30, ZD 9-18mm 4.0-5.6, ZD 50mm Makro 2.0, ZD 14-54mm 2.8-3.5, ZD 70-300 4.0-5.6

Light travel equipment:
Olympus EP-2, µZD 14-42mm , Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake.

Cullmann Trento IT Daypack