Leaf hopper and mating midges

Nice and close! Do you find there is a drop in clarity when using tubes?
 
supergeeman said:
Nice and close! Do you find there is a drop in clarity when using tubes?
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Thanks Geeman, when using all three ext tubes(69mm) @1:1 a drop in clarity is very noticeable but that could be due to the hair thin dof or me not lighting effectively or any number of factors I might be missing in the rush to get a clean shot. Using 33mm of tubes make the whole rig much more controllable and I struggle to see much of a difference between images shot on them and just the bare lens.
GardenersHelper said:
Nicely done with some small subjects. Did you crop a lot? (I'm wondering how you got that very good amount of DOF. It makes me wonder about the aperture you used, as well as how much cropping.)
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Cheers Nick, As to the shots apertures, the leafhopper was shot @ f11 and the midges were shot @f10. I did crop a fair amount and they needed some noise correction and selective sharpening in PS afterwards. I'm not sure what you consider a lot so I'll just show you the original framing.
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RyanB said:
Thanks Geeman, when using all three ext tubes(69mm) @1:1 a drop in clarity is very noticeable but that could be due to the hair thin dof or me not lighting effectively or any number of factors I might be missing in the rush to get a clean shot. Using 33mm of tubes make the whole rig much more controllable and I struggle to see much of a difference between images shot on them and just the bare lens.

Cheers Nick, As to the shots apertures, the leafhopper was shot @ f11 and the midges were shot @f10. I did crop a fair amount and they needed some noise correction and selective sharpening in PS afterwards. I'm not sure what you consider a lot so I'll just show you the original framing.
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Thanks Ryan. What camera and lens?
 
Heavy crops but they work well Ryan
 
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