Canon MP-E 65mm

Well, I went nuts today and bought a Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens, review here..

I am a sadist, I know I will have nothing but grief trying to get good shots with the shallow DOF on this thing. The amount of light it sucks makes focusing all but impossible! But it is soooo cool……
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Well, maybe I was just really grumpy

Well, maybe I was just grumpy….


Anne (bloodstone) just let me know she saw an image of mine used at Spend Less Shoes.  Needless to say I am all excited about seeing it for myself.  I have looked up the store and there are two near by.  I will have to stop by tomorrow and see if they are being used here as well as in Adelaide.


As for my frustrations, I think I will just avoid the off-topic form at iStock for a long while.


Thanks for the support Anne and Nic!


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Should I stay with iStock?


Awe bugger.  between the previous thread I posted about and this thread



I am seriously wondering if I want to stay associated wiith iStock.



Maybe I am just in a stressed out and grumpy mood today, but I sure don't feel like staying this morning.

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Shooting around Brisbane

Just spent the morning out shooting.    Sigh, too many flowers!

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More diving photos

Well, took a while to get the photos out, but here are the best of them…..  Fairly strong surge make it difficult to get a good shot, as the swell is moving you a meter or more at times! (I know, excuses excuses).


I have also found that I have become sea sick every time I have taken my camera out… coincidence???  I very rarely got sea sick before using my camera.  Oh well, tablets it is, cause I am not giving up the housing!


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Starfish – possibly Nectra macrobrachia although the colour is too dark








Zoanthid of some sort, a colonial that resembles small anemones




Below are some of my favourite animals too, Nudibranchs (naked gills).  The variations in colours and shapes of these animals never ceases to amaze me!


Nudibranch – possibly Phyllidiella pustulosa







Nudibranch – Chromodoris kuiteri









Coral






Stony coral – Plesiastrea versipora








I still don't know if any of this is stock worthy though…..  I don't think it is quite what designers would be after.

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