Getting inspired for this week's macro challenge. I spotted this little purple flower in the garden and got up close using 70-200mm lens + extension tubes.
This is my second submission to this week's Nature Macro II Steemit Photo Challenge hosted by @jamtaylor with guest judge @digitalis.
Canon EOS 40D 1/1250 second F/2.8 ISO 800 200 mm
nice shoot,if you could adjust the focus to point focus and only focus on the center of the flower,that would lighten up the whole image.Upvoted!
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Thanks for the helpful feedback and the upvote !
I was shooting manual on this one as the extension tubes don't work so great with auto-focus.
So basically moving my head forward and back to try to lock in on a focal point.
I guess a tripod and slide would be the best option but I was just messing around and didn't bother :)
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Really great shot! I love the yellow of the pollen against the blue of the center of the flower. With such a narrow focal plane it can be difficult to pick the right spot on a subject like this and even harder to nail the spot you picked using a telephoto lens.
Did you correct for excessive vignetting in the corners or do your extension tubes not produce much vignette?
Cheers,
@kellyjanderson
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Thanks Kelly!
With this combo of tubes (Kenko DG Extension Tubes stacked 12/20/36mm), lens & camera, I don't recall vignetting being much of a problem, at least not noticeably to my eye.
As an aside, I don't use this as my primary camera much anymore and have not played around in macro in some time, so it was good to have an excuse to get creative.
I see you've posted some nice mushroom and flower pics as well. What is your macro setup?
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Cool, I have a set of extensions around here somewhere but I got terrible vignetting with them so I have only used them once.
I first starting doing macro with my D5100 and a Nikor 55-300 Telephoto. Once I decided that I really like macro photography I bought the Nikor 40mm f2.8 micro lens. So the majority of my macro photography is done with the micro lens today.
Cheers,
@kellyjanderson
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I had my eye on the 100mm 2.8 type of macro lens sometime back but never got around to buying a dedicated macro lens as I don't shoot macro all that often. Would be interesting to compare magnification and quality of shots between the different systems.
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soooo beautifull <3 canon and you rocked :)
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thanks
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Very good click!
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thank you
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Beautiful picture! I love purple
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thanks lagom, purple is a good color !
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stunning focus!
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thanks !
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I love the colours! Great shot
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thanks
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Dreamy and lovely colors, excellent shot!
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thanks !
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