Cold !

Lord Vetinari · December 11, 2008

Some frosty shots from yesterday.
Brian V.

frost pattern at 4:1

Christmas pudding

pyry · December 11, 2008

Now there's a certainly different take on dewdrops! This would be great as the winter section of your calendar

Lord Vetinari · December 11, 2008

pyry wrote:

Now there's a certainly different take on dewdrops! This would be great as the winter section of your calendar

Thanks for the comment

Would be appropriate for the calender- I agree, but I was not involved in choosing the pics for it.

Brian V.

R.Jay · December 11, 2008

#3 is just stunning

Planning to be 95deg F over the weekend in Perth - do not think I will be taking any shots like these.........!

Cheers, Richard.

Awais Yaqub · December 11, 2008

fantastic job Sir

A.l.i · December 11, 2008

amazing shots Brian
I like #3 the best
I can't wiat to see more pix from you
Ali

Mike J · December 11, 2008

All of these are fantastic! I especially like the pattern/texture in #1 and the unique twist on the dewdrop style in #3. Humm... but then again #5 is something else too. Can't decide. More please!

John Mueller · December 11, 2008

Sugar Sweet

Candid Arts · December 12, 2008

Dude. Amazing. Seriously. Wow.

Yeah.

Lord Vetinari · December 12, 2008

Thanks for the comments everybody - much appreciated

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Does make a nice change from the normal dewdrops - my knees don't get so wet - I just get cold instead

Brian V.

Lord Vetinari · December 12, 2008

alexkhoo82 wrote:

Very nice! I love your set~ What lense did you use?

Thanks

- these are all MPE-65 shots taken between 2:1 and 4:1 and focus stacked for greater DOF

Brian V.

Skippy · December 12, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some frosty shots from yesterday.
Brian V.

frost pattern at 4:1

Christmas pudding

Wow Wow and double Wow :eek1

The first one looks like magnetised Iron Fillings.

The second one is a fine lady in a beautiful long flowing hooped dress,
carrying a bouquet of flower, and she also is wearing a bonnet.

The third one looks like a Fish Bowl or Vase.

The fourth is a Froze Green Apple.

Hmmmmmmmm the last two have me stumped

These are truly beautiful Brian...sigh... I run out of words to praise you
about your work my friend

.... Skippy

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Candid Arts · December 12, 2008

I just apparently don't understand how to use this lens. I rented it for a weekend trip to Vancouver, BC a while back, and could not get a decent shot to save my life. I got two that I finally kept.

This is a small piece of wood at I believe 4x ish.

This is one head of moss on the ground. Again at 4x ish, maybe 5x. I don't remember.

But I had so many issues with getting the subject in focus because there is no focal ring. I was constantly moving the tripod slowly up and down in as tiny increments as I could do, and when I could get something in focus, the light that I had was fading and everything was coming out blurry. If a bird flapped its wings in Japan my lens moved in BC. It was ridiculous. Anyways, I'll start another thread for this.

Great job on your photos though, I'd love to get back into macro photography, as well as getting that lens if I knew I could get some better results that I had previously gotten.

p27rpy · December 12, 2008

amazing shots. so colorful!

JAG · December 12, 2008

really cool shots!

leaforte · December 12, 2008

#1 did it for me!

Lord Vetinari · December 13, 2008

Thanks for the kind comments everyone

Skippy- you've got an overactive imagination

Candid arts - those two shots look pretty good. Not sure if you have shot macro before but the MPE-65 is definately not a beginners lens. Takes a lot of getting used to. I'd try a 1:1 macro lens around 100mm first.

Brian V.

Candid Arts · December 13, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the kind comments everyone

Skippy- you've got an overactive imagination

Candid arts - those two shots look pretty good. Not sure if you have shot macro before but the MPE-65 is definately not a beginners lens. Takes a lot of getting used to. I'd try a 1:1 macro lens around 100mm first.

Brian V.

Yeah I've done quite a bit with my 60mm f/2.8 Macro (got it before I realized that I should have got the 100 or larger). But I've got some pretty good shots (IMO) with it. Just from the one time I've used the MPE-65, I was not impressed with how it worked, but seeing your images, and others, I know it can do better, WAY better. I just REALLY wish it had a focusing ring. That would help SO much.

Corehead · December 19, 2008

Brings back memories...
...of a late '50s B-movie titled 'Monolith Monsters', that first image there.

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some frosty shots from yesterday.
Brian V.

frost pattern at 4:1

Christmas pudding

timbo13 · December 20, 2008

great shots, Brian, I really like these

Lord Vetinari · December 21, 2008

Thanks for the comments Corehead and Tim - much appreciated

Brian V.

DQE · December 21, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments everybody - much appreciated .

Does make a nice change from the normal dewdrops - my knees don't get so wet - I just get cold instead
Brian V.

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Brian,

Do you take any precautions with the camera or batteries when photographing in cold weather? I've read that cameras don't work properly below freezing due to lubricants freezing or failing, etc, and that LCD screens as well as batteries may fail or work poorly. Some people say one should keep spare batteries in a warm pocket and regularly swap them with the cold batteries in the camera. I'm not sure how one is supposed to keep BW LCD screens working in very cold weather unless one can keep the camera inside one's coat.

These concerns mostly relate to weather below 32F (0 C), and even colder.

Thanks for considering this issue. I hope it's not too far off topic of your beautiful frozen water macro photos.

Lord Vetinari · December 22, 2008

DQE wrote:

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Brian,

Do you take any precautions with the camera or batteries when photographing in cold weather? I've read that cameras don't work properly below freezing due to lubricants freezing or failing, etc, and that LCD screens as well as batteries may fail or work poorly. Some people say one should keep spare batteries in a warm pocket and regularly swap them with the cold batteries in the camera. I'm not sure how one is supposed to keep BW LCD screens working in very cold weather unless one can keep the camera inside one's coat.

These concerns mostly relate to weather below 32F (0 C), and even colder.

Thanks for considering this issue. I hope it's not too far off topic of your beautiful frozen water macro photos.

Fraid the answer is not really. It does not normally get that cold here- very rarely below 0'C. When I' doing these shots I tend just to nip into the garden for 15 mins. It's normally my fingers get cold before anything odd starts happening to the camera. I tend to place the camera on a tea towel when I come in from the garden and that's about it. I think if you are out in the cold for several hours then you do need to take precautions. Warm spare battery plus a waterproof bag to put the camera in just before you go back into the warm to prevent condensation.

Brian V.

timbo13 · December 23, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Fraid the answer is not really. It does not normally get that cold here- very rarely below 0'C. When I' doing these shots I tend just to nip into the garden for 15 mins. It's normally my fingers get cold before anything odd starts happening to the camera. I tend to place the camera on a tea towel when I come in from the garden and that's about it. I think if you are out in the cold for several hours then you do need to take precautions. Warm spare battery plus a waterproof bag to put the camera in just before you go back into the warm to prevent condensation.

Brian V.

just to add on to Brian's answer, I have been outside recently in 15F (about
-10C). I had a spare battery in my pocket (which I didn't need) and put my
camera in a bag before I came inside. (I did brush the snow off first)
I was out for about an hour, no problems during or after.

Cold !

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