Macro photography (corals and macroalgae)

[tektite]

Sooo, I finally got a macro lens!!! So excited, its been a long time coming lol. Took it for a first day test drive...some pics not so great on technical quality but I still liked them. Will have better pics after a little practice

Rainbow tube anemone


Encrusting blue iridescent codium


Maze brain


Purple and gold lobo


Iridescent macroalgae


Ultra gold/rainbow hammer


Pink goniopora


Superman rhodactis


Pavona


Papaya clove polyps

 

[tektite]

Conical spine starfish


Purple hammer


Mycedium chalice


Cyphastrea


Undata monti


Bicolor hammer


Purple branching macroalgae


Red macroalgae


Acropora


Branching coraline algae

 

[tektite]

Dragon's tongue Halymenia


Green with purple tip frogspawn


ORA red goniopora frags


Pink/green birdsnest


Fluorescent green hammer


Green birdsnest


Green deepwater acro


Photosynthetic gorgonian


Eagle eye zoas

 

[nivek]

Awesome pics!

 

[ddelozier]

Sweet pics.

 

[goma]

Very nicely done!

 

[swordstool]

Great pics!

 

[Oxylebius]

Wow - I would love to print some of these out and post in my cube at work!

 

[saltfan]

very nice...

 

[tektite]

I need to post some more pics now that I've had the macro lens for awhile, I'm much better at using it

 

[JoeCanada11]

Wow Tek sick picks and even sicker corals!!!! Where are the acans hiding.

 

[forestal]

Fantastic shots - would you mind sharing how you take your shots -hope you don't mind me picking your brain
I have canon t3i and have a low end macro f2.5 50mm
Looking to get a rubber lens hood and get up against the glass with tripod low ISO. I don't think my lens lets me focus from so close and tend to get better shots with my zoom from afar and was gonna pull out my basic lens 18-50mm 5.5