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
yep makes sense, i was trying to photograph something inside, but it's too dark. I can probably lighten it with photoshop though.
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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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.
Here is the full flower
Same camera, handheld, auto seting
