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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 49940" data-attributes="member: 6548">Thanks for commenting Rick...it is an interesting photograph in terms of the various plant forms represented...you have trees, bushy vines, grass, fungi, algae (note this is the west side of the tree)...roots..etc...there is a giant group of wild cacti nearby I'll try to put one of those up here in a minute...I think I have one or two that may work...The 135 Q close focuses at 1 meter...I wound her all the way to down to close focus and then moved in on the subject so I think it was 1 meter to the subject (UNLESS the crop factor means it close focuses at 1.5m on a crop camera!)...I was using the electronic rangefinder in the viewfinder and I noticed for the first time that it was telling me the range in some type of scale in the viewfinder but I didn't study it. I probably would have beat the DOF issue if I would have used Live View and the magnifier...the 135 Q is a cheap dirty mean and nasty masterpiece of a lens sir...heavy duty made of metal and glass with precision controls that feel similar to a Porsche... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 49940, member: 6548"] Thanks for commenting Rick...it is an interesting photograph in terms of the various plant forms represented...you have trees, bushy vines, grass, fungi, algae (note this is the west side of the tree)...roots..etc...there is a giant group of wild cacti nearby I'll try to put one of those up here in a minute...I think I have one or two that may work... The 135 Q close focuses at 1 meter...I wound her all the way to down to close focus and then moved in on the subject so I think it was 1 meter to the subject (UNLESS the crop factor means it close focuses at 1.5m on a crop camera!)...I was using the electronic rangefinder in the viewfinder and I noticed for the first time that it was telling me the range in some type of scale in the viewfinder but I didn't study it. I probably would have beat the DOF issue if I would have used Live View and the magnifier...the 135 Q is a cheap dirty mean and nasty masterpiece of a lens sir...heavy duty made of metal and glass with precision controls that feel similar to a Porsche... :) [/QUOTE]

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