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Valued Member
United States
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Well, here is my first attempt. I am using a 10 megapixel digital SLR with a 50mm lens and the macro setting on. I'm shooting from about 2 feet. Any closer and I can't get the camera to focus. I'm thinking of trying the zoom lend from a further distance.   I would be happy to hear any critiques or suggestions. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice images! Some of the true experts such as SuperDave will soon chime in with their knowledge...but here is a little tip, once you master the actual images. Most photos are improved greatly by a little bit of messing around and editing, here is your image cropped roundly and combined downwards on Photoscape, which is a great and free photo editing program.  Quick question but did you crop or resize your original raw photo? Edited by wheatguy
09/10/2010 10:00 pm
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Valued Member
United States
321 Posts |
Great start. These pics are better than my first ones. and it sounds like you got a head start on equipment too Here is a great guide and experiment that SuperDave wrote. https://goccf.com/t/29441 It explains the key factors in getting great photos. It really got me started and I'm still learning from it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Not bad for the first time. Looks better than my first. Wheat guy is spot on with the photoscape program, it is all I use now when posting pics here. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pictures look pretty good to me! Others are right about photoscape. I was an adobe photoshop user and had way too much trouble using it, particulatly cropping in circles. Tried photoscape and loved it. Its free, you ought to try it.
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 United States
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What camera and lens? Very few dSLR's have a "macro setting" as that is a function of the lens itself. Chances are, all that setting is, is a few internal aperture/exposure choices which you should be making yourself manually, anyways.
Each lens has a minimum focusing distance; closer than that, and the lens won't focus. Zoom will have no effect, because the zoom simply changes the distance the lens thinks it is from the subject. You'll still reach the minimum focusing distance.
With that said, it looks like you've got color and lighting nicely figured out, so it only remains to get the lens to answer to your will.
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Valued Member
United States
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Back the camera up a bit until you find a crisp focus. If you have auto focus on it may help you a bit (My canon won't let me take an out of focus shot). The penny will appear small in the frame, but in focus. Blow up the shot by cropping it in a photo editing app. The 10 MP can be blown up quite a bit without sacrificing detail. Alternatively, search out "Macro Filter". These are magnifiers that screw to the top of the lens. They are sized by the lens width usually written on the top of the lens. (My zoom is a 52mm). I use a 4 plus and a 10 plus. These guys go for $10 on ebay. |
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United States
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heck of a better job then my cannon can shoot
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United States
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Previously Banned Member
United States
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Try adding extension tube macro Rings. ebay for around $10! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yeah--not bad for first try. Quick question--are you using a tripod? Depending on the aperture setting, the shutter speed may require a tripod for sharp pics. |
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Posted 09/11/2010 02:23 am
