Absolute beginner

jax

Hi everybody!

Inspired by the beautiful macro images some people (Lord V !) create, I decided to start playing around with macro photography as well. I didn't really want to invest heavily in lenses from the get go, so I bought myself a used Canon 28 mm FD lens, a reverse ring and a (really) cheap set of tubes to see what it's like.

And it's hard! :wink But practice makes perfect I guess.
Anyway, I hope to be able to post some nice shots here in the future.

Here's a shot I made with the reversed 28 mm. The screw was shot using a light tent, a 430ex flash unit and no diffusers or anything. Magnification is about 2:1 (the image here is a crop)



exif: 1/125 and f8 set on the FD lens

GOLDENORFE

welcome to the forum:D

good first shot, appears to be good focus & light not too bad.
yes it does take alot of practise.
pic a little small, try around 900-1010 pixels width.

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Lord Vetinari

Good start with the ghett macro lens- working well. It does get easier with practice
Brian V.

Skippy

jax wrote:

Hi everybody!

Inspired by the beautiful macro images some people (Lord V !) create, I decided to start playing around with macro photography as well. I didn't really want to invest heavily in lenses from the get go, so I bought myself a used Canon 28 mm FD lens, a reverse ring and a (really) cheap set of tubes to see what it's like.

And it's hard! But practice makes perfect I guess.
Anyway, I hope to be able to post some nice shots here in the future.

Here's a shot I made with the reversed 28 mm. The screw was shot using a light tent, a 430ex flash unit and no diffusers or anything. Magnification is about 2:1 (the image here is a crop)

exif: 1/125 and f8 set on the FD lens

Wow Jax this is an excellent start with your setup indeed :ivar
I like the light, I need to make myself a light box.

What a great result, I was never successful at using a lense in reverse.
All the best for your future shoots, hope you will share more with us.

.... Skippy
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jax

Thanks for the nice comments everyone!

I shot tethered and tried a good 40 times before I had a few shots that were reasonably in focus.

Didn't use any tubes for this one though

erisian pope

I agree - it's a very fine shot. I really like the lighting in the picture. Well done!

stevehapp

well done, mate.

keep it up..

cheers,
steve

canon400d

stevehapp wrote:

well done, mate.

keep it up..

cheers,
steve

An excellent shot for starters. It certainly is not easy but with practice you will certainly get there. I am still finding it difficult but interesting.
Regards
Bob