POTW_April 19th, 2013

<p>Orchid </p><div></div>

<p>Call</p><div></div>

<p>From an abandoned lumber mill in central Louisiana, captured with an E-M5 and 12-50. I subsequently applied the oil painting filter in Photoshop CS6..</p>

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<p>This child is fast becoming a good friend.</p>

<p>Trying again.</p>

<p>And again.</p><div></div>

<p>I went to a photo shoot at the National Museum of Industrial History. Great time, a few from that evening.</p><div></div>

<p>second</p><div></div>

<p>last</p><div></div>

<p>Perched boulder, Beinn Fhionnlaidh.</p><div></div>

<p>by waterfall </p><div></div>

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<p>I do not recall ever seeing people devote so much time to any device as we now give to our mobile phones.</p><div></div>

<p>Windmills aligned</p><div></div>

<p>Olympus OM4T 90mm Tamron.</p><div></div>

<p>Watching my friend do her makeup.</p><div></div>

<p>Good work, Jessica. My guess is that you aimed the camera to the right so as to avoid the window on the left.</p>

<p>Thank you Mukul! The original photo actually had included part of the window. I printed this myself in the dark room and just could not break white with the window, so I enlarged it to crop it out for the print!</p>

<p>I've been trying to capture this small statue adequately for months and this seems to be the best I can do with my current lenses</p><div></div>

<p>Good picture, but might be improved with a longer working distance and less work or none on the background. The lower background could be a straight edge of the table rather than a corner of it. I do not know how tall the statue is or the lenses you have available. Overly reflective surfaces can be dulled by pressing a ball of Plasticine against them -- or, depending on the light, by using a polariser.</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to offer those insights. Plasticine eh? Hhmm. Here's a different treatment, but it's obvious I can't get near enough to this with either my 14-42 PZ or 14/2.5. Mind you, I cannot justify buying a macro. The statue is only about 3 inches high.</p><div></div>

<p>Unless these photos are heavily cropped, you don't need to get closer. If they are, then a simple close-up lens should give you the results you want.</p>

<p>They are cropped a little, but mainly on the side. I am not getting a macro lens. It's too much money to spend for very ocassional use.</p>

<p>"Mind you, I cannot justify buying a macro" is what you said earlier. That is why I suggested a close-up lens.</p>