You have inspired me for years and now I'm so happy that you stumbled on my channel and in turn have been inspired by my videos. This video was absolutely beautiful from beginning to end, please do more of these :D I can tell how much you enjoyed being in nature and that you had a special connection to your surroundings, macro photography helps you see the world in a way that you never saw it before and causes a deep appreciation for how beautiful the world is! As I mentioned before, I started my channel because of something you said in one of your older videos where you encouraged others to do so and it has been so much fun! You are a sweetheart to mention me, thank you so much! I rented the 85mm 1.2 once for a portrait shoot and because of your inspiring channel, those remain some of my favorite photos, and the bluebonnet on my channel banner was taken with the 85mm like yours.
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The empty aphids are called mummies, it's caused by minute parasitic wasps that eat the aphid from inside and then leave the aphid shell once fully grown... In a way it's like in the Alien movies :)
Macro and just landscape in general is a great way to recharge your creativity. I used extension tubes for a long time before buying a true macro lens. Beautiful work as always.
@@IreneRudnyk can't wait to see what you capture. I live just a short drive from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park and I don't shoot there nearly enough. Definitely gonna fix that.
Bit late and don't know if anyone has mentioned yet, but those 'cocoons' you mentioned near the ants and aphids are actually what are known as 'aphid mummies'. They are effectively the shed skin of the aphids that they emerge from as they get bigger! In your case if they are particularly hardened-looking and have a big hole out the back, usually the aphid was eaten alive inside and a parasitic wasp came out instead! The tiny wasp had laid its eggs inside the aphid while it was alive, and then they leave behind only the shed skin as evidence when they emerge! Those wasps themselves are great to photograph, they usually have quite long black antennae and big eyes, though to the untrained eye they just look like small flies until closer inspection. Cheers for the great video! Just getting into macro myself
Just got back from my land up there in the mountains of Cebu, Philippines doing macro photos of wild flowers and stumbled on your channel and my Heaven we got exactly the same lens....Thanks Irene never been so happy here with a photo artist from a world half away....hugzz..
As someone who has spent a number of years doing (mainly failing) at macro photography, a flash makes all the difference - especially if you diffuse it. To get more than a slice of eye on focus you need to be at like f/8 or f/11. At macro distances you still get a blurred background. Beautiful shots though, well done
Thank you so much for making this video, I love macro & close up photography. I don't have a macro lens but I use my 24mm with close up filters and sometimes my 50 mm lens to photograph flowers.
This was so peaceful & soothing. Please do some portraits in this location! I read somewhere that this lens is a beautiful portrait lens also so maybe use it for some?! 😄
IRENE- I've watched all your videos and I believe your one the finest portrait photographers in the world! Now you shoot macro photography and you do it so incredibly well! Irene you are something really special! You're very inspiring, Irene. Thank you, Randy B.
Thank you Sister Irene Rudnyk for making this vedio. In my whole of life I'm always want to capture something like this, but I have not the capability to buy like your camera, but today when I'm see your photography, I'm really feels the morning, when I'm woke up early and go outside to capture something like this types of photography from my android phone. Thank You a lot sister 💝💝💝💝
I love that you did this....3 years later, lol. I'm about to buy this lens and when i saw Irene photographing insects, I was like, what?? lol. Really nice/fun change of pace!
I have seen a lot of your videos Irene, and all I can say that you have a heart of pure gold. Thank you for all the love , heart and soul you put into your work.
I just bought the cheaper Canon 100mm 2.8 it.s the beginning of Winter here in the UK so let's see what we can get. Will hopefully be going out Sunday morning.
whoa! ok she is your mom???? I swear I thought she was your big sister. ALso I had stopped taking macro photography, now I wanna do it again because of you. Thanks.
The bee was OK. It was just upset with the camera/lens logo. Bees are usually Nikon lovers...lol. Very nice video. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.
Another good one Irene. I use my tripod with the head mounted to the bottom of the stem, with the head and the camera mounted upside down for low level macro photos. I use the Canon APP on my cell phone to display and trigger the camera (at 77 I don't bend to work low any more). If your tripod has 1/4-20 threaded stud on the bottom of it's stem, you can mount the head on either end of it. Upside down photos are easy to rotate with Photoshop or any photo processing software.
Yes, same! It's a beautiful portrait lens too! 85mm is still more flattering on facial features, but the 100mm also renders skin soft and feminine and with dreamy bokeh which would suit Irene's style perfectly!
I’m on the fence about also buying this lens. I’ve been told by several other photographers that the 100mm has a “clinical” look to it & they prefer the 85mm. I would love to know what you think :)
Liesl Huddleston Really? I thought 105mm would be more flattering due to the compression? I read somewhere it’s the focal length Surgeons use to photograph parts of the face as it’s the most accurate:)
Macro opens up a whole new world. You’re off to a good start. I have the Nikon 105 and love it. I think you might even use it in your portrait work. It’s not as fast as your others, but some of the detail shots you can get are a lot of fun.
A photoshoot with that light and fog would be amazing!! This video was so calm and wholesome. It was all about seeing the beauty in simple things around us.
I love that lens! What is so cool about macro is that, as you point out, opportunities for great pics are all around us in otherwise just ordinary settings!
Beautiful pictures!! they low key remind me of textbooks we used to have in school haha. The covers of the books would always have some macro nature photography on them
I only recently bought the EF 100mm 2.8, not the L version. Because that was the version I can afford for my 80D. I hope it does still take beautiful photos I am worried 😅😅😅
Flower photography can really be called flower portrait photography. Every flower has its own face. Obviously it's hard to direct (unless it's in a vase) but you can certainly work with the poses it naturally strikes... Lovely work, more please 😊
I am happy you are inspired by Liesl as am I, Irene you have started with a bang I do hope you do more macro thank you for sharing your very nice Images
Greetings from France. For a first try, this is great, Irene! I do like what you are doing in this shooting, which is more proxyphotography than pure macrophotography. It leads to soft and poetic pics, instead of anatomic frightful views of fly eyes, which are one of the most popular subjects in macrophoto... Do other tries, I'm sure we all will appreciate. By the way, I also suggest you to make portraits of your mum, who looks incredibly young and pretty!
Please do more macro photography, I’m a big fan of macro photos I find them soo peaceful. Also you are so brave to get near the spider webs 🕸 I’m terrified of spiders and the size of those webs tells me that they might be pretty big.
Battle between high f stops and light to have more in focus. Flash becomes a must for extreme macro shooters. You will still have blown out backgrounds. Have fun
Great lens! I enjoy mine greatly. Don't be afraid to get close, and use higher F numbers. The depth of field get shallower the closer you get with any F-stop. You are off to a good start so keep going.
Irene, a flash is a great choice. I shoot manual on camera and adjust to darken background a bit, then turn on the flash and adjust output down to add fill. I use LED to aid in focusing. Diffuse the flash output to soften the light. Most focusing is done by rocking forward and backward. (back button focus). It does take practice, but it's a blast! Enjoy...
100mm macro lens it a great portrait lens. Hopefully, you will give it a try. Knowing that you are a portrait shooter I was waiting for a macro Eye photo of a model.
Well done as always. The enlargements are a testament to your crisp focus! I love macro as it is a mechanical doorway into a world we never otherwise really see, and there is a lot of beauty hidden there!
This is great! Macro is very hard at first, at least of insects, haha. I mostly do floral photography, so it's easier to take a moment to adjust for the shoot. But I love photographing flowers and sometimes insects when they appear in the garden. I can't wait to see you try this again with the new RF 100mm f/2.8 lens and the R5.
I used to love taking macro photos. I bought a Nikon Z6 and my favourite macro lens, the Tamron 90mm, wouldn't work at all with the FTZ adapter. Now I'm waiting on Nikon to release their Z mount macro lens, but I'm sure it'll cost stupid amounts of money. Nikon's killing themselves with their current plan of releasing cheaper and cheaper bodies with no affordable glass available. Your photos are epic by the way. Made me yearn for my old camera and macro lens.
Enjoy the photos and great see you checking out some outside the norm photo, though your portraits are outstanding. I have the Canon 100 2.8 Macro also and do love it to get something outside the norm. It is a great lens and always nice to shoot something different than my typical landscape or wildlife. Thank you for sharing
Fine work Irene. I recently bought that lens but haven't had any time to try it out yet other than just playing with it. I'm looking forward to using it and your video just makes me want to even more!
Hello, great video and great beautiful photos, congratulations. I have just bought my 100mm lens and I am learning which filter do you use on your lens. What is your recommendation? happy Days...
HI, this was really good some of the photos with the light behind looked so cool. Thanks and please get a makro lens so I can see some more. Just bought myself a canon 100mm 2.8 non IS so learning myself, but you have gave me some ideas And inspired me to do more. Thanks Irene.
You have inspired me for years and now I'm so happy that you stumbled on my channel and in turn have been inspired by my videos. This video was absolutely beautiful from beginning to end, please do more of these :D I can tell how much you enjoyed being in nature and that you had a special connection to your surroundings, macro photography helps you see the world in a way that you never saw it before and causes a deep appreciation for how beautiful the world is!
As I mentioned before, I started my channel because of something you said in one of your older videos where you encouraged others to do so and it has been so much fun! You are a sweetheart to mention me, thank you so much! I rented the 85mm 1.2 once for a portrait shoot and because of your inspiring channel, those remain some of my favorite photos, and the bluebonnet on my channel banner was taken with the 85mm like yours.
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totally agree with Liesl!
Yes, please do more Videos of this kind.
Greetz from Germany
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Love that you are expanding your photography for the channel
try to take portraits in 100mm it will be awesome
The empty aphids are called mummies, it's caused by minute parasitic wasps that eat the aphid from inside and then leave the aphid shell once fully grown... In a way it's like in the Alien movies :)
More information about it : extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/aphid-parasitoids
That's fascinating!! Thank you for answering my question:)
Macro and just landscape in general is a great way to recharge your creativity. I used extension tubes for a long time before buying a true macro lens. Beautiful work as always.
totally! I am shooting some landscapes in the rocky mountains very soon :)
@@IreneRudnyk can't wait to see what you capture. I live just a short drive from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park and I don't shoot there nearly enough. Definitely gonna fix that.
Bit late and don't know if anyone has mentioned yet, but those 'cocoons' you mentioned near the ants and aphids are actually what are known as 'aphid mummies'.
They are effectively the shed skin of the aphids that they emerge from as they get bigger! In your case if they are particularly hardened-looking and have a big hole out the back, usually the aphid was eaten alive inside and a parasitic wasp came out instead! The tiny wasp had laid its eggs inside the aphid while it was alive, and then they leave behind only the shed skin as evidence when they emerge! Those wasps themselves are great to photograph, they usually have quite long black antennae and big eyes, though to the untrained eye they just look like small flies until closer inspection. Cheers for the great video! Just getting into macro myself
This video makes me wanna do macrophotography again with my little pocket camera 😍
Just got back from my land up there in the mountains of Cebu, Philippines doing macro photos of wild flowers and stumbled on your channel and my Heaven we got exactly the same lens....Thanks Irene never been so happy here with a photo artist from a world half away....hugzz..
As someone who has spent a number of years doing (mainly failing) at macro photography, a flash makes all the difference - especially if you diffuse it. To get more than a slice of eye on focus you need to be at like f/8 or f/11. At macro distances you still get a blurred background.
Beautiful shots though, well done
I would definitely try a flash or maybe led light next time.
The Canon EF 100/2.8L IS USM macro is awesome lens, especially on 5d Mark III. You should buy it, not just rent it :)
Not gonna lie,I definitely looked it up on eBay after shooting with it haha
I agree, there is something peaceful about photographing nature and capturing its beauty. Shooting macro is the only time I like bugs lol.
Thank you so much for making this video, I love macro & close up photography. I don't have a macro lens but I use my 24mm with close up filters and sometimes my 50 mm lens to photograph flowers.
This was so peaceful & soothing. Please do some portraits in this location! I read somewhere that this lens is a beautiful portrait lens also so maybe use it for some?! 😄
IRENE- I've watched all your videos and I believe your one the finest portrait photographers in the world! Now you shoot macro photography and you do it so incredibly well! Irene you are something really special! You're very inspiring, Irene. Thank you, Randy B.
thank yous so much Randy, you are too kind :)
I’m soooo relaxed right now. Thanks for sharing!
I felt the same😊
Thank you Sister Irene Rudnyk for making this vedio. In my whole of life I'm always want to capture something like this, but I have not the capability to buy like your camera, but today when I'm see your photography, I'm really feels the morning, when I'm woke up early and go outside to capture something like this types of photography from my android phone. Thank You a lot sister 💝💝💝💝
The pictures look magical 😍 I would love to see more videos like this. Its fun when you try different things 😊
I love that you did this....3 years later, lol. I'm about to buy this lens and when i saw Irene photographing insects, I was like, what?? lol. Really nice/fun change of pace!
Irene, Great job at experimenting with macro. you're great at what you do! However, I MUST comment on your mom. Wow, she's beautiful!
I have seen a lot of your videos Irene, and all I can say that you have a heart of pure gold. Thank you for all the love , heart and soul you put into your work.
Stuff like this just makes me love photography so much
Fantástica, Irene
Greetings from Spain!
I just bought the cheaper Canon 100mm 2.8 it.s the beginning of Winter here in the UK so let's see what we can get. Will hopefully be going out Sunday morning.
whoa! ok she is your mom???? I swear I thought she was your big sister. ALso I had stopped taking macro photography, now I wanna do it again because of you. Thanks.
The bee was OK. It was just upset with the camera/lens logo. Bees are usually Nikon lovers...lol.
Very nice video. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.
Haha , best comment
So pleasing 😌😌😌
You are so talented 😍😍😍❤
Love your work irene
This video felt so introspective and peaceful! I loved it!
Nice video. I like macro shooting. Like you mentioned, you always find more details when you look closer.
OMG. That was one of the best videos I've ever seen. Literally took me along with you in that photo session. So relaxing.
WHO could not like this video - do NOT be dismayed, dear Irene - YOU ARE GIFTED BEYOND MOST! love, Love, LOVE you!!
I love macro photography!🥰🥰🥰
Another good one Irene.
I use my tripod with the head mounted to the bottom of the stem, with the head and the camera mounted upside down for low level macro photos. I use the Canon APP on my cell phone to display and trigger the camera (at 77 I don't bend to work low any more). If your tripod has 1/4-20 threaded stud on the bottom of it's stem, you can mount the head on either end of it. Upside down photos are easy to rotate with Photoshop or any photo processing software.
I would love to see you shoot some portraits with the 100mm macro & talk about how it differs from your go to 85mm :)
Yes, same! It's a beautiful portrait lens too! 85mm is still more flattering on facial features, but the 100mm also renders skin soft and feminine and with dreamy bokeh which would suit Irene's style perfectly!
I’m on the fence about also buying this lens. I’ve been told by several other photographers that the 100mm has a “clinical” look to it & they prefer the 85mm. I would love to know what you think :)
I did take a few pictures of my mom and I was super impressed with the lens. Maybe I'll rent it out again for a portrait shoot :)
Liesl Huddleston Really? I thought 105mm would be more flattering due to the compression? I read somewhere it’s the focal length Surgeons use to photograph parts of the face as it’s the most accurate:)
Irene Rudnyk Do it! Frame your subject the same with both lenses & compare the fall off, sharpness, compression & bokeh 🙌🏼
You’re a beautiful human Irene 🙏🏼❤️ thank you for sharing this video with us
love the Bob Ross feel to this video, happy little macros
How on earth has this got 15 thumbs down? Lovely video.
Macro opens up a whole new world. You’re off to a good start. I have the Nikon 105 and love it. I think you might even use it in your portrait work. It’s not as fast as your others, but some of the detail shots you can get are a lot of fun.
A photoshoot with that light and fog would be amazing!! This video was so calm and wholesome. It was all about seeing the beauty in simple things around us.
Ahh, It was so beautiful!! Now I have to find a model who is willing to shoot at 6am in th morning haha
I love that lens! What is so cool about macro is that, as you point out, opportunities for great pics are all around us in otherwise just ordinary settings!
These are beautiful! Macro is one of my favorites!
Your mom very supportive to your passion I love you both
This is very beautiful, Irene. I love this 😍😍😍😍
Beautiful pictures!! they low key remind me of textbooks we used to have in school haha. The covers of the books would always have some macro nature photography on them
I got my own 100 recently and I have spent all my free time outside in the garden. It is just amazing! it is a different world
I only recently bought the EF 100mm 2.8, not the L version. Because that was the version I can afford for my 80D. I hope it does still take beautiful photos I am worried 😅😅😅
Flower photography can really be called flower portrait photography. Every flower has its own face. Obviously it's hard to direct (unless it's in a vase) but you can certainly work with the poses it naturally strikes... Lovely work, more please 😊
Ms Irene you are my idol I love the way you take pictures even it's hard to maintain the small insect in the garden.....GOD BLESS....
I am happy you are inspired by Liesl as am I, Irene you have started with a bang I do hope you do more macro thank you for sharing your very nice Images
Greetings from France. For a first try, this is great, Irene! I do like what you are doing in this shooting, which is more proxyphotography than pure macrophotography. It leads to soft and poetic pics, instead of anatomic frightful views of fly eyes, which are one of the most popular subjects in macrophoto... Do other tries, I'm sure we all will appreciate. By the way, I also suggest you to make portraits of your mum, who looks incredibly young and pretty!
Please do more macro photography, I’m a big fan of macro photos I find them soo peaceful. Also you are so brave to get near the spider webs 🕸 I’m terrified of spiders and the size of those webs tells me that they might be pretty big.
I love spiders! I always pick them up and take them outside if I find one in my house haha
Irene Rudnyk you are a brave soul lol I usually have to ask my sister to help me with spider because I am way too chicken to even go near them.
That was quite peaceful.
Hope you do more macro photography. Yours are beautiful as you you are finding shots that usually get over looked.
The images are so nice, esp the spider web. I like your approach... so therapeutic and enjoyable.
Battle between high f stops and light to have more in focus. Flash becomes a must for extreme macro shooters. You will still have blown out backgrounds. Have fun
Please do more macro photography AND please do some portraits with this lens too!!! 😍😍😍
Oh those little snippets are stunning.. I love that camera!
I came here to watch this video because I can't wait for your new RF 100mm macro review 😂 💕
You always give me an inspiration for me to make a photography...love u 😭❤️
God bless photography, it has the to show the beauty in the moments, specially remembering our lost ones ❤️
Great lens! I enjoy mine greatly. Don't be afraid to get close, and use higher F numbers. The depth of field get shallower the closer you get with any F-stop. You are off to a good start so keep going.
I am thinking of trying it out with some additional lighting next, maybe a flash or a small LED, then I can shoot higher f stops
Irene, a flash is a great choice. I shoot manual on camera and adjust to darken background a bit, then turn on the flash and adjust output down to add fill. I use LED to aid in focusing. Diffuse the flash output to soften the light. Most focusing is done by rocking forward and backward. (back button focus). It does take practice, but it's a blast! Enjoy...
Fantastic video,I've done this sort of photography many times,the best time is in the autumn when flowers are dieting oyou get fantastic colours, 📷📷📷
100mm macro lens it a great portrait lens. Hopefully, you will give it a try. Knowing that you are a portrait shooter I was waiting for a macro Eye photo of a model.
Nice shots! You definitely should get your own lens!
Thanks for the tip with water. Do you ever do photography like that if there is no sun?
Well done as always. The enlargements are a testament to your crisp focus! I love macro as it is a mechanical doorway into a world we never otherwise really see, and there is a lot of beauty hidden there!
This is great! Macro is very hard at first, at least of insects, haha. I mostly do floral photography, so it's easier to take a moment to adjust for the shoot. But I love photographing flowers and sometimes insects when they appear in the garden. I can't wait to see you try this again with the new RF 100mm f/2.8 lens and the R5.
So relaxing and pretty! Your videos are inspiring and informative. Thanks for sharing. Now, I want to go out and shoot macro again.
I loved your video very much. I have just ordered one.
Really really really beautiful !!!!!!
What Canon did you should from please? It’s a really helpful video you’ve made. Thanks.
Subscriber from the Cebu, Philippines here thanks for posting Irene. Really love your macros...
Absolutely! Please do more macro photog vids!
definitely you should do more that type of videos and photos. it came out really well. cheers
i like macro i would like to see more videos like this
nature photography lovely video dear
that bee is patient asf
Thank you for your kind speech in this video. Divine well-being... :)
I used to love taking macro photos. I bought a Nikon Z6 and my favourite macro lens, the Tamron 90mm, wouldn't work at all with the FTZ adapter. Now I'm waiting on Nikon to release their Z mount macro lens, but I'm sure it'll cost stupid amounts of money. Nikon's killing themselves with their current plan of releasing cheaper and cheaper bodies with no affordable glass available. Your photos are epic by the way. Made me yearn for my old camera and macro lens.
Lovely video! 100mm macro still on my list, one day i will own one, for sure!
I agree, it‘s a great lens 👍✳️👍✳️👍✳️
I can say that I found my favourite RUclips channel and totally love your voice! I can fall asleep and dream about taking pictures in Wonderland!
Love these! I am wondering what microphone you are using, if any, when you are taking these videos? Or do you speak over the footage?
Beautiful! I’ve been looking at this lens for a while. It will be my next purchase.
Enjoy the photos and great see you checking out some outside the norm photo, though your portraits are outstanding. I have the Canon 100 2.8 Macro also and do love it to get something outside the norm. It is a great lens and always nice to shoot something different than my typical landscape or wildlife. Thank you for sharing
You’re awesome madame you should do a photo walk in New York 😍😍😍
Very nice video and the good idears. Why is some the animals very small mit Canon 100mm 2.8L. And do you use DSRL?
I love how this video looked! It was so beautiful.
Fine work Irene. I recently bought that lens but haven't had any time to try it out yet other than just playing with it. I'm looking forward to using it and your video just makes me want to even more!
Have fun using it! Macro photography is a fascinating world!
Gracias!
Hello, great video and great beautiful photos, congratulations. I have just bought my 100mm lens and I am learning which filter do you use on your lens. What is your recommendation? happy Days...
Loved the video. Please do more macro photography.
So beautiful picture
This is so helpful, thanx for making this video ....loved it
Can't wait I need to have this macro lens
this was so soothing! please do more of this style
This is very inspiring!
Love them all 💜
Amazing!
HI, this was really good some of the photos with the light behind looked so cool.
Thanks and please get a makro lens so I can see some more.
Just bought myself a canon 100mm 2.8 non IS so learning myself, but you have gave me some ideas
And inspired me to do more. Thanks Irene.
Girl !! you have the gift ;-)