Here are a few. I typically shoot with a Tamron 90mm using AF and a Pentax K-70. I do also have a reverse lens set up that I use for extreme macro. Please feel free to give any sort of critique of the work, I can take it. Thanks.
Here are a few from an orchard show at the Meijer Gardens.
Forget me not.
Sony A9, Sony 90mm macro lens @f5.6, 1/8th sec. ISO125 Meike extension tubes, 10mm +16mm.
This is the first macro shot I've taken for many a long year. I'm really starting from scratch so criticism is welcome.
Bladerunner6 wrote:
Here are a few. I typically shoot with a Tamron 90mm using AF and a Pentax K-70. I do also have a reverse lens set up that I use for extreme macro. Please feel free to give any sort of critique of the work, I can take it. Thanks.
Very nice. These should be in a topic of their own.
My only criticism is that I think you should crop a bit off the top of the first one, to remove those distracting corners.
mack100 wrote:
Sony A9, Sony 90mm macro lens @f5.6, 1/8th sec. ISO125 Meike extension tubes, 10mm +16mm.
This is the first macro shot I've taken for many a long year. I'm really starting from scratch so criticism is welcome.
Thanks, I was going through the range of stops to find what I thought would be the sharpest as I intend to get into stacking, the 5.6 one was just the one I liked most.
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e6filmuser wrote:
Yes Hyacinthoides non-scripta not the Spanish species H. hispanica.
I would have cloned out the two highlights, which I suspect are of drops of rain water.
Harold
Yes you're quite right, I should have done that. Thanks for the critique, always useful and just what I wanted.
Here are a couple attempts at focus stacking, using a Nikon D850, a Nikon 105mm f/2.8 macro lens, and the Nikon R1C1 flash system. The first image was based on 34 images (taken at f/14), while the second image was based on 60 images (taken at f/10). Both were shot using the D850 focus shift shooting feature, and both sets of images were merged in Helicon Focus (and then edited a bit in Adobe Photoshop). Thanks for taking a look!
Keith W.
kwilliam8 wrote:
Here are a couple attempts at focus stacking, using a Nikon D850, a Nikon 105mm f/2.8 macro lens, and the Nikon R1C1 flash system. The first image was based on 34 images (taken at f/14), while the second image was based on 60 images (taken at f/10). Both were shot using the D850 focus shift shooting feature, and both sets of images were merged in Helicon Focus (and then edited a bit in Adobe Photoshop). Thanks for taking a look!
Keith W.
Very impressive results, not least because you used apertures far smaller than is usual for stacking.
e6filmuser wrote:
Very impressive results, not least because you used apertures far smaller than is usual for stacking.
There do not belong in the beginners string!
Harold
Thanks, Harold. I am aware of the benefits of wider apertures, and intend to use them when needed. This stacking exercise has taught me that I might need to upgrade my 8 year old computer! Now that I am starting to slowly get back into macro photography, I am reminded of how technical and challenging macro photography can be. Some of the images on this "beginner's thread" are impressive enough, let alone the many wonderful images on other threads in this forum!
Keith W.
Here are some initial attempts at water drops, using the Nikon D850 camera and the Nikon 105mm micro lens. I have just started using the StopShot System from Cognisys, and I am having a blast.
Keith W.
kwilliam8 wrote:
Here are some initial attempts at water drops, using the Nikon D850 camera and the Nikon 105mm micro lens. I have just started using the StopShot System from Cognisys, and I am having a blast.
