Slowly getting it rite. . . . . . . . . Gotto love Macro!

In the last month I have been busy purchasing equipment dedicated to Macro Photography. It's been an education regarding the equipment most often used to get up close and personal to your subject, and equipment not so commanly used. I went with the latter, which tends to be a little less expensive compared with the more common equipment. The following images were shot with my trusty Canon 7D and my 100-400mm EF lens with x5 diopter fitting. The Diopter allows the photographer to get alot closer to the subject.
The general shooting distance for 100-400mm lens is about 1,8m. With the Diopter I am able to get within 15cm of what I want to shoot.

To give you an idea of the differance's between shooting without a Diopter and shooting with the Diopter, I have uploaded to pictures as examples. The first image will be shot without the Diopter on the 100-400mm, at a distance of 1,8m. The second image was shot using the Diopter on the 100-400mm at a distance of
22 cm. This little Jumping Spider was less then 4mm in length!

Without the use of the x5 Diopter attachment.



Using the x5 Diopter brings the subject in nice and close.



A little thought put into the equipment that you may purchase and it might very well pay off with very little expense! I have added afew more for your veiwing pleasure.



Sac Spider





1st Inster Gorgeous Grasshopper



Still trying to get a hang of the process in Macro, but definately loving the differant aspect in this type of photography! Keep an eye out for future posts and let me know what you think!