Tonight's Dinner!

Giphsub

Well I got my reversed lens working and thought I'd test it out on my dinner! These are the results. I was using the on-camera flash and not really tweaking settings too much. Just really concentrating on focusing, which was not that easy indoors at night! Anyway, I was pretty pleased with the first results. All comments and suggestions welcome.

#1 Shiitake mushroom (about 3cm across)


#2


#3


#4


#5 Sansai


#6


#7 Peperoncino

Slinky0390

I really like the mushroom pictures, if you don't know exactly what they are it looks very abstract. However, I feel like the flash or ring light or other light source reflected off of the wetness a little too much.. but thats just me. Anyway, awesome pictures

Icebear

I've found that the difficulty of adjusting focus is the most frustrating aspect of shooting with a reversed lens. It's much more difficult to nail the combination of image size and focus when the lens is reversed. You chose a difficult subject for your first effort with the reversed lens. If I were you, I'd play around with a smaller subject to refine technique.

Giphsub

Slinky0390 wrote:

I really like the mushroom pictures, if you don't know exactly what they are it looks very abstract. However, I feel like the flash or ring light or other light source reflected off of the wetness a little too much.. but thats just me. Anyway, awesome pictures

Thanks. Yeah they lighting is not good. As I said I wasn't concerned with getting any of that right. I was just messing around a bit once I got the lens reversed properly. I'll definitely be trying some more things and thinking more about the lighting etc. Thanks for the comments.

Giphsub

Icebear wrote:

I've found that the difficulty of adjusting focus is the most frustrating aspect of shooting with a reversed lens. It's much more difficult to nail the combination of image size and focus when the lens is reversed. You chose a difficult subject for your first effort with the reversed lens. If I were you, I'd play around with a smaller subject to refine technique.

Yep, agreed. I should definitely choose something easier for prcatice. Was just messing around really, getting a feel for how the reversed lens worked. Thanks for commenting.

Skippy

Giphsub wrote:

Well I got my reversed lens working and thought I'd test it out on my dinner! These are the results. I was using the on-camera flash and not really tweaking settings too much. Just really concentrating on focusing, which was not that easy indoors at night! Anyway, I was pretty pleased with the first results. All comments and suggestions welcome.

#1 Shiitake mushroom (about 3cm across)
#5 Sansai
#7 Peperoncino

Ohhhhhhhh my gosh, that is one ugly looking mushroom close up
I would not have told you that was a vegetable, it looks alive with lips :oogle

Got yourself some great results there, it will be interesting to see how you go outdoors with a bug or flower.

Congratulations of figuring out how to work with the reversed lens
..... Skippy
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Giphsub

Thanks Skippy.
When I get a bit of time I'll definitely try it outdoors. It does look pretty disgusting doesn't it!

Chrissiebeez_NL

i know its yummy but it doesnt look like it..

i think its the flash that makes it 'slimy'.. like #3 best of the set

i once photographed a sandwich filet americain and never pointed my (macro)lens toward anything eadible...

Giphsub

Thanks for the comment Chrissiebeez. Nah, it actually was slimy! The way that particular dish is prepared, and those shiitake mushrooms are quite slimy once wet anyway!