Forget-me-not

I have a painting of forget-me-nots by a close friend who died a few years back so I am very fond of them. I tried taking close-up yesterday using my K85/1.8, extension tubes (all 3 of them!), my newly repaired and serviced K20D, Pentax focus rail, ref-converter-A, cable release... Still not as sharp as it could be. The slightest breeze is magnified so much it would have to be a 100% still day and we don't get many of those. Anyway, here is what I managed until my knees started complaining. I must buy a kneeler...!



Forget-me-not par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Best wishes, Kris.

Looks pretty sharp and nice to me Kris! Macro photography is not easy, even of so-called inanimate objects like flowers which are not supposed to move about! The wind is the enemy in these situations and I think you've done very well here.

Regards
David

I find my kevlar motorcycle jeans, which have removable knee-pads, are also very useful for photography and gardening....

Like that Kris, I have a hard time making flowers look interesting when shooting them in macro but this one got my attention.

Very nice. I was trying some flower close ups today (nowhere near the magnification of yours) and found myself wishing for an articulated LCD...to avoid contemplating the fact that I might be getting older than I care to admit!

Nice shot, flowers are not easy to photograph well and make them interesting.

Here are some i took, not exactly flowers i know (but it does have red flowers) using the Tamron SP 90mm macro (old manual focus version) and a chinese ref converter (angle viewer)....saves your knees!

















....and just to prove it has flowers....this one was taken with the Q + 01 prime lens using the 'Blur Control' feature

Michael, why not start your own thread rather than hijacking someone elses?

Delightful shot Kris. Lovely soft DOF. It makes the forget-me-not jump out.

Beautiful image Kris. Lovely colours.

Regards
Bjørn

Apologies Kris for 'Hijacking' your thread, happy for my post to be removed or moved.

Thanks for the nice comments all. K.