#49 First attempt

travelways

Hi, I got a macro lens yesterday (rented for the week-end) and tried some shots.

It doesn't have an image stabilizer, and the guy at the store told me that I had to use a tripod.

I didn't know this, and didn't brought it with me, but I was so anxious to try it... well this is one of the shots:

- I can call it "Closed-up"



What do you think?

Velvet-Art

Is it a Zipper??

I think it's a good idea, but I wish there was just a bit more in focus, not the whole thing though, just a little more.


Tim

travelways

Velvet-Art wrote:

Is it a Zipper??

I think it's a good idea, but I wish there was just a bit more in focus, not the whole thing though, just a little more.


Tim

Yes it is

I know what you mean, but I find it VERY difficult to focus with this lens... almost impossible

- I'll try to use a tripod to see what I can get. If not, I'll just use the zoom on my regular lens

Velvet-Art

photo-bug wrote:

Yes it is

I know what you mean, but I find it VERY difficult to focus with this lens... almost impossible

Welcome to the world of macro Sometimes it can be easier to move the camera very slightly rather than use the AF. You can also use a tripod and then take several photos at slightly varying focus points and then combine them with a program like CombineZP.

Keep at it, I always enjoy seeing what you come up with for the challenges.


Tim

travelways

I worked on some more versions here:

#1 Closed-up



#2



#3



I also have some new shots:

#4 Organic star



#5 From inside out



Please tell me what you think.

Thank you,

JAG

I keep the lens on manual and do a focus that way. Then I take several shots of the same position but I move focus just enough to get the forground in one shot and the middle in the next and the back in the third. I do not use a stacking program when I put them together though. Instead I pick a main image I want (the best focused) and then I open the other images also in my workspace and clone in the areas I like on the other image onto my original image. I find it easier than stacking.

Velvet-Art

I have to say I really like #3 a lot, but with the challenge being WTH is that, I think most would recognise it as a zip.

#5 makes me wonder what it is, maybe the inside of a flower? or is it some sort of alien eye

Tim

travelways

JAG wrote:

I keep the lens on manual and do a focus that way. Then I take several shots of the same position but I move focus just enough to get the forground in one shot and the middle in the next and the back in the third. I do not use a stacking program when I put them together though. Instead I pick a main image I want (the best focused) and then I open the other images also in my workspace and clone in the areas I like on the other image onto my original image. I find it easier than stacking.

Wow... what a great technique!!! - I'll try it

Thank you very much

travelways

Velvet-Art wrote:

I have to say I really like #3 a lot, but with the challenge being WTH is that, I think most would recognise it as a zip.

#5 makes me wonder what it is, maybe the inside of a flower? or is it some sort of alien eye

Tim

Ha, ha,... my husband couldn't recognize the zipper, until I told him

- are you sure you recognized it in the first place without the title?

#5 is.... .... if I tell it, people will say again that is recognizable ...

- Can you keep a secret? It's the bottom of an onion

Paintguy

I did not recognize the zipper in the first shot until I read the first reply. Still like it the best. 4 & 5 are very interesting but being allergic to mold they freak me out a bit.

whiterice

Hi Tatiana...

Of the zipper shots, I favor #2. I think b/w works very well for this image. However, I'm not convinced of your DOF. Did you use a tripod for this one? Did you use a remote or a timer to eliminate any shake? Part of me thinks it is a bit soft?

#4 is grapefruit, right? I can't tell for certain at work, but is the image a bit underexposed?
#5 is my favorite of the group.

slpollett

I'm liking #5. I would have never guessed bottom of an onion. Great idea.

Sherry

travelways

Is this any better?

I used 6 photos with different focusing and of course some PS filters:



I guess I can find a bigger onion to morrow - I don't know what happened with the one I used previously
- I may have cut it for lunch...

travelways

Thank you for the comments - I got this technique now and tomorrow I can do some others

slpollett

I like it!

Sherry

The Curious Camel

That onion is very cool.
I like the processing to.

peace, g

travelways

Thank you

The Curious Camel wrote:

That onion is very cool.
I like the processing to.

peace, g

Gail, may I ask which one of the onions you like - the first or the second?

The Curious Camel

photo-bug wrote:

Thank you



Gail, may I ask which one of the onions you like - the first or the second?

I think they are both great but I like the deeper color in the second one best.

peace, g

travelways

The Curious Camel wrote:

I think they are both great but I like the deeper color in the second one best.

peace, g

Thank you so much Gail - I may go with this one

The Curious Camel

photo-bug wrote:

Thank you so much Gail - I may go with this one

I always enjoy your work.

good luck

peace,gail

travelways

The Curious Camel wrote:

I always enjoy your work.

good luck

peace,gail

Thank you Gail, you are too nice