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My First Macro shots

Wayne Stratton

New member
Here is my first macro shot. I couldnt afford a true macro lens, and I read about extension tubes so I splurged on some and took this pic. This is of a water droplet on the edge of a cd.

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Rachel Foster

New member
Wayne, I love the colors on this, but the focus (in my opinion) needs work. I don't know if an extension tube can get the kind of focus you need. Look at the macro forum and you'll see what I mean.

My advice, and heaven knows I am a babe in the woods when it comes to photography, is to find a genre and concentrate on that before skipping around. Don't go macro yet. Focus on your household series first, for example.
 

Wayne Stratton

New member
Wayne, I love the colors on this, but the focus (in my opinion) needs work. I don't know if an extension tube can get the kind of focus you need. Look at the macro forum and you'll see what I mean.

My advice, and heaven knows I am a babe in the woods when it comes to photography, is to find a genre and concentrate on that before skipping around. Don't go macro yet. Focus on your household series first, for example.

Thank you Rachel. FOCUS is one of my MANY opportunities. :)
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Here is my first macro shot. I couldnt afford a true macro lens, and I read about extension tubes so I splurged on some and took this pic. This is of a water droplet on the edge of a cd.

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OK, Wayne, so you have this water droplet giving these colors. I'd work with this one topic and see if you can master the technic of getting the shot. Then look to see how lighting the drop or making other changes might improve it.

As I always say. Print it out in B&W and look at the form. Draw on it, and see if this is as you can best imagine it to be. Does this excite you? If not, find our what might do that.

In the end, this picture has to be something you know is what you are proud of. At this stage, you have wet your toe in the water of the project.

There is so much you can do, but what you happen to get as you start, is unlikely to be your very best. if you just move to something else, then you might miss a great opportunity. The idea is to find what interests you and have you imagination exploit it to the nth. You now have to get that somehow into the photograph.

Will it be like the picture you have? Perhaps but I think it will show its inheritence if you do the work.

Asher
 

Wayne Stratton

New member
OK, Wayne, so you have this water droplet giving these colors. I'd work with this one topic and see if you can master the technic of getting the shot. Then look to see how lighting the drop or making other changes might improve it.

As I always say. Print it out in B&W and look at the form. Draw on it, and see if this is as you can best imagine it to be. Does this excite you? If not, find our what might do that.

In the end, this picture has to be something you know is what you are proud of. At this stage, you have wet your toe in the water of the project.

There is so much you can do, but what you happen to get as you start, is unlikely to be your very best. if you just move to something else, then you might miss a great opportunity. The idea is to find what interests you and have you imagination exploit it to the nth. You now have to get that somehow into the photograph.

Will it be like the picture you have? Perhaps but I think it will show its inheritence if you do the work.

Asher
I will give it a try, thank you for your encouragement and advice. I am having problems with focusing. I usually wear glasses and have a hard time seeing thru the eyepiece. I bought an adapter/magnifier that mounts on the eyepiece and then even switched to contacts but still cant see clearly.
I cannot afford it now but was wondering if the newer cameras with live view will fix my problem?
 

Rachel Foster

New member
Ok, this is going to sound odd coming from me, but I'd say learn to use what you have before you upgrade.


Now, the next lens I'm wanting is......(ha!).
 

Doug Kerr

Well-known member
Hi, Wayne,

Here is my first macro shot. I couldnt afford a true macro lens, and I read about extension tubes so I splurged on some and took this pic. This is of a water droplet on the edge of a cd.
Number 1 is especially effective to me. It is a wonderful "abstract".

Number two is an nice "test shot" of a flat water drop!

Good luck with your further work in this field.

Best regards,

Doug
 
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