can I get the same?

In theory yes. The quality in those pictures is more dependent on the know how of the photographer than the camera or the lens. It takes time to build the understanding of how to compose, light and execute a good photo. Shots like that are achievable with substatially lesser cameras than the t3i.
 
Those pictures can be taken with even less expensive cameras, as long as the cameras can reach the (low) resolutions. Lens matters only in the sense that without a lens your t3i just can't take any picture. But for those snake pictuers, a kit lens should be good enough.

The real trick is in lighting.
 
You need a pretty sharp lens. Even though we're looking at relatively low-res jpgs here, these images are very, very sharp and with great contrast and I don't see any chromatic abberation. The sensor is definitely good enough in the T3i if you shoot raw at a low iso, but you'll probably want one of the sharp Canon macros for a lens and then really, really, really work on your lighting skills in addition to your lightroom/photoshop skills.

The D300 is a great camera with a good sensor and nice color, and Nikon sensors are known for being very sharp -- even still, you should be able to pull off shots like this with a T3i and a lot of work. These aren't easy pictures to pull off, and many of the shots on this forum are macro lens shots without question. You can't get that kind of close-focus and scale-detail otherwise.
 
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Hi, I'm a Photographer.

You should be able shoot these on a T3i and a 100mm lens. These aren't particularly macro - the Photographer is quite far away.

More importantly- these are studio strobes and flashes used for the lighting. You can tell by how glossy the quality of light is and that the dof is pin sharp [probably between F/8-F/13].

If you're using a cheaper lens, try and invest in a tripod and remote trigger to reduce shake (but likely you'll be shooting at 1/250 or 1/500 shutter anyway with the flashes) and Photoshop Camera Raw to reduce chromatic abberation and lens distortion.
 
The Canon 100 is fantastic, and the 60mm APS-C macro is also very good. Even less expensive would be an older Canon EF compact macro, I believe it's a 50mm f/2.5, and that's a great lens. Depends on how physically close you wanna get to the snake :)
 
Lammy said:
Hi, I'm a Photographer.

You should be able shoot these on a T3i and a 100mm lens. These aren't particularly macro - the Photographer is quite far away.

More importantly- these are studio strobes and flashes used for the lighting. You can tell by how glossy the quality of light is and that the dof is pin sharp [probably between F/8-F/13].

If you're using a cheaper lens, try and invest in a tripod and remote trigger to reduce shake (but likely you'll be shooting at 1/250 or 1/500 shutter anyway with the flashes) and Photoshop Camera Raw to reduce chromatic abberation and lens distortion.
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My bet is that these are on some kind of macro. Snakes like this aren't actually very big, you couldn't get this kind of detail and magnification if you were very far away with a standard telephoto. But instead of speculating I think I'm just going to e-mail the photographer and ask. You are right, of course, about the studio strobes.
 
thisisapocalypse said:
My bet is that these are on some kind of macro. Snakes like this aren't actually very big, you couldn't get this kind of detail and magnification if you were very far away with a standard telephoto. But instead of speculating I think I'm just going to e-mail the photographer and ask. You are right, of course, about the studio strobes.
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The first series are of a green tree pyhon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_viridis

The are about 3-6 feet long, so the eyes must be about 6-8mm at a guess. On an APS-C sensor, that eye would have to be at least 1/3 the width of the frame to be considered 1:1 macro. Looking at the eyesize on the closest shot, I'd say a magnification of around 1:5 should do it.

I'm not saying it wasn't a macro lens used, just that these are not really macro shots.
 
thisisapocalypse said:
My bet is that these are on some kind of macro. Snakes like this aren't actually very big, you couldn't get this kind of detail and magnification if you were very far away with a standard telephoto. But instead of speculating I think I'm just going to e-mail the photographer and ask. You are right, of course, about the studio strobes.
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It could be shot with a macro lens but there wouldn't be a real need (unless the Photographer wanted to take photos of just scales or big eyes- which he hasn't done in these examples with the exception of the yellow hatchling). And we wouldn't want to spook a snake too much that by firing away so close... just like we don't really get many Photographers flying up close in the clouds to shoot birds or laying next to polar bears. I mean it does happen (ala BBC Earth, Frozen Planet etc) but most of us don't ;)

Regardless though, for video purposes - probably wont be able to get this look due to
a) need a crap ton of continuous light like direct sunlight or a a huge HMI
b) t3i video resolution is really mushy and will also moire the fine detail.


EDIT: Just checked the meta-data, it says Nikon D300, F/13, 1/250, ISO 200, 105mm for nearly all the shots... I believe the 105mm is a macro lens so you have the option to do super extreme close-ups, but for these shots you could do it with a cheaper lens without a macro feature or vibration reduction... (albeit harder and more creatively lol)
 
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