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Weekly Photo Contest , January 14-21 : Macro
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he has, but you're late on that particular one
@needfx and @Apple fanboy - you two flatter me that I am so influential in your lives. It is so touching that I can mentor you in the ways of humour...
If you mean the one I can afford right now then yes!!!
Just a heads up that theres only a bit over 24 hours until I end this thing . At noon tomorrow NYC time . There's around 7,000,000,000 people on earth ; some of them are stuck on 28.8 dialup and I want them to have a chance to post an entry.
Time to jump back on the weekly comp bandwagon. I can't have my photo count lagging behind Kenoh's dad joke rate!!
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But of the 7 billion on earth, how many own cameras, are Macrumors members, and are following this thread?
Might get a couple more!
LOL
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Nice! Does the volume go up to 12?!
Volume Knob by Matthew, on Flickr
Volume knob from a G&L L2000 Bass. Roughly 3/4 inch tall by 5/8 inch circumference
Took some stuff this week for the comp in the house, but don't think they were as good as these. I'll post them in the POTD thread instead.
Borneo eared frog. This little guy was about 10 cm or so.
_DSC1436 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
Borneo eared frog. This little guy was about 10 cm or so.
_DSC1436 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
I think I've already seen the winner but, I needed to try this...
Iced Grass by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Sony NEX-6, SMC Takumar 55mm 1/60 @ f/4, extension tubes.
Cheers
Hugh
Iced Grass by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Sony NEX-6, SMC Takumar 55mm 1/60 @ f/4, extension tubes.
Cheers
Hugh
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Well , that's that ! Contest closed! I have a (probably) dismal affair I have to show up for this afternoon , but hopefully should be able to bail out of there early . Looks like I've got my work cut out for me here , there's an awful lot of nice stuff entered . I want to spend a bit of time checking out everyones' work on a good monitor , and come up with some commentary . So , with any luck , there'll be winners up tonight , or tomorrow morning at the latest .
"Last Call!" Inauguration day, after the whiskey and sour are gone, one is left with...from iPhone 4S
Yes! Nice call.
[doublepost=1485043616][/doublepost]I know this is a contest that is completed, but, I hope people continue to post to this thread, if that's ok. I think nearly all of them are winners!
Best to start a new thread just dedicated to macro shots, then technique etc. can be discussed.
Cheers
Hugh
Took me forever to judge this thing , the quality of this weeks’ submissions were good beyond belief .
Some comments …
JohnDS : Great Bug ! Nice color , pretty good detail , you were able to pick up most of the fine details ,i.e. the ‘hairs’ on the bugs’ legs , and on the leaf .
CmdrLaForge : Tulip ? Looks like one of the ones I had in my garden , anyway . Nice crisp image , great colors , there seems to be a loss of detail in the yellow areas , though . It looks like there’s things hiding that could be brought up a bit .
Kenoh : You had to do this …… a watch I’ve wanted for maybe 40 years ! A great image that works even better in monochrome . Probably hides the fact that it’s a rose gold one , too . Lots of detail , nice fade out as the DOF runs out . Good Job !!
Needfx : A little tiny ‘bathtub’ Porsche ! Plenty of detail , nicely lit . Done in a lightbox? There’s something going on , though between the black inside the car and the seat’s headrest . Or is it a tonneau cover?
Alexander.Of.Oz: Wow ! Wonderfully detailed image , got the hairs , the faceting on the eyes , and the errant bits of schmutz . Plus a neutral background/ground plane that blend together . Great even lighting . Was it alive and cooperative , alive and chilled into immobility , or just slightly dead ?
Dwfaust : Cashew ! …… Gesundheit ! ( Sorry , I had to ) Never thought of doing close-ups of snack food , but this works pretty well , there’s good focus in the foreground , nice fade toward the rear , good color , plenty of detail .
MacRy : Very nice capture ! Lots of detail , the whites didn’t blow out , no fringing that I could pick up . Maybe I would have centered it a bit more , but that’s just me .
PfEMP : Here’s a change from the usual mundane green grasshopper ! Great color , lots of detail in the parts that are in focus . Were you dealing with some sort of leaf blowing around causing the blurring in the front ?
anotherscotsman : Another black and white that , I guess, should be black and white ! Plenty of detail and attention to DOF . Pretty substantial magnification , was it focus stacked?
AlexH : Took me a bit of time to figure this one out . Don’t know why , my yard is full of stuff like this . Another image that works very well in monochrome , bringing up detail that would probably have been lost with a color shot . Again , good usage of depth of field , the small out of focus area in front drawing my eye into the main body of the image .
Robotti : Salt’s popular this week ! The salt itself has a lot going on in it , theres no need to make it monochrome , and you didn’t . Nicely delineated from the background/base , though the base is kind of ‘busy’ , drawing attention away from the salt . Looks like you’re getting a bit of cyan CA around the edges , or is that some sort of lighting artifact ?
Jkramerbob : Spring Flowers ! Wish it was Spring now … Was the water from rain , or did you spritz them to give the ‘just rained on’ look ? Nice detail in the right flower’s center , everything seems to fade somewhat from there . Maybe a bit more stopping down to increase DOF , or was your intent to use the left flower to draw one’s eye toward the right flower’s center via a ‘path of yellow’?
Pmxperience : Love taking pictures of dragonflies . At least when they’re cooperative . Yours certainly was . Nice colors , good details in those areas in focus .
Maybe I’d have stopped down a bit more , if possible . It’s really hard to get the whole bug into focus , can’t use a tripod , and unless you have a focus preview button on your camera , it’s kinda hit or miss as to what you get as the DOF you’re playing with is not real large . Nice.
Ravaroo : Another nice use of monochrome ! Plenty of detail that I suspect would have been blown all over the place in a color shot . Great reflection off the base . Gloss laminate? Interesting fading as the focus goes out . The only thing that detracts from the image is that circle in the background . Part of the background , or some sort of lighting effect?
OzBok : Colorful little guy , 20mm or so? Lots of nice iridescence captured on the wings , but its’ head area is sadly out of focus . Something that’s real hard to do shooting hand held , even with a DOF preview button . For me it’s just a matter of luck , and “spray and pray”.
Moakesy : Another fly…or gnat … or wasp . Looks like its pretty small , on a flower?
Again , good detail , got the hairs , and the thumbscrew thing under the wing . Can’t see if it’s got faceted eyes , though . The image hints like it does , but can’t really make it out for sure .
Badrottie : A keyboard that seems to have gotten some use along the way …
There’s something interesting going on with this involving the decrease in size of the keys from lower front to upper rear . This is in addition to the focus / out of focus areas which you planned in your shot . Some kind of lens distortion , or decentering of some kind ? Or maybe just the angle of the shot?
Apple fanboy : The frog on leaf shot ! I’ve done a few of there in Central America.
This looks like a zoo shot . But not through zoo’s smudgie glass , so I guess you have friends in high places that let you into the frog enclosure . How was this lit? Ambient ,a light panel of some sort , flash ? Macro lens , or a zoom? Nice Work !
Hughmac : What dedication ! Laying in frost covered grass in the dead of winter to get a shot for this contest ! Unless you dropped the camera and it accidentally went off ..... Anyway , certainly an image , and perspective I would never have thought of .
It’s pretty neat . what lens did you use to get this ? Just the center’s in focus and everything else is out . There also seems to be some strange color shifts . Something vintage , maybe ?
Digger148 : Yer too late !!! But I’ll comment anyway …. An interesting perspective , and one I’ve never thought to capture . Usually I just get a refill . Must have been taken after the first one , wouldn’t have been as well focused if you’d taken it later .
Who’da thunk it was an iPhone pic ?
So , who won this thing , and who gets to crouch , sobbing and dejected in the corner until next week ?
1st : Alexander.Of.Oz
2nd : Kenoh
3rd : Tie ….. MacRy and anotherscotsman
And I’ve got to give Honorable mentions to : JohnDS , Hughmac ,and Apple fanboy
Congrats to the placers , and thanks to everyone who entered !
And now , I’ll try to duplicate @Digger148 ‘s entry . Suspect it might take several tries…..
Some comments …
JohnDS : Great Bug ! Nice color , pretty good detail , you were able to pick up most of the fine details ,i.e. the ‘hairs’ on the bugs’ legs , and on the leaf .
CmdrLaForge : Tulip ? Looks like one of the ones I had in my garden , anyway . Nice crisp image , great colors , there seems to be a loss of detail in the yellow areas , though . It looks like there’s things hiding that could be brought up a bit .
Kenoh : You had to do this …… a watch I’ve wanted for maybe 40 years ! A great image that works even better in monochrome . Probably hides the fact that it’s a rose gold one , too . Lots of detail , nice fade out as the DOF runs out . Good Job !!
Needfx : A little tiny ‘bathtub’ Porsche ! Plenty of detail , nicely lit . Done in a lightbox? There’s something going on , though between the black inside the car and the seat’s headrest . Or is it a tonneau cover?
Alexander.Of.Oz: Wow ! Wonderfully detailed image , got the hairs , the faceting on the eyes , and the errant bits of schmutz . Plus a neutral background/ground plane that blend together . Great even lighting . Was it alive and cooperative , alive and chilled into immobility , or just slightly dead ?
Dwfaust : Cashew ! …… Gesundheit ! ( Sorry , I had to ) Never thought of doing close-ups of snack food , but this works pretty well , there’s good focus in the foreground , nice fade toward the rear , good color , plenty of detail .
MacRy : Very nice capture ! Lots of detail , the whites didn’t blow out , no fringing that I could pick up . Maybe I would have centered it a bit more , but that’s just me .
PfEMP : Here’s a change from the usual mundane green grasshopper ! Great color , lots of detail in the parts that are in focus . Were you dealing with some sort of leaf blowing around causing the blurring in the front ?
anotherscotsman : Another black and white that , I guess, should be black and white ! Plenty of detail and attention to DOF . Pretty substantial magnification , was it focus stacked?
AlexH : Took me a bit of time to figure this one out . Don’t know why , my yard is full of stuff like this . Another image that works very well in monochrome , bringing up detail that would probably have been lost with a color shot . Again , good usage of depth of field , the small out of focus area in front drawing my eye into the main body of the image .
Robotti : Salt’s popular this week ! The salt itself has a lot going on in it , theres no need to make it monochrome , and you didn’t . Nicely delineated from the background/base , though the base is kind of ‘busy’ , drawing attention away from the salt . Looks like you’re getting a bit of cyan CA around the edges , or is that some sort of lighting artifact ?
Jkramerbob : Spring Flowers ! Wish it was Spring now … Was the water from rain , or did you spritz them to give the ‘just rained on’ look ? Nice detail in the right flower’s center , everything seems to fade somewhat from there . Maybe a bit more stopping down to increase DOF , or was your intent to use the left flower to draw one’s eye toward the right flower’s center via a ‘path of yellow’?
Pmxperience : Love taking pictures of dragonflies . At least when they’re cooperative . Yours certainly was . Nice colors , good details in those areas in focus .
Maybe I’d have stopped down a bit more , if possible . It’s really hard to get the whole bug into focus , can’t use a tripod , and unless you have a focus preview button on your camera , it’s kinda hit or miss as to what you get as the DOF you’re playing with is not real large . Nice.
Ravaroo : Another nice use of monochrome ! Plenty of detail that I suspect would have been blown all over the place in a color shot . Great reflection off the base . Gloss laminate? Interesting fading as the focus goes out . The only thing that detracts from the image is that circle in the background . Part of the background , or some sort of lighting effect?
OzBok : Colorful little guy , 20mm or so? Lots of nice iridescence captured on the wings , but its’ head area is sadly out of focus . Something that’s real hard to do shooting hand held , even with a DOF preview button . For me it’s just a matter of luck , and “spray and pray”.
Moakesy : Another fly…or gnat … or wasp . Looks like its pretty small , on a flower?
Again , good detail , got the hairs , and the thumbscrew thing under the wing . Can’t see if it’s got faceted eyes , though . The image hints like it does , but can’t really make it out for sure .
Badrottie : A keyboard that seems to have gotten some use along the way …
There’s something interesting going on with this involving the decrease in size of the keys from lower front to upper rear . This is in addition to the focus / out of focus areas which you planned in your shot . Some kind of lens distortion , or decentering of some kind ? Or maybe just the angle of the shot?
Apple fanboy : The frog on leaf shot ! I’ve done a few of there in Central America.
This looks like a zoo shot . But not through zoo’s smudgie glass , so I guess you have friends in high places that let you into the frog enclosure . How was this lit? Ambient ,a light panel of some sort , flash ? Macro lens , or a zoom? Nice Work !
Hughmac : What dedication ! Laying in frost covered grass in the dead of winter to get a shot for this contest ! Unless you dropped the camera and it accidentally went off ..... Anyway , certainly an image , and perspective I would never have thought of .
It’s pretty neat . what lens did you use to get this ? Just the center’s in focus and everything else is out . There also seems to be some strange color shifts . Something vintage , maybe ?
Digger148 : Yer too late !!! But I’ll comment anyway …. An interesting perspective , and one I’ve never thought to capture . Usually I just get a refill . Must have been taken after the first one , wouldn’t have been as well focused if you’d taken it later .
Who’da thunk it was an iPhone pic ?
So , who won this thing , and who gets to crouch , sobbing and dejected in the corner until next week ?
1st : Alexander.Of.Oz
2nd : Kenoh
3rd : Tie ….. MacRy and anotherscotsman
And I’ve got to give Honorable mentions to : JohnDS , Hughmac ,and Apple fanboy
Congrats to the placers , and thanks to everyone who entered !
And now , I’ll try to duplicate @Digger148 ‘s entry . Suspect it might take several tries…..
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Thanks very much for the 'honorable mention' ... I used a 1967 SMC Takumar 55mm on my NEX camera, plus extension tubes which I had never tried before.
Sorry but I wasn't laying down - the camera was placed on a towel on the grass, and I used the tilting screen to compose the shot.
Because of the extension tubes DOF was very narrow, and so I used f/4 rather than the max. of f/1.8. The colour shifts are probably due to the sunlight that was reflecting off the icicles and bouncing around the greens.
I enjoyed the challenge of doing something new, but the winners turned out much better work - congrats to them!
Cheers
Hugh
Sorry but I wasn't laying down - the camera was placed on a towel on the grass, and I used the tilting screen to compose the shot.
Because of the extension tubes DOF was very narrow, and so I used f/4 rather than the max. of f/1.8. The colour shifts are probably due to the sunlight that was reflecting off the icicles and bouncing around the greens.
I enjoyed the challenge of doing something new, but the winners turned out much better work - congrats to them!
Cheers
Hugh