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Post by rasbury on Aug 24, 2012 1:29:05 GMT
Got home from work and it wasn't raining so I thought I might get a few more shots of the zinnia plants tonight.Unfortunately my little friend moved on or the cats ate him :PHad one lone white zinnia so of course I had to shoot it.The other i liked because of the mixture of colors within it. White Zinnia f/11@1/320 sec,ISO 800,1:2 scale,85mm macro lens Circle of Life f/14@1/160 sec,ISO 800,1:1 scale,85mm macro lens Both images were taken tripod mounted.
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Post by jeeperman on Aug 24, 2012 4:10:39 GMT
Nice work Ron. I like both, the first I like for it's comp, though I might have been tempted to take a little more off the top.
The second I simply love the detail, clarity and sharp focus.
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Post by macromeister on Aug 24, 2012 5:08:24 GMT
You are making me feel guilty, Ron. I got my new 100mmL macro 10 days ago, and I've been so busy I haven't even put it on the camera yet. The shots are very good. The second one is the better, I think. Very good clarity and colours. Nicely done. I just wish I could do it...
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Post by maryloveslucy on Aug 24, 2012 14:50:33 GMT
Beautifully done, Ron. I prefer the second...most likely because it has pink...I'm shallow that way.
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Post by nickjohnson on Aug 24, 2012 19:41:25 GMT
Ron, these are nice – your getting the practice in, and it shows. I notice that both where taken with a fairly small aperture – presumably for DOF reasons. Do you shot each set up with a range of different apertures? I often find that I get pleasing results with quite big aperture settings and conversely find that the DOF is not that adversely affected. OTOH – if I want more depth I consider doing stack focus images – at fairly big apertures. So often with a particular set-up – I do frames at a range of apertures, and then a stack focus sequence.
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Post by rasbury on Aug 25, 2012 6:05:57 GMT
Thanks Paul,Rob,Mary and Nick. @paul:I do agree with on the crop on the first image,but I have been setting my crop tool to a 10x13 crop as I'm In the planning stage of getting some prints made for the purpose a showing these newer photo's at the local arts league. @rob:No need to feel guilty.Your work surpasses anything I have ever produced.Since I've bought this lens It has only left my camera for no longer than 10 minutes.I had a macro lens for my film camera and have always been fascinated with the images they produce. @mary:The color variation Is what attracted me to this particular flower of the group.The only color I'm having a hard time with are the orange ones as the stamens are about the same color as the petals. @nick:Played at a gig today and finally paid off my new bass amp.Now I can start saving my pennies to get a focus rail and buy Helicon Focus.I tried to do some focus stacking manually,but that Is a daunting task.As far as my aperture settings,I will vary them but tend to go small for more dof.
Again thank you all for the kind comments.
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