SeaBee Posted August 26, 2013 Posted August 26, 2013 Buggering around with the macro yesterday... Mello(?) yello One happy ant: Close to a nice shot. Better... ...and somehow all but the last was resized in the upload tool again. Close to trying the other solution using flikr and the link.
SeaBee Posted August 26, 2013 Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) Played around with the 1st one a bit... ...and another Red: Edited August 26, 2013 by SeaBee
Andrew64 Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 I hear you. I have a lot of township portraits as well as Hillbrow shots. Something that would appeal to Americans in search of pics with a dramatic story. I agree that the work needs to be top class. But I have been looking in galleries and noticed some real terrible stuff going at high prices. Perhaps that's why it was still in the gallery and not sold.You can try image brief they pay top $, you need a website and need to submit a portfolio.
Wyatt Earp Posted August 27, 2013 Author Posted August 27, 2013 Seabee, the camera's macro function or a macro lens ?
avatar Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 wow, nice shot of the bee, I tried it once, 250 photos and a sore back and lots of frustration later, I had a semi okay shot, but nothing to write home about. I assume you used manual focus?
gummibear Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 http://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/3280-41-reasons-why-you-shouldn-t-date-a-photographer http://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/3004-the-19-most-expensive-photographs-ever-sold
Carbon_Kooi Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 A few lightly edited shots Head f t Hills and Johann Coetzee 2
straatvark Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/9600035277_9152296c05_c.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/9600040001_971ec2f3fc_c.jpg Wyatt Earp and The Ghost 2
SeaBee Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 To answer some questions. It's a macro lens in the sence that it's Canons 100mm fixed which does macros. (Or is it vice versa?) Aaanyways... And ja, just put it on the camera's macro function as well. Yes, I did not get in real close, but for the yellow flower. Also took some shots of a springkaan (grasshopper?) but nothing came out as I hoped. May post one tonight for sheets and giggles. It was semi-manual focus... auto-focus and held/moved/recomposed. But freakin heck, you don't even breath... the blood flowing through your fingertips moved the focus point! It is SHALLOW... You'll obviously see (and I am aware of it and trief different points for effect) stuff like the flower being in focus but on others I preferred the detail parts to be in focus and the flower the background. Yes, I am guilty, I played around with the lens after I got it a while ago and not enough practise. Also, I'm not sure if it's actually a bee. Think it was more a smallish "tor" that looks a lot like a bee, esp on a photo. Otherwise it was a big bee! But we treated it as not being one - don't tell my girl if it actually was a bee... Carbon, that bee-shot of yours is kick-azz! Two thumbs up! Then - same goes for the rest of those shots - really like it.
Wyatt Earp Posted August 27, 2013 Author Posted August 27, 2013 Macro is a whole bunch of fun.The downside, it needs oodles of light.The macro lenses are only sharp when narrow apertures are used, so a shot at f22 is not uncommon. I would not use the macro function on the camera when using a macro lens.Also I find shooting in manual works best, that way you can get the light meter reading more spot on.Often also manual focus works best with macro shots. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3031/5785992244_8348cbbed7_b.jpg209362_10150144857036179_731041178_7049025_7484317_o by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2588/5800937836_c120968cbc_b.jpg_MG_5791 by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6125/5970577914_340f66b39c_b.jpgIMG_6865 by OddPix1, on Flickr
Wyatt Earp Posted August 27, 2013 Author Posted August 27, 2013 Flowers are the easiest to work with.They don't move http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5236/5916158050_986e2d8d74_b.jpg_MG_6107 by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6830435792_f414d970ba_b.jpgIMG_0008 by OddPix1, on Flickr
Wyatt Earp Posted August 27, 2013 Author Posted August 27, 2013 The nice thing with flowers is that one can try different compositions close up as with this granadilla flower. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6114/6377203177_38dae546b6_b.jpgIMG_8962 by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/6275525222_7870b13b15_b.jpgIMG_8211 by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6377207539_5ded553dda_b.jpgIMG_8959 by OddPix1, on Flickr
Wyatt Earp Posted August 27, 2013 Author Posted August 27, 2013 Some of my personal favorites. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6419520131_088e285674_b.jpgIMG_9133 by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6098/6274999523_9c316f585e_b.jpgIMG_8213 by OddPix1, on Flickr http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6122/6197730249_c2d55bf761_b.jpg IMG_7890 by OddPix1, on Flickr
SeaBee Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 Flowers are the easiest to work with.They don't move You don't stay in the Cape, do you...?! (yeah-yeah, I know you don't!) Our flowers don't stand still all that often. By "macro mode" I meant the flower on the dial. Yes, even worse than semi-auto focus, I know... Just played around and wanted to get the hang of some stuff. Will try some more DoF next time (in manual!) Great shots! Love that spidey, looks like it just want to say "Howzit".
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