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Been having a lot of problems using the MP-E65 so far , so haven't posted anything.
Decided that I had better upload something to look back upon and laugh at when I get used to it , so here is a fumbled attempt at an aphid , top image 1:1 @ f8, Iso 200 and way too slow a shutter speed at 1/25 should have been more like 1/200.
Lower image 5x probably still at f8..... diffraction heaven!!!
Using this purely as a bench mark.
Upon reflection , too slower shutter speed , flash not diffused enough , as for the lower pic ... all the same & Effective f-number = f-number x (Magnification +1) rule straight out the window.
TOP IMAGE BEST VIEWED ON BLACK. not that's its really worth viewing :-)
Thomas
Battery-Operated
Quality Die-cast
Requires 1AA Battery
Learning Curve
Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway System
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From a available light test shoot at my Studio Portraiture class, with Ksenia in front of the camera for this shot, and Anthony holding a gold reflector for the light source on the right.
The two cuffs in the foreground were finished AFTER the glass of wine... and the realization that I could NOT stitch through all of that fabric with the needle I had in the machine... DUH, Julee!
Ever since I bought my new lens, I've been whining about how I've been too busy to go shooting. So I took BART to 24th and Mission with my friend Josh and walked back to the Castro with the intent of shooting and, possibly, buying cute shoes and tops. (I am a multitasker.) So I wandered down Valencia, bought nothing but a plastic ring (cute!) and two used books (deep!), and took a picture of this flower which is ... right in front of my house. There is a moral here, but I am going to go drink some root beer and read Madame Bovary instead.
I'd like to point out that I'm not suffering from a chronic attack of narcissism. I recently bought a Speedlite and have been learning how to use it (i.e. tearing my hair out) and work out how the thing interacts with the camera, and I like contrasty B&W portraits and I'm the most available person in the house to take pictures of.
So far I've found out that E-TTL is an anagram for a japanese phrase which means "Intermediately Random Metering To Drive The User Mad". Although it's actually more likely that I'm confusing the camera with my "unique" approach to taking a shot!
But this shot is starting to approach the sort of thing I'm after. Do let me know what you think - good or bad...
Hello flickr world!
This has been a trying week or two. My pc was pretty full and I was having trouble trying to edit photos in Photoshop 6.
So, I made the jump to a 24" iMac today, and up to Photoshop CS3. Holy cow, that's an expensive program!!!!!
Now I feel like I'm working on a computer with welding gloves on because I don't know macs and things work differently on macs. Argh!!!!!
I know that everything will be fine in time, but I hate this learning curve bit.
.zack! I'm still coming to Germany
To all German fans, I'm sorry about the football match!