Macro Testing

RogersDA

Comments?


EDIT: Image(s) removed. See my gallery for image(s).

ShepsMom

Like the color and clarity on the first one, what is it? Something rusty?

I don't know if i'm crazy about the other shots. Well done, regardless. Which lens?

RogersDA

ShepsMom wrote:

Like the color and clarity on the first one, what is it? Something rusty?

I don't know if i'm crazy about the other shots. Well done, regardless. Which lens?

All shot with the Canon MP-E 65 macro lens.

The first is indeed just a rusty brad securing a metal wire fence to a piece of wood.

The other two are B&W conversions of the flower of a small weed. They weren't great to begin with. It's a bit hard to get a handle around such a narrow depth of field at such high magnifications.

Dalantech

Don't let the narrow depth of field put you off -you can use it to direct the viewer's attention to a particular area of an image. Instead of seeing the depth of field as a limiting factor use it to your advantage...

Lord Vetinari

Excellent colours and textures in #1. I actually also like #2 which is odd (I don't normally like B&W conversions or narrow dof flower pics)
As John mentioned- use the narrow DOF to isolate the actual subject (you obviously need to make a decision on what the subject is). If you feel you want more DOF you can always try focus stacking see http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/163367/

Brian V.

Skippy

RogersDA wrote:

Comments?

The rust shot looks quite interesting, the flowers look delicate.

The shall DOF with the MP-E65 takes a bit of getting used to,
and extreme magnification means all dust on the sensor is going to show up..... image #3 has a few dust spots, and looks very grainy.

I am pretty sure Brian has this same lens, he might be able to give you better feed back than what I can, as I do not own this particular lens.

Thanks for sharing your joy of Macro...... Skippy
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RogersDA

Dalantech wrote:

Don't let the narrow depth of field put you off -you can use it to direct the viewer's attention to a particular area of an image. Instead of seeing the depth of field as a limiting factor use it to your advantage...

That's kind of what I was trying to do. I think the breeze outside was getting in the way. The darn things kept moving on me, darn it.

Thanks for the info.

RogersDA

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Excellent colours and textures in #1. I actually also like #2 which is odd (I don't normally like B&W conversions or narrow dof flower pics)
As John mentioned- use the narrow DOF to isolate the actual subject (you obviously need to make a decision on what the subject is). If you feel you want more DOF you can always try focus stacking see http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/163367/

Brian V.

Thanks for the comments. As I mentioned earlier the breeze keep the flowers moving quite a bit. I read about stacking from one of your previous posts. However, I do not thinkg that would have been possible this time.

RogersDA

Skippy wrote:

The shall DOF with the MP-E65 takes a bit of getting used to, and extreme magnification means all dust on the sensor is going to show up..... image #3 has a few dust spots, and looks very grainy.

Spent time last night cleaning the sensor. While there was some more dust, it turns out a lot of the specks were on the lens inside the barrel. A lot of blowing cleared out most of the specks. There are still a few, but they are managable in photoshop. I am going to try some more cleaning later.

Thanks for the comments, too, Skippy.

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful just beautiful