robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I was fooling around, trying my Tamron 180 macro with the 1.4x and 2.0x Kenko Pro 300 extenders on my 80D. I used to use the 180 + 1.4x on my 7DII a lot for hummers in the yard. Sit in a lawn chair 6-8 feet from the feeder and wait for them to start ignoring me and come back. I did this a little with my 6D also. I found the combo was quite good, but the 2x was very soft with those two bodies. So I am trying it with my new bodies, today was the 80D's turn. In the next few days I will try with the 5DIV.

The 80D and this combo does very well also. I posted a much reworked image that started out rather poor quality of a humming bird with the 1.4x and I have several of flies on the milkweed flowers to still process done with that combo.

These two were of some unopened milkweed buds - even smaller than the flowers. These are with the 2x extender for a combined angle of view of a 576 mm lens. Both are heavily cropped and both have the same settings. I tried two different PP approaches with more use of the color sliders in LR on #1 including both yellow and red saturation and luminance. this gave the high lights a weird color cast. In #2 I just did exposure, contrast and highlight/shadows. Then I backed off the saturation and luminance of the truely glaring and over done greens in the OOC.

80D, Tamron 180 macro + 2x Kenko Pro 300 extender = 576 mm AOV, 1/250 @ f/11 on camera fill flash, hand held at aprx 3.5 feet

The 2x works much better with the 80D than it did the 7DII. Not as sharp as the 1.4x but close.

Tried changing contrast and yellow sat/luminance don't really like the colors of the high lights

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Tweaks and reduced greens

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CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Jerry, thank you for the education you just gave me. I am down to one body, the 6Dii. I will give the 1.4 TC a try later this weekend.

Thanks again for the effort and photos.

Greg

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

You are welcome. I started my Canon journey with a 6D, then added a 7DII and last Nov/Dec I traded those and a bunch of other stuff and got the 5DIV* and 80D. I wanted more mega pixels and more f/8 focus points on my crop sensor "bird" camera - I miss the extra controls etc on the 7DII - now saving money so when the 7DIII comes out I can pick up a body - 80D will go to my wife who wants me to teach her more about photography so we can go park prowling together and get exercise together. She uses an SX50 at present.

*I started to get the 6DII and then decided to just go all the way and got the 5DIV when Canon had the special with battery grip and a $200 discount off just the body price.

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Beautiful set, Jerry!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks a lot.

timm27 Loc: Earth

Excellent pp of a well done image

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Bob, you are becoming a Jedi macro master!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks very much

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks, but let's just say every so often I score a goal.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I really like the quality and closeness of your images so thanks for sharing.

I've got a 60mm and a 105mm macro and the longer focal distance macro like yours is on my wish list for situations as you mentioned with your humming birds, it has a longer focus reach. With my 60mm I almost have to place the lens on the subject which makes taking images of critters quite frustrating.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thank you
I also use a Canon 100 macro at times. And when I don't have my macro or don't have time to change my 100-400L makes a decent sub as it focus to a bit less than 3 feet (even with the 1.4x on it) and with a bit of cropping does a good imitation of being a macro.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

In the second shot the colors really pop against the black background!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thank you