New to Macro Photography

Today, I bought a new lens – a Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro IS.  It’s a really cool lens and allows 1:1 photos of objects.  I haven’t done much macro photography in the past because I haven’t had a lens capable. These are some shots from testing it out in my backyard.

From what I’ve learned in the hour spent with Macro photography, is that it’s incredibly difficult.  Depth of field is SO shallow that you have to shoot at high apertures to get anything in focus. Shooting at those apertures requires low shutter speeds which means both you and the subject need to remain still.  In addition, most tiny critters don’t like to stay still for very long.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/100, f/8, ISO 400)

This guy was less than 5mm long.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/100, f/9, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/400, f/5, ISO 640)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/500, f/5, ISO 640)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/500, f/6.3, ISO 640)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/500, f/6.3, ISO 640)

I don’t know what this insect is, but it scares me. Also, I didn’t notice when I took it, but it looks like eggs to the right.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/500, f/5, ISO 640)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 100 mm, 1/250, f/5, ISO 640)