flora (4 pics)

wez130 · 04-08-2005, 15:53

taken these a few weeks/months ago but just got round to having a ylittle play with them, what do you think?

SammyC · 04-08-2005, 16:31

Wooooo, very nice. Have you shopped them in any way?

wez130 · 04-08-2005, 17:20

only 'shopping' is small adjustment of levels, very slight increase in saturation and contrast, and the resize for the web

Matty · 04-08-2005, 18:39

nice stuff Wez, which lens?

wez130 · 04-08-2005, 22:55

reverse mounted 35-80mm canon

SammyC · 04-08-2005, 22:59

What? You were stood in front of it? Eh?

05-08-2005, 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by wez130

reverse mounted 35-80mm canon

Oooh, nifty. Care to talk us through how you managed it?
Unless of course you just took the lens off, turned it round and held it there and hoped for the best

wez130 · 05-08-2005, 09:37

i have a lens reversing adapter so i screw the front of the lens onto the adapter (52mm), then basically, mount the lens onto the camera backwards (front of lens into camera). Obviously, you lose control of AF and aperture, and you have an incredibly small DOF less than 1mm at 35mm end, also when you are literally 1-2cm away from your subject, the flash is useless too so you need good light on the subject. It is more of a challenge than taking normal photographs, but when you get the right results, it's well worth it.
Also, the wider the lens you use, the more magnification you can get, so those of the stamen above were i think taken at 35mm, the one of the lily was at about 50mm, and if i used 18mm i could have got much closer, but losing even more DOF

SammyC · 05-08-2005, 09:52

Is there some way of corrolating those number into 'normal' numbers?

milou · 05-08-2005, 11:16

Nice shots - reminds me of this guy's: http://www.pbase.com/bishopsmead/flower_impressions

jewel · 05-08-2005, 17:13

Those are beautiful shots. I really like #1 and #4. Love the detail.

Jewel.

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04-08-2005, 16:31	#2 (permalink)
SammyC Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,466	Wooooo, very nice. Have you shopped them in any way?

04-08-2005, 17:20	#3 (permalink)
wez130 Getting Comfy Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 136	only 'shopping' is small adjustment of levels, very slight increase in saturation and contrast, and the resize for the web

04-08-2005, 18:39	#4 (permalink)
Matty Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: kings hill Posts: 5,269	nice stuff Wez, which lens?

04-08-2005, 22:55	#5 (permalink)
wez130 Getting Comfy Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 136	reverse mounted 35-80mm canon

04-08-2005, 22:59	#6 (permalink)
SammyC Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,466	What? You were stood in front of it? Eh?

05-08-2005, 09:37	#8 (permalink)
wez130 Getting Comfy Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 136	i have a lens reversing adapter so i screw the front of the lens onto the adapter (52mm), then basically, mount the lens onto the camera backwards (front of lens into camera). Obviously, you lose control of AF and aperture, and you have an incredibly small DOF less than 1mm at 35mm end, also when you are literally 1-2cm away from your subject, the flash is useless too so you need good light on the subject. It is more of a challenge than taking normal photographs, but when you get the right results, it's well worth it. Also, the wider the lens you use, the more magnification you can get, so those of the stamen above were i think taken at 35mm, the one of the lily was at about 50mm, and if i used 18mm i could have got much closer, but losing even more DOF

05-08-2005, 09:52	#9 (permalink)
SammyC Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,466	Is there some way of corrolating those number into 'normal' numbers?

05-08-2005, 11:16	#10 (permalink)
milou Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 583	Nice shots - reminds me of this guy's: http://www.pbase.com/bishopsmead/flower_impressions

05-08-2005, 17:13	#11 (permalink)
jewel Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,133	Those are beautiful shots. I really like #1 and #4. Love the detail. Jewel.