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    Ironwoods 52 Favourites 2017

    #20 Tiny Mushroom
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    Ironwood's Pen Progression

    Cheers Scott, thats the sort of feedback I need to hear so I can progress. A job for tommorow is to try an extra white card on the LHS of the lens to try and fill that black void on the gold nib section. I didnt realize we clicked over onto a new page and left the other photos behind. I will...
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    Ironwood's Pen Progression

    Thanks Scott. I am still trying to get a feel as to what is best for the lines. Here is the second one in the last batch again, with the second black line removed, and a bit of PP. What are your thoughts on the use of the white card with the black line, which is visible in this pic, compared...
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    Ironwood's Pen Progression

    I put my Nikon 105 G macro lens on today, this might be the ideal working distance for me I think ( I was ready to sell it too, hasnt been used for a long time) I used just one flash in the softbox, on the LHS of the table. The first 3 have the white card ( 300 X 350mm ) with the black strip in...
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    Ironwood's Pen Progression

    This one has the softbox directly above the pen flash at 1/4, I reduced the power of the flash on the RHS down to 1/8. Not sure I like this much, too much reflected light on the chrome, I might have the softbox too low.....
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    Ironwood's Pen Progression

    I have tried a few different things this afternoon. I have gone to 150mm for now to give me a bit more working distance. I only have 2 speedlights, so I have taken the one from underneath the table and put it on the righthand side shooting through a white umbrella. I think this is an improvement...
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    Post your latest purchases.

    I bought one of these cheap shooting tables off ebay to try out with my product photography. First test shot, still needs some work with the lighting to get things looking better (used 2 speedlights, one in a 24" softbox on the left, and one underneath ) But happy enough with initial results...
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    Ironwood's Pen Progression

    I bought one of these cheap (AU$40) shooting tables off ebay to try out. This is my first test shot. I put a flash underneath pointing straight up, and a 24" softbox on the left, and a white reflector card with a black stripe on the right. I need to play around with the reflector card. I think...
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    Ironwoods 52 Favourites 2017

    #19
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    One of the big green ants being overcome by fungus...
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    Since the cyclone, I am lucky to see a Jumping Spider on one of my walks, before the cyclone I could easily see 5-10 on the same walk. Hopefully their numbers will increase again soon.
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    Hyper Fly.
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    Centipede.
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    About 12mm tall ( 1/2 inch )
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    The Jumping Spiders are very scarce since the Cyclone went through here, hopefully it wont be long until the numbers build up again. I only saw one today.
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    I put the macro lens on today and went for a walk in the garden.
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    Ironwoods 52 Favourites 2017

    #18
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    Post your best and worst photography-related purchase(s)

    I wouldnt be able to pick a favororite. I have hundreds of shots in my old "Backyard Critter" threads and last years '52 thread that could be candidates. The first shot here is from week 3 of this years '52, 2nd shot is the same spider taken a few seconds earlier. This lens has been dropped a...
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    I processed this one using Nik HDR Efex from a single image. Original Edit
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    Ironwoods Random Offerings 2017

    I took this one the other day and didnt think much of it, I decided to have a 2nd look at it tonight.
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