ttora4runner
Expedition Leader
From the historic district in Colorado Springs.
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From the historic district in Colorado Springs.
JamesDowning
Explorer
Hey - I remember that place. They had some really unique stuff for landscaping a yard.
Beau, what aperture was that? Even if I open mine up all the way, I can't seem to blow out the BG that much. Maybe I need more zoom? Problem is, your focal plane becomes super narrow doesn't it? I assume you almost need a tripod, and no wind. This was my latest attempt, nothing like yours!
Here's another really random one that I thought turned out quite well. This is in the Dewalt plant in Mexico during the launch phase of the new slide miter saw. In retrospect, I kinda wish I could have narrowed the DOF a bit more.
Beau, what aperture was that? Even if I open mine up all the way, I can't seem to blow out the BG that much. Maybe I need more zoom? Problem is, your focal plane becomes super narrow doesn't it? I assume you almost need a tripod, and no wind. This was my latest attempt, nothing like yours!
Here's another really random one that I thought turned out quite well. This is in the Dewalt plant in Mexico during the launch phase of the new slide miter saw. In retrospect, I kinda wish I could have narrowed the DOF a bit more.
Warn Industries
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From Garabaldi, Oregon this past weekend.
- Andy
FLYFISHEXPERT
LivingOverland.com
The photo was taken with my D60 and AF-S 50mm f/1.8G. Here are my settings: ISO 100, 1/1600 sec at f/2.0
It was a little breezy when I took the photo and I was kneeling down. I was as close as my lens could focus and I probably should have had my aperture set to f/2.2 so that a little more of the seed head was in focus.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
Hey Beau, if you're looking to get into Macro stuff, and it'll help with the food and travel stuff to, pick up a set of Kenko Macro Tubes. Under $200 and they're small enough to fit in your jacket pocket. I always keep them in what ever camera bag we're carrying and they come in handy if you need to take a macro shot and dont have that specific Macro lens with you.
They can be put on any Nikon lens and turns it into a serious Macro contender.
They can be put on any Nikon lens and turns it into a serious Macro contender.
FLYFISHEXPERT
LivingOverland.com
Thanks Pat! Another thing to same my money up for...man does my list keeps growing. This hobby is becoming very expensive! ;-)
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
Back to Picture posting!
Paddling the Suwannee River - Awesome that it was December 5th and 80 degrees in North Florida
Paddling the Suwannee River - Awesome that it was December 5th and 80 degrees in North Florida
JamesDowning
Explorer
Pat, what do those macro tubes do to the field of view? I have to assume it narrows some, while allowing you to focus closer?
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
It shortens your focusing point depending on which one you have on and completely blows out the background like any Macro lens will do. By moving the lens away from the camera, it allows you to focus closer much like a dedicated Macro lens. You can also put them on a big zoom when shooting at a close range. For example, my big 400mm f/2.8 has a minimum focusing distance of 3 meters. I can put one of these tubes on that lens if I have a stationary subject and still have the big zoom range, yet focus closer
I've got a few shots I'll post of the lens in comparison to the subject I'm shooting. Got to go find them though
Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
The only downfall to tubes is you loose several stops of light, which can make photographing moving objects tough, and the field of view isn't as flat as a true macro lens, also you may run into chromatic aberration issues, both caused by moving the lens away from the sensor. It is a very cheap alternative though and a good way to test the waters. You do want to use them with a lens that has nice smooth manual focus ring though or you'll be cussing up a storm trying to nail focus.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
I beg to differ? I can put my tubes on one of my f/2.8 lenses and still shoot at f/2.8. Now if I put on a 1.4extender or a 2x extender, I loose stops of light, but tubes do nothing more than shallow your depth of field, at least on my Canon lenses.
Some lenses wont auto-focus with the tubes on, but I've found when I have them on ANY of my lenses, it's easier to turn the auto-focus off and simply move the lens rather than the focus ring
I'm just speaking from my experience, so I could be totally wrong...LOL
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
AWESOME!! I cant wait till we get to go on an African Safari!!
Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
Hey Pat,
While the diameter of your aperture does not change and the numeric f-stop of your lens may not indicate a change, the effective f-stop actually does change. Most people simply don't realize it because the cameras metering system takes care of the loss of light by boosting ISO or lengthening the exposure time, or both. You can actually figure your effective f-stop by using this simple equation: Effective F-stop = F-stop x (1 + Magnification). My dedicated Nikon macro actually indicates the effective. While the lens is a constant F2.8 lens and the maximum diameter of the aperture blades stay the same, at 1:1 magnification, the effective, the way the lens actually acts, is more like an F4.8. All macros and extension tubes do the same. Some macros indicate the change, some don't, but there's no getting around the physics of it unless you increase the actual opening diameter of aperture blades as you increase the length of extension.