188. Macro - January 15-21, 2017
Paul-
Disclaimer: I have no problems with icy sidewalks. However, I seem to have problems with gravity, mass, and kinetic energy.
Since I "wrenched" (okay, dislocated) my shoulder this week, it seemed like an apt subject for our theme. Getting a presentable shot was not quite as difficult as I thought it would be using one hand/arm. (Though typing this with one finger time consuming.)
Some small details: Nikon D5200. This is a color picture not switched to a B&W setting in post. 18-55mm lens set at 30mm; ISO 1600;1/5 sec. at f/18; aperture priority with auto focus mode reduced to 21 focus points.; auto WB; center-weighted average metering. The lens was mated to a 12mm extension tube. The camera was set on a copy stand directly above the gearing mechanism of an 8” adjustable wrench. The light source was a flashlight I placed on surface the wrench rested on. I moved this around/titled it until I saw a shot I might like.
Good luck to everyone on next week's theme. Break a leg.
Disclaimer: I have no problems with icy sidewalks. However, I seem to have problems with gravity, mass, and kinetic energy.
Since I "wrenched" (okay, dislocated) my shoulder this week, it seemed like an apt subject for our theme. Getting a presentable shot was not quite as difficult as I thought it would be using one hand/arm. (Though typing this with one finger time consuming.)
Some small details: Nikon D5200. This is a color picture not switched to a B&W setting in post. 18-55mm lens set at 30mm; ISO 1600;1/5 sec. at f/18; aperture priority with auto focus mode reduced to 21 focus points.; auto WB; center-weighted average metering. The lens was mated to a 12mm extension tube. The camera was set on a copy stand directly above the gearing mechanism of an 8” adjustable wrench. The light source was a flashlight I placed on surface the wrench rested on. I moved this around/titled it until I saw a shot I might like.
Good luck to everyone on next week's theme. Break a leg.
Jerry-
After taking photos of mechanical chicks and pocket watch innards I settled on a barely macro shot of my Graymark Mini-Wink. It's a thing I assembled from a kit back in the early seventies and have managed to hang on to it over the years.
Camera was the Sony A6300 with 50mm lens with +4 Hoya close-up lens attached. Camera was on a tripod, Mini-Wink was on a not too worn out black t-shirt. Light was from the thing itself plus some coming in the kitchen windows. Exposure was 5 seconds at f22, ISO 400.
After taking photos of mechanical chicks and pocket watch innards I settled on a barely macro shot of my Graymark Mini-Wink. It's a thing I assembled from a kit back in the early seventies and have managed to hang on to it over the years.
Camera was the Sony A6300 with 50mm lens with +4 Hoya close-up lens attached. Camera was on a tripod, Mini-Wink was on a not too worn out black t-shirt. Light was from the thing itself plus some coming in the kitchen windows. Exposure was 5 seconds at f22, ISO 400.
Byron-
When I was a little kid my favorite color combination was Black and White with a Red accent. That was inspired by pictures of a pileated woodpecker. I thought that was the best looking bird around, based on it's color.
So this weeks assignment lent itself well for that combination of colors. It put a black shirt next to a white shirt and placed a needle with red thread thread gracefully flowing over them.
Kevin was kind enough to loan me a macro lens and extension tubes for this shot. I only needed the lens. I didn't want to get too close. I let window light fall on it and supplemented that with a flash unit.
Micro-Nikkor 105mm, f16, 1/13 sec, ISO 400, -2ev
When I was a little kid my favorite color combination was Black and White with a Red accent. That was inspired by pictures of a pileated woodpecker. I thought that was the best looking bird around, based on it's color.
So this weeks assignment lent itself well for that combination of colors. It put a black shirt next to a white shirt and placed a needle with red thread thread gracefully flowing over them.
Kevin was kind enough to loan me a macro lens and extension tubes for this shot. I only needed the lens. I didn't want to get too close. I let window light fall on it and supplemented that with a flash unit.
Micro-Nikkor 105mm, f16, 1/13 sec, ISO 400, -2ev
Kevin-
Macro huh? All right!
I went for something simple. An extreme close up of a burning kitchen match. I used my 105mm f/2.8 Micro Nikkor lens (which is 1:1) plus two extension tubes (35mm and 20mm) to increase the close focusing even more. My Nikon D4s was mounted on a Manfrotto 440 Carbon One tripod. I used a single pop from an off-camera Nikon SB-910 flash to illuminate the match stick. The ISO was 400 with an exposure of f/36 at 1/250th of a second.
Macro huh? All right!
I went for something simple. An extreme close up of a burning kitchen match. I used my 105mm f/2.8 Micro Nikkor lens (which is 1:1) plus two extension tubes (35mm and 20mm) to increase the close focusing even more. My Nikon D4s was mounted on a Manfrotto 440 Carbon One tripod. I used a single pop from an off-camera Nikon SB-910 flash to illuminate the match stick. The ISO was 400 with an exposure of f/36 at 1/250th of a second.