Who is interested?

[poddster]

I have been contemplating starting a thread for Macro photography.

There are a few posters who I am aware of who would participate. if there are enough takers I'll give it a go

It wont be like pimpies thread, no challange, just a place to show off your achievements and an exchange of tips and ideas.

Here is one as a starter

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

yep makes sense, i was trying to photograph something inside, but it's too dark. I can probably lighten it with photoshop though.

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[poddster]

You have missed your calling Meep 🙂

Its never too late you know

Is your daughter learning anything from you 🙂

You have a good eye for picture composition, probably 2 good eyes 🙂

I like the green grasshopper.

It has not been good weather here for outside photography maybe it will clear up in the next couple of days

On most cameras there a few settings for flash like, no flash, forced flash, fill flash, red eye reduction and auto flash.

I have an external speedlight as well that, if you use it in "through the lens" metering mode quenches the flash to balance the exposure. It was not expensive and not to big.

It's a Nikon SB-50DX

[poddster]

Something like this is an alternative for an Xenon flash ideal for macro photography wher you maneed continuious light without shadows

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=macro+light+ring&_sop=15

[poddster]

A quick look at dept of field

This pic is actually 2 pics superimposed. It is a 50 mm chipboard screw.

This is how it was done, screw standing on its head, camera set at macro. no flash, focus setting on spot. appature set at f 7.2

the focus was on the end of the screw and the shutter released.

for the second pic the same settings but the shutter button pressed only half way, that set the focal point. then without pressing the shutter button all the way, the image center was moved to the bottom of the screw.

Useing that method you can spot focus on the subject and then vary your view to another part of the pic and  it will be in focus

For instance using that method in portrait pics you can focur on the supject's nose and the using that focal length shift the view to the eye. the eye will be in focus and the nose out of focus.

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[poddster]

This is just to illustrate that you don't have to have expensive equipment to take good macro pictures

The camera is a Nikon Coolpix 8700, 8 Mp, non SLR, Raynox M250 macro lens clipped to the end of the Nikon, camera mounted on a tripod.

The pics were taken under artificial light (desk lamp)

Settings are as follows, manual mode, flash disabled aperture f 7.2, shutter 0.5 seconds, auto focus.

[poddster]

Here is the full flower

Same camera, handheld, auto seting

[**meep**]

OK, i gave it a go.....(40mm screw)

F/5.6

Exp 1/50 sec

[poddster]

🙂

Success !

Neat trick huh ?