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common or (GARDEN) spider and B****Y big catapillar head
It does raise some interesting problems. I took this by coincidence around the same time and came to the conclusion it was a bit uninteresting. So how could you make a spider shot interesting? After all this is outside and does have a web. i suppose if it had some prey. I have seen some results with...
Posted by dcweather on 07/09/2013 - 21:13
common or (GARDEN) spider and B****Y big catapillar head
What about this one? It has some prey, but no focus stacking I'm afraid! Regards David
Posted by davidstorm on 07/09/2013 - 23:37
A newbie at macro
Hi Jeff, thanks for uploading these, I'm an enthusiastic macro shooter and have been practicing at this for a couple of years now. They are a very good start, I hope you don't mind me giving you a few tips / observations: - Colours are good - Focus / sharpness are a little off - I think you n...
Posted by davidstorm on 07/09/2013 - 00:15
Hip shots
I find that an autofocus wide angle lens (I use the DA21 Ltd) works best, let the camera sort out focus and exposure. One of those cheap bubble spirit level thinggies that clips into the flash bracket helps to get things straight until you get the hang of it - the camera usually needs to point down ...
Posted by kh1234567890 on 07/09/2013 - 14:32
Jeff Buggly
Great shot, love the small DOF! It might just be too scary in full focus :D
Posted by McGregNi on 08/09/2013 - 19:01
Jeff Buggly
Is this on the door of your outside lavvy, Daz? Great shots! Although Nigel says he likes the small DOF, I am impressed with how much DOF there actually is! Did you focus stack at all?
Posted by Pentaxophile on 24/09/2013 - 16:10
Jeff Buggly
Is this on the door of your outside lavvy, Daz? Great shots! Although Nigel says he likes the small DOF, I am impressed with how much DOF there actually is! Did you focus stack at all? Hahaha! God no the fog there is way to thick!! Its on the hand rails of a steel bridge over a local river, it ge...
Posted by bettyswolloks on 24/09/2013 - 16:43
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
David, have you tried "catch in focus" it may give a few more keepers although you are doing pretty well. not envious , much:mrgreen:
Posted by redbusa99 on 09/09/2013 - 15:22
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
Great set of pictures - you must have been really 'up close and personal' with the critters ! "have you tried "catch in focus"" - Is there any way to use 'catch in focus' with OLD manual extension tubes [the sort I have] other than using the lens wide open in AV mode ? Regards Gary
Posted by GaryJohn on 09/09/2013 - 18:05
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
David, have you tried "catch in focus" it may give a few more keepers although you are doing pretty well Is there any way to use 'catch in focus' with OLD manual extension tubes [the sort I have] other than using the lens wide open in AV mode ? Regards Gary Hi Joe, Hi Gary, thank you very much fo...
Posted by davidstorm on 09/09/2013 - 18:25
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
an alternative for 3 is to move the camera to the subject with the shutter release held down. it does not require a manual lens, it can be an af lens that has a switch to switch to manual focus, i use an af lens (FA50)on a 2x manual macro converter this disconnects the lens from the camera. this l...
Posted by redbusa99 on 09/09/2013 - 19:40
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
Don't forget that CIF triggers at a different point if you move the lens in towards the subject compared to if you move away from the subject. There are also two different points if you use the focus ring from infinity or from min. distance on the lens. Using f/8 to f/11 might lose this in ...
Posted by Algernon on 09/09/2013 - 19:48
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
i thought the distance it triggers at can only vary depending on the distance the focus is set to on the lens, the point you are focusing at is static so going in or out with the camera should not change that i.e if you set the focus distance on the lens to 30cm move in closer than that to the subje...
Posted by redbusa99 on 09/09/2013 - 20:12
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
David, very good Macro shots, I was very impressed to hear that they are handheld! I've found CIF works OK when you place the subject in the centre of frame with lens slightly de-focussed then turn the focus-ring slowly until it 'catches' and triggers the shutter. Of course, the limitation is tha...
Posted by McGregNi on 09/09/2013 - 20:38
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
The technique I always use for macro shots taken 'in the wild' is to leave the focus ring alone and adjust focus by moving myself back and forth very, very slowly until the point of critical focus is achieved, whilst always ensuring the camera is held very steady to my eye. I have tried CIF previou...
Posted by davidstorm on 09/09/2013 - 21:05
Macro - with and without a Macro Lens
i thought the distance it triggers at can only vary depending on the distance the focus is set to on the lens, the point you are focusing at is static so going in or out with the camera should not change that i.e if you set the focus distance on the lens to 30cm move in closer than that to the subje...
Posted by Algernon on 09/09/2013 - 21:14
My first shots with k5 + DA18-135. Nothing spectacular.
Recently I got k5 from one of this forum users. Before I had k100d. Later I tried Canon 450d but was disappointed with it. So I'm back with Pentax. Anyway, over the weekend I had some occasions to play with it. And I must say I love it so far although I have to learn a lot yet. 1. View at Forth...
Posted by mivoligo on 09/09/2013 - 11:31
Pollock Country park
Ah! That brings back memories of a PU meet :D. Have to agree with Steven's comments.
Posted by Gwyn on 10/09/2013 - 19:05
Pollock Country park
I'm still struggling with the fact that it's not as wide as the 18-250 - I have to be far more careful - Yes I agree with the comments about #1 - as I got it it was too dark - since it's in RAW I'll just have another go at bringing it up a bit . Yes indeed Gwyn - it brings back memories - folk l...
Posted by techno-terminator on 10/09/2013 - 21:09
Pollock Country park
Oh great ;) PP is NOT my speciality :( Back to the drawing board [ AKA Aperture ] Great thing is I can take it back to the original every time and just totally re-work it. Tomorrow morning for that - so I'm working in daylight . Thanks for the help
Posted by techno-terminator on 10/09/2013 - 21:33
