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OK, so I've been experimenting with the whole reverse-lens macro thing and it is pretty amazing. I've gotten way beyond what I had yesterday, and I'll give a detailed run down of what I found soon. I just wanted to show you guys some of the macros I've been getting. All images are uncropped.
This is how tight I was getting yesterday...
Now today...
Notice that the DoF is smaller than half a grain of salt.
Guess what this is.
Give up?
It's the high-E string on my acoustic, .010 gauge.
I'm having a blast!
This is how tight I was getting yesterday...
Now today...
Notice that the DoF is smaller than half a grain of salt.
Guess what this is.
Give up?
It's the high-E string on my acoustic, .010 gauge.
I'm having a blast!
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OK, so I've been experimenting with the whole reverse-lens macro thing and it is pretty amazing. I've gotten way beyond what I had yesterday, and I'll give a detailed run down of what I found soon. I just wanted to show you guys some of the macros I've been getting. All images are uncropped.
This is how tight I was getting yesterday...
Now today...
Notice that the DoF is smaller than half a grain of salt.
Guess what this is.
Give up?
It's the high-E string on my acoustic, .010 gauge.
I'm having a blast!
I have GOT to try that... PM, what lens are you reverse hand-holding? (ha!)
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Holy smokes..... Puckmonkey, that **** is freaking AMAZING. And un-cropped too??? Looks like fun indeed!
Looking more closely at the images I took today, I think I might be starting to hate using the 28-200 that I own.
After buying the 50mm f/1.4 and using it as much as I have, the softer focus of the 28-200 is very annoying and almost to the point of making it a completely useless lens for anything more than all-purpose snapshot stuff.
After buying the 50mm f/1.4 and using it as much as I have, the softer focus of the 28-200 is very annoying and almost to the point of making it a completely useless lens for anything more than all-purpose snapshot stuff.
I went to the Doo Dah Parade today for the first time ever. I always meant to go but never hear about it till I see the highlights on the news the day after and then it's too late. Anyways, since the wife was actually in the thing I figured I could get the date right this time. It was amazing for photo ops. i am usually kind of shy about asking people if I can take their picture, but this place was like having a few hundred blue fauxhawk girls in the same spot. Anyways it was really cool, and there was virtually no security so I pretty much had free reign to actually join along with the Derby Dolls for the entire length of the thing. There are so many bizarre and colorful people that it's hard to not to take a great pic.
I'll post a few as soon as I go through them. Here is a teaser..
I'll post a few as soon as I go through them. Here is a teaser..
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This is one of about 5 pics I took with the 70-200 f2.8 IS and they were all real sharp. I'll have to try using it at more places than just the hockey rink I guess!
Kick ASS!! 70-200? Friggin sharp indeed! How far away were you from her? And did you crop the image, or were you in that tight?
About 10 feet away, no cropping. That is pretty much just resized. She was dancing with some other ladies to a conga drummer. She looked into the barrell of the lens and I could feel the vibe and started firing away. I like the ones that you know are gold before you even look at the results. Nothing better than having a subject look you right in the "eye" in something like this (or hockey pics). I guess having a big-ass white lens can be an advantage after all because it screams "Hey, photographer over here!".
OK, so I'm feeling like a total lame-ass for not participating here much lately, especially with all the great images being added. But I just had to add this to my "Macro-roni & Cheese" catalog...
