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itscritical
Mar-03-2005, 10:10 AM
If you dont know winter in kansas is brown, brown, and more brown. So when i go out, i look for things that have color. This is what i found yesterday.
itscritical
Mar-03-2005, 10:11 AM
This is another close shot
itscritical
Mar-03-2005, 10:13 AM
Last One, but this one has a little flower in the background.
itscritical
Mar-03-2005, 10:14 AM
A flower next to all the moss
Angelo
Mar-03-2005, 10:29 AM
I like #1 best. color, dof... very "alien" abstract. cool!
gregneil
Mar-03-2005, 01:29 PM
These are great macro shots! What camera / lens setup are you using?

The first one is my favorite too. The colors are bold and engaging. There's a clear "line" of in-focus area running accross the top third of the picture that my eye is drawn to. Very cool.
itscritical
Mar-03-2005, 02:10 PM
These are great macro shots! What camera / lens setup are you using?

The first one is my favorite too. The colors are bold and engaging. There's a clear "line" of in-focus area running accross the top third of the picture that my eye is drawn to. Very cool.

I was using a Nikon D70 and a 28-90mm macro lens. All natural light.
Thanks for comments.
fish
Mar-03-2005, 02:26 PM
Interesting subjects. I recommend stopping down the lens a LOT more. Not sure what aperture you shot these at, but you should be using f16 or greater to get a decent DoF. I stop my Canon 100/2.8 macro down to f22 or smaller for most macro shots. One thing you need to keep in mind, is that even stopping a macro lens down to minimum aperture, your DoF is still going to be very shallow. An inch or two at the most. So when you setup and compose your shots, try to arrange it so the subject is as close to perpendicular to the axis of the lens as possible. Otherwise, be aware that the parts that are closest to the lens will be OoF, and compose with that in mind, thinking about color and texture rather than crisp image.


Both the azalea and the catpoop were shot at f32:

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/2196034-L.jpg



http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/2309191-L.jpg

HTH,
fish


ps. I see that you shot with a 28-90 zoom. While that lens has a macro feature, it's not a dedicated macro lens, FWTW. Tripods are de rigueur.
fish
Mar-03-2005, 02:35 PM
oh...uh...sorry for "crapping" on yer thread. :):