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Photo Of The Day - February 2021
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Wild Iguna RT 41 Naples Fl feb 1 11AM
I was lucky, and took 50 photos and posted 10 other creatures on that 4 mile walk to the phone store along a highway.
Nikon D500 more on flickr!
I was lucky, and took 50 photos and posted 10 other creatures on that 4 mile walk to the phone store along a highway.
First go with Lensbaby Composer with +4 macro add-on...
Cheers
Hugh
Cheers
Hugh
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Still dreaming of better times. That original Olympus was so-so on close-ups. The battery drain involved with getting it to focus was scary enough that I did not do very many. Can't recall if the highlights were something real or jpeg artifacts, but nonetheless I did keep it on file. From 2004.
Eagles Mear, PA Olympus DSLR Archive Photo
This one was able to stay much drier than the squirrel in the previous photo:
oh hey, i'm back with another photo of the red rose. surprise surprise. they don't usually last this long.
Nice
I haven't really tried the x10 macro lens yet (I assume that's what you used for this shot), as it's difficult enough to get focus with the x4
Cheers
Hugh
Earlier in the day we had snow on-and-off, and at one point there were fluffy flakes coming down as the geese were navigating their way around the icy lake:
Do you mean the macro filters? Although I don’t have an x10 one of those. This is with the velvet 56 and stacked 8mm and 11mm extension tubes. Plus the use of a tripod.Nice
I haven't really tried the x10 macro lens yet (I assume that's what you used for this shot), as it's difficult enough to get focus with the x4
Cheers
Hugh
ETA Do you mean this?
Thanks. I should have guessed it wouldn't be so easy. I've just bought the LensBaby macro filters which have +4 and +10 lensesDo you mean the macro filters? Although I don’t have an x10 one of those. This is with the velvet 56 and stacked 8mm and 11mm extension tubes. Plus the use of a tripod.
ETA Do you mean this?
Edit - I've just seen your link and yes that's the one.
Cheers
Hugh
So I do have some of those but I have +1, +2, and +4. But those only work on the optics and the Sol. They don’t work on the velvets. Which is why I have extension tubes now. ?Thanks. I should have guessed it wouldn't be so easy. I've just bought the LensBaby macro filters which have +4 and +10 lenses
Edit - I've just seen your link and yes that's the one.
Cheers
Hugh
Did you kill it after taking its picture? Just asking as they are considered an invasive species in Florida. Haven’t seen one (yet) on my land but unfortunately I did spot a couple of Macaques looking to be around 17 pounds. Spotted them with my binoculars on a recent overnight hike. Very bad monkeys, sharp daggers and claws, and a Herpes B carrier. For now, their numbers (apparently) are sufficiently small enough to where they are afraid of us. As their population increases - that could change. Currently we can peacefully co-habitat together. I won‘t bother them as long as they don’t begin making moves to attack. Still, the thought of hundreds of monkeys flying through the trees is unsettling; as I spend a lot of time hiking and camping overnight. Hopefully, the bobcats will keep their numbers down.
i would not kill a mosquito, but that is just me.
there was no way i was going to catch the iguana besides with a camera.
It's been such a mild winter here so far that one of our rose bushes is still in flower...
Nikon Z 50, LensBaby Composer with +4 macro @ f/2.8
Cheers
Hugh
Nikon Z 50, LensBaby Composer with +4 macro @ f/2.8
Cheers
Hugh
When I got my Sol 45 from Amazon, the trio of +1, +2 and +4 close-up filters came with it, and one of the first things I did was to order a step-down ring in order to also use this trio on my Sony 50mm f/2.8 macro lens if I had the urge, and they work well with it when I want to experiment with getting really, really deep-in and super-close to my subject. I've only tried this a couple of times so far, though. I have larger close-up filters that work with my other normal and macro lenses but didn't have any that worked with the fairly small filter size of the 50mm f/2.8. Used extension tubes in the past, though, with it. Fun to have the flexibility and choice!
Yes, extension tubes work really well, too, for this sort of thing, and the advantage is that there is no need to worry about filter size on a given lens; the extension tubes mount on the camera body and then any lens one chooses mounts on them (either individually or stacked). This can be a great way of getting in closer to a subject with a lens which is not a macro lens and which does not have a particularly close focusing distance -- both this and the technique of using close-up filters are often referred to as the "poor man's macro lens," so to speak. Either does fairly well but is not really a true substitute for an actual macro lens. When you do use one of these strategies in combination with an actual macro lens, too, though, this can produce fascinating results! Once just for the heck of it a long time ago I experimented with both close-up filters and extension tubes -- let's just say that this was a bit extreme and as for DOF....WHAT DOF??! LOL! It was fun playing with the idea, though! One technique or the other works fine, but together......well, a bit OTT. It is great that we have these various options for exploring our creativity and seeing what happens when we do thus-and-so.....
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Young Alligator Feb 1 10AM Naples Fl
(we did not harm each other)
(we did not harm each other)
that's a repost from 34 january!