No Words - Macro studies

[gib]

Flowering plant closeup study using Nikon Coolpix 5700 macro focusing

on tripod at minimum focusing distance.<div></div>

[macromicro]

nice shot, I like this digital result

Gianfranco

[frank_nikolajsen1]

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[sliu]

CP800 hand-held. Provia 400F, Vibrachrome print 11x14.<div></div>

[sliu]

Detail.<div></div>

[sliu]

Background detail.<div></div>

[Carl Stone]

Frank, what lighting was used? The results are great. I'm still having fits with my 990

and flash. I hate the built in red eye guarantee unit, and my SB22s likes to blow out

everything is sight, sometimes even using it in full bounce. Very unpredictable

results. Yes, I have had the notion that it's me, and not the camera, but my

experience has made me wary of digitals when flash is needed. Perhaps I should try

my SB 28DX with the 990, that's something that I haven't done. It's just so much

easier to use my F100, and I don't think it should be. Next month I'm going to the

Nikon School digital 101 class, and hopefully I will get some much needed help.

[frank_nikolajsen1]

Carl,

 

<p>

When I am photographing watches, I never use flash. I use whatever is needed of

hotlights, usually daylight balanced incandescents, plus diffusion, absorbtion and

reflection material. From then on it is a process of trial and error, and slowly working

toward what I have in mind for a particular photograph. I don't particularly remember

what I used for the photo above, though I seem to recall the primary light was a quite

ordinary 60W incandescent lightbulb.

 

<p>

However even though I often have a 990 on loan from a friend, I still cling on to my

950. With the small apertures needed and only a few hundred watts of hot lights, the

exposure

times tend to be measured in seconds, and the 990 has a way too noisy dark frame

exposure when you go above 1/4 s or so.

 

<p>With the 950 I can push the maximum of 8 s without problems, and have done so

in a

number of cases. On one occasion the only apparent source of illumination was the

glowing filament of an electron tube (see attached photo), and even then I had to fiddle

by using the computer to generate a digital double exposure.

 

<p>Feel free to ask if you have any particular questions on your heart.<div></div>

[Carl Stone]

I can just imagine that photo used in an ad in a gentlemen's magazine. :o)

[paul_neuthaler]

Wm, That's a very erotic flower!

[jim_mcbride]

This is one of the best macro threads I have seen on PN in a long time. Please let's see

more of this kind of work.

[john_williams]

Honeybees and queen in brood chamber.<div></div>

[peter_h1]

Very bad scan of a kinda nice dandilion

(the 8x12 from the neg was much nicer).

 

Hand held, windy, F75 & 60mm with popup flash<div></div>