Praying mantis Macro Video with Canon 7D and mp-e65mm

Macro video of a small praying mantis (2cm long) using Canon 7D and canon mp-e65mm lens.

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• Insect
• praying
• mantis
• HD
• video
• canon
• 7D
• macro
• photography

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[ZX10Rviper]

@YYYYYYYYYYZZZZZZZZZZ thanks, this was at approximately 2x magnification on the 7D, so the frame is 10mm wide, so any small movements 1mm across is moving the frame a whole 10% which is quite significant. Maybe next time ill try a tripod.

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[LifeISMagix]

Mantis's are some scary shit insect... too much of an alien face...fuck :-/

[Naturaldefenceplant]

@krazy4baja

Yep you are right. Most of the still done at high mag macro level of insects are usually done with a flash as they move around alot and you do need narrow aperture to get a little dof but at high magnification ambient light is never enough, A flash can freeze motion very well in this situation and means most macro setups can be done hand held, eg. f/10 iso 100 1/200s and powerful flash will give good exposure. :)

[krazy4baja]

I can see it's a vid. and it's awesome!. I meant that if you were taking a still pic for something up close in macro if you want more to be in focus then go to a better aperture to increase the field depth (more of the pic in focus) and for the 5-10 second thing was using the timer to take a pic if you want no camera shake for a better focused pic. But I can see the effect you are going for and it looks great. Don't mind me I'm just a beginner so my input may be wrong!.

[Naturaldefenceplant]

@krazy4baja

IM not sure what you mean about using f/22 and 5-10 seconds? This is a video so the shutter speed must be at least 1/30s. Also the light is not enough to use f/22.

For the pictures, I use f/10 and flash to deliver enough light for the pictures. All the pictures are done hand held as the flash will freeze any hand shake. It is possible to see IQ degredation significantly over f/10 at higher magnifications therefore I think f/10 is a good compromise between DoF and IQ :)

[OneFabFisher]

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[krazy4baja]

Pritty cool pic but remember to use the smallest ap possible like f22 or so. I know it's hard to get close cuz it will effect depth of feild. Have you tryed some extension rings on the lens. Try a tripod like the others said and for a steadier shot and use a timed shutter setting like 5-10 seconds after you press the shutter button to ensure there's no camera movement. Awesome camera you got as well. I may be getting a d7 too!.

[Warialasky]

Awesome!!!

[seizureplease]

Holy shit, nice lens.