Roman Kurywczak
08-18-2012, 09:36 AM
Decided to play around a bit last weekend with the Sigma 70mm macro. I have always wanted to do under water photography but my wife has drawn the line in the sand as to spending the $$$ for the housing. What to do? Well......I know macro mod Steve Maxson builds his own aquatic tanks.....so off I went to the local pet superstore to see what I could buy off the shelf. First, I found a small 2 and a half gallon tank for $14. Check. Then they happened to have a few fire bellied toads for sale......for only $2.50! Got two! A bit of gravel and frog food.....for a total of around $30 made the setup. The next morning I woke up.....went to the local pond.....took some duckweed home in a contained.....added it to the tank. Threw a rock in from my yard and voila! Hours of patience and one of my fake sky BG's.....this is the result.
Might be a bit over the top but it was a great learning experience as well as lots of fun. I will experiment with other BG's in the future.
Canon 1D Mark 3 with the Sigma 70mm macro lens at f/14 for 1/250 sec. and ISO 800 natural light, gold reflector, HH. Clean up to glass and water done in CS5. Almost FF.
Might be a bit over the top but it was a great learning experience as well as lots of fun. I will experiment with other BG's in the future.
Canon 1D Mark 3 with the Sigma 70mm macro lens at f/14 for 1/250 sec. and ISO 800 natural light, gold reflector, HH. Clean up to glass and water done in CS5. Almost FF.