first macros

chrismoore

Hi, thought I'd take my new 100mm macro for a test drive. Used the Kenko tubes with it for this shot. I guess an improvement would be to use stacking software to get the whole subject in focus, but havent gotten that far yet.

Skippy

chrismoore wrote:

Hi, thought I'd take my new 100mm macro for a test drive. Used the Kenko tubes with it for this shot. I guess an improvement would be to use stacking software to get the whole subject in focus, but havent gotten that far yet.

Hi Chris, I am sure you will b thrilled with the results you get from your new Canon 100mm Macro Lens.

Sure you could use stacking software, but having everything in the image in complete focus is not always the way to go.

This shot looks fine to me .... don't be so hard on yourself

Nice shot Chris .... Skippy
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Candid Arts

Skippy wrote:

Sure you could use stacking software, but having everything in the image in complete focus is not always the way to go.

I agree. Something like this is also acceptable...but this was with the 60mm

Kulla

Hi Chris.

Like others said there are subjects that are asking for beeing whole in focus and those that don't. This is the classic example of the second one

Great macro

drake

Great macro.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely shot and congrats on the new lens.
As the others have said many subjects are probably better not focus stacked- with subjects like this it can lead to confusion.
I quite often use the technique of focus stacking to take several shots of a subject and then only use one of the shots- suppose you could call it focus bracketing.

Brian V.

GOLDENORFE

welcome chris, good shot. agree focus stack probably wouldnt make this shot any better.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

chrismoore

Candid Arts wrote:

I agree. Something like this is also acceptable...but this was with the 60mm

Thanks, that is a very nice shot. I took your lead and did some pp, soft focus, diffusion to get a more artsy look:



Another general question, this lens lets me stop down to f/32. I took multiple photos at different apertures and the smaller apertures looked better in the viewfinder but when I loaded them up, the f/16 looked the best.... the DOF was not as great, but the tradeoff in image quality at lower apertures was much less worth it. Do you all with macro experience generally shoot around this aperture?
Thanks

GOLDENORFE

i always shoot between f6 & f13. never gone lower,too much image softening.
usually f7-f8 with 100mm macro&tubes.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Candid Arts

For me it really depends on what I want to achieve with DOF. I sometimes shoot wide open (i.e. f/2.8) if I need the light and purposely want the extremely shallow DOF.

I've found though that anywhere from f/5.6-f/10 or higher work great for getting a lot of detail and a wide DOF, trade off is light. That's if you're looking for that detail and wide DOF.

In an image like this, I preferred the shallow DOF: