Impressive and beautiful . Almost makes me want to get a T&S lens to experiment with. Then I remember all the other photographic projects at the back of my mind, most of which haven't even been started...

A wild thought - is there a way of using tilt to increase DoF for macro? Extension tubes with tilt? Tilting bellows? Has focus stacking made it irrelevant? Or is it simply not appropriate for typical macro subjects?

Steve

Excellent picture!! And a good use of a Bank Holiday weekend, says I who once failed to remove a conker in time.

Many years ago, one of my (young at the time) children dug a hole near the pond, emptied a large bag full of conkers into it and covered them with soil. I eventually managed to remove them - except for one. It grew furiously. Several attempts to remove it (without damaging the pond) failed. So it now gets cut back (coppiced?) every couple of years to stop it turning into a big tree. At least it's only threatening the pond, not the house...

Steve

I've just been cutting back some unruly ivy in the garden - thank goodness the stems weren't as thick as these!!!

Numbers 2 and 4 stand out for me. To my eyes, they look as if a multi-tentacled creature is climbing up the trunk. Scary .

Steve

Thanks, Chris. I got lucky with #3 - a fleeting opportunity before shadow reached the flower but the background was already dark. The sun and shadows always seem to move more quickly when I'm trying to set up the tripod in the right place, sort out composition etc. etc. - it's as if they know!

Steve

They're all very good. But my favourite is the last one. It has a 3-D feel that draws the (i.e. my) eye into the picture towards the distant end of the pier. The others seem more 2-D - nothing wrong with that, but it's the last one that really made me stop, look, then look again.

Steve

Flowers on bushes and trees caught my attention today. Catch them quick before they are pollinated and fade away!

K3 + Irix 150mm macro. Bright sun, strong shadows, slight but infuriating breeze.

Thoughts, comments welcome as usual.

1. Pear - fruit forming while some flowers are still waiting for the right bee to come along.



2. Miniature willow



3. Miniature willow



4. Casseille - a hybrid fruit, cross between blackcurrant and gooseberry



5. Casseille



Steve

Nothing wrong with a little over-processing if it works. And this one does, at least to me.

Steve

Nicely done.

Presumably you ran the whole marathon with the K1 + 70-200mm f2.8 slung round your neck...???

Steve

Nasty. Here's hoping the op has produced a full and permanent repair.

No need to avoid photography completely for the next few weeks, though. People with all sorts of visual impairment take superb photos. Perhaps a change of approach during the next few weeks - more random and experimental, less pre-visualised? When the eye has healed and you can see OK again, you might even see that you've taken an unexpected masterpiece!

Steve

A nice set. I particularly like the last ones after the mist has reached the land. Glowing mist is one of the joys of life!
I feel your pain! A similar thing happened to me last week. On the top of the highest part of Portland, mist rising from the sea and starting to roll over the cliff top, sun breaking through cloud and giving interesting light. My 'Portland Prison' thread is the only half-decent shot I could get. No other opportunities due to (a) grandkids etc. hanging around; and (b) impossible to stop on the road home that was looking down onto the mist due to fould traffic as a result of an accident. Not even the chance of an expletive (mild, of course!), due to presence of wife and grandkids...

Steve