WM's 2016 Shots

[Whiskeyman]

Well, I've finally gotten the camera out for something that I want to do. Although it didn't go as well as I wanted it to, it's a start.

My first shot is one of the blooms of my Mother's Christmas Cactus.



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[Whiskeyman]

While out shooting the cactus, this bugged me for a bit.



After reviewing it, I realize I need to go over my autofocus settings and then run a focus calibration with this lens/camera combination.

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[Whiskeyman]

And while out shooting flowers, I couldn't pass this up.



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[richnmib]

Well, I've finally gotten the camera out for something that I want to do. Although it didn't go as well as I wanted it to, it's a start.

My first shot is one of the blooms of my Mother's Christmas Cactus.

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Very nice. I just picked up two Christmas cactus today on clearance. Looking forward to the flowers.

 

[Whiskeyman]

Very nice. I just picked up two Christmas cactus today on clearance. Looking forward to the flowers.

I hope that your's ends up as nicely as Mom's. Then again, she can grow flowers in concrete!

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[Moab Man]

Then again, she can grow flowers in concrete!

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I had a great grandmother like that. Everything would bloom for her.

 

[richnmib]

I hope that your's ends up as nicely as Mom's. Then again, she can grow flowers in concrete!

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My mother in law is the same

 

[Whiskeyman]

Ok! I'm back home and no longer have just the 13" laptop to edit photos on. It's time to get serious!!



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[Roy1961]

nice shot WM

 

[Marilynne]

nice shot WM

I agree!

 

[Whiskeyman]

Ok! I'm back home and no longer have just the 13" laptop to edit photos on. It's time to get serious!!

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nice shot WM

I agree!

Thank you Roy1961 and Marilynne. I'm going to play with it in photoshop to try to improve it. I'm thinking about how to remove the green part of the cactus, which I tried to do in the shoot, but just couldn't get done with the layout I had. I also was very careful to not break my mom's plant!

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[Whiskeyman]

While photographing plants, I noticed this in one of the shots, so my attention shifted from flora to fauna.






I really missed the eyes on the second shot, but the first looks as though I missed it all. It was cold and the fly wasn't moving much, but I must have breathed on it enough to warm it up and it flew off. I wanted to get even closer than I already was for subject enlargement, but the depth of field was already so shallow that I needed to use focus stacking for the image. That wasn't going to happen since the wind was blowing the leaves of the plants all over.

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[Whiskeyman]

When dealing with macro/micro, the margin of error can be razor thin, and easily results in a miss! Hopefully, this will return later after a stint in Photoshop.




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[Whiskeyman]

More cactus photos...





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[Moab Man]

If you like macro you should pick up a Raynox 250.

 

[Whiskeyman]

If you like macro you should pick up a Raynox 250.

I like all of it, but right now I'm just sticking with my Nikkor 105 Micro due to other financial priorities.

I'll look into the Raynox 250 in the future, based upon your recommendation.

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[Moab Man]

I like all of it, but right now I'm just sticking with my Nikkor 105 Micro due to other financial priorities.

I'll look into the Raynox 250 in the future, based upon your recommendation.

WM

When you have a little bit of extra coinage, the great thing is the Raynox is really inexpensive.

Raynox DCR-250 2.5x Super Macro Lens with Snap-On Mount DCR-250

 

[Whiskeyman]

Ok, I've looked at the twirls that Jake has shared on his 2016 thread and given it a go. First, the original image, from back in 2014:


And then, the manipulated image, rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise:



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[Whiskeyman]

I was the photographer at our local high school band's Jazz Dinner, and was able to capture a few shots I am able to post here...



and this one



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[Whiskeyman]

Of course, they didn't inform me that they wanted food product shots, so I didn't have all of the equipment that I needed for this shot,



... like a fork!!!!

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