Macro and Micro

Fluffy cat

2009-10-28T11:41:00.000-07:00

Photo from cats exhibition in Rybnik in Poland.

Eyes in the eyes

2009-10-24T11:49:00.000-07:00

Very high magnification photo of insect eyes.

Fighting ants

2009-10-22T11:49:00.000-07:00

Fighting ants.

Hairy eyes

2009-10-20T11:46:00.000-07:00

An insect with hairy... eyes. Very high magnification.

Pointy ears

2009-10-18T11:44:00.000-07:00

Kitty with very pointy ears from cats exhibition in Rybnik, Poland.

I can see you!

2009-10-15T11:50:00.000-07:00

Small insect on a leaf.

Pansy

2009-10-13T11:53:00.000-07:00

Pansy flower.

Fly away!

2009-10-11T11:51:00.000-07:00

Insect just trying to fly away.

Ladybug

2009-10-09T08:55:00.000-07:00

Ladybug on a leaf.

A puppy

2009-10-07T11:43:00.000-07:00

A cute puppy from dogs exhibition in Rybnik, Poland.

Blog about mirrorless cameras

2009-10-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

I started a new blog about cameras without a mirror but with interchangable lens (called sometimes EVIL) like Micro Four Thirds (EP-1, GF1, GH1) or Samsung NX.

Bee in a flower

2009-10-05T11:56:00.000-07:00

Bee inside a flower.

Humble-bee, hedgehog

2009-02-28T09:20:00.000-08:00

One of the best shots of humbe-bee I was able to get last year. They are very fast and it's hard to get a good photo of them.

And here another shot of the same hedgehog you could see in my previous post:

Some bug, don't know what it's called.

Cat, Pidgeon and Hedgehog

2009-02-08T06:25:00.000-08:00

My cat

Pidgeon

Hedgehog

Forest - colors of Autumn

2008-12-17T13:17:00.000-08:00

All photos taken in a forest near where I live:

RYSUNEK

Scorpionfly during a break

2008-08-14T09:02:00.000-07:00

Today three flying insects during a break...

Whole universe in one eye

Scorpionfly (Panorpa Communis, Male)

The Colors

Snail and grass

2008-08-08T11:37:00.000-07:00

Today only two photos: a very small snail that took off after the rain and some grass.

Zuiko 70-300mm and Raynox DCR-250

2008-08-08T04:05:00.000-07:00

Some technical information about using Zuiko 70-300mm with Raynox DCR-250. Skip if you want only photos. :)

All tests on manual focus. Smallest focus distance: 110-130 mm from the Raynox. Should suffice. Largest object that could be photographed: 30 mm. Magnifications and maximum object sizes:

1. Focus at infinity

focal lenght	frame width	magnification
70mm	30 mm	0,57x
100mm	20 mm	0,8x
150mm	15 mm	1,1x
200mm	10 mm	1,7x
300mm	7 mm	2,4x

2. Closest focus

focal lenght	frame width	magnification
70mm	20 mm	0,8x
100mm	15 mm	1,1x
150mm	10 mm	1,7x
200mm	7 mm	2,4x
300mm	5 mm	3,4x

DOF at 200-300 is very, very, very small even at f22.

One of the first acceptable photos I took with it (ISO400, cropped):

Meadow and dandelions

2008-08-02T08:02:00.000-07:00

Today the weather was great, so I took some photos in my neighborhood.

Meadow. It's converted from ORF (Olympus RAW file) in Raw Therapee.

A church very, very far away. Zuiko 30-700mm lens are quite handy. You could see the waving of the air - it's VERY hot today.

Dandelions almost in sepia...

First test with new camera

2008-08-02T05:46:00.000-07:00

Harnet eye, flower and cross-spider. First photos I took with Olympus E-520. The DOF (depth of field) is much smaller than on my old Fuji, so I need to close the aperture and it's harder to light the insect properly. So those are only test. All photos were taken with ZD 30-700mm and Raynox DCR-250.

Darkness is coming

2008-07-03T23:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I took some photos during a thunderstorm. 100 photos and only two thunders. But it was worth a try.

All comments are welcome.

Eyes and dinner

2008-06-22T02:01:00.000-07:00

Today interesting eyes of some flying insect:

Spider dinner:

And grasshoper:

Death in the fetters

2008-06-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

New photos of insects. Last week I took photos of some very small grasshoppers, one of them is below, cute little bugs.

Death in the fetters

Young grasshopper

Red eyes reduction: off

Shining

All comments welcome. Contact: magnesus@gmail.com.

Azalea flowers

2008-05-30T22:16:00.000-07:00

Three photos of Azalea flowers.
The first two were taken with Raynox macro converter and a flash light.

All comments are appreciated.

New wave of Insects

2008-05-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

There was a lot of good weather several days ago, so I took my camera on a little trip into the... grass. Some of the insects I found are below.
Right know I consider buying Olympus E-520 but am still not sure. DSLR and the glass for it costs much and sometimes I think Fuji s6500fd (known also as s6000fd) and Raynox DCR-250 is enough for me. But... you know. Sometimes I have to fight the noise with Neat Image (by the way - it works just fine on Linux) or Greycstoration (GIMP plugin) even at ISO 100 and it's time consuming. With E-520 the quality of the photos would - I bet - greately improve.
Well, but - here are the photos.

Red on green

Ant on top

Very small bee, don't know the species

Wasp 1

Wasp 2

Strange green bug

Small moth during sleep

Spider: Going down

Spider: Looking at you

And a flower at the end:

Awaiting comments. ;)

A view of the mountains and some experiments

2008-05-12T00:28:00.000-07:00

Photos from Beskidy - small mountains in Poland - I took last month.

Colorful wood

And some experiments. Post processed in GIMP:

Magical forest

There is something in the woods...

Darkness is coming

Panorama view of Beskidy

Same place, different photo

Bird was not at home

At the river

Feel free to comment.

Bumblebee, ant and their friends

2008-04-25T13:21:00.000-07:00

Well, the temperature is rising and there is more and more insects on the loose. Below are some of the first bug pictures I took this year.

Bumblebee in colors

Testing the flower

Hiding in the darkness, waiting for prey...

Strange little something

I'm shining, do you see?

Still waiting for some comments, you know...

Leaves and a bee

2008-04-12T06:19:00.000-07:00

Today for the first time in this year the weather was quite good, so I took my camera and macro converter and took some pictures. The insects were still hiding, but there were some interesting looking leaves:

Fungus on a bark of an old pear tree:

I also catched a sleeping bee:

Flowers, flowers

2008-04-10T03:23:00.000-07:00

Spring is near so today some flowers to prepare you for things to come. ;)

Hope you enjoy it. All those photos I took last year.

Starling and a frog

2008-04-06T13:18:00.000-07:00

Last year I took some photos of a young starling who could barely fly that I want to share with you:

Quite a cute little bird it was. I also found a frog in the grass but I took only one picture before it jumped away. Fortunately I had my Raynox DCR-250 macro converter on, so it's a close-up on the eyes:

Electricity and nature

2008-02-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

Some landscape photos I took in summer and fall.

Electricity

Gilded birch

Green Forest

Lost-like tree - this tree looks like some tree from the island in the Lost series.

Storm is coming

High voltage pylon from afar

All comments are welcome.

The first look

2008-02-17T04:41:00.000-08:00

Well, I decided to start a blog with my photos. It will mostly be nature photography - bugs and insects, flowers and vistas. I hope you'll enjoy. I hope you'll comment. I hope you'll forgive my English. In the first post I'll show you some different themes, that you might see on the "Macro and Micro" in the future. I'm just learning photography - so be understanding for my mistakes and help me by making comments!

Let's fly - it's one of the first pictures I made with Raynox DCR-250.

Dewdrops on petals

Fall came to my village

Big ears - this photo of a fallow deer was made at some forester's lodge.

Well, enjoy, criticize and come back for more in the future.