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Thats weird. The second picture was gone. I went to fix it and it was still gone. Then it reappeared with both pics again. It seems to be fixed now.
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Yes, now I see both. Great macros!
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Hi Bynx
Great photos! I like both of them. Impressed at the sharpness, but especially at the depth of field. Does reversing the lens somehow allow you to stop down - or give one a lot of depth of field? (I'd have thought not - as I thought it was a property of physics). Or did you a) stop down a LOT or b) use focus stacking technique? When I take such close macros (eg with my Canon 100mm macro lens) - even if I stop down to eg f13, the depth of field (dof) is still quite small. A while ago I took some photos of my strawberry flowers - and captured an ant walking on it / polinating it... which made for an interesting 'addition' to the photo. Your compositions are probably superior to mine though (as mine were more 'face on' / flat - due to the dof). Thanks for sharing! PS.. .shame to hear about your triple bypass! ![]() |
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Hi PJ. The shots were taken with a 28-300mm reversed lens. Everything works in reverse when you do that. At 300mm you can be 3 feet away from subject. At 28mm you can be an inch away. I focus at f5.6, then I shut down to f22 for the shot. It gives me good depth of field. I also had a 2X teleconverter attached. Im still screwing around with the different lenses and teleconverter and stepdown ring combinations to see what works best. So far its the 28-300mm by far.
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Cool... thanks for the explanation Bynx.
I've seen (and heard of) people using lenses reversed to great effect. But I didn't realise about the difference of focal length on minimum focal distance (MFD) / focus possibility. Wow, one inch away is great! Perhaps the 2X teleconverter affects that as well (giving you something like f/44 equivalent if you've 'shot' at f/22?) So you focus at f/5.6 so it can lock focus (or you can see what you're doing?) I expect you used a tripod (or some other form of support)? Again well done. The colours and composition are great on both. The shot is not quite 'tack sharp' -but they're not terribly soft either. Cheers, mate Paul |
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