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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 546941" data-attributes="member: 13196">I wound up getting a 4-way macro rail as I didn't like the play in the Manfrotto rail when the sales person showed it to me. Getting this photo was far more daunting than I imagined...although not because of the rail. Neither of my tripods go way down close to the ground so I had to invert the center column and hang the camera upside down. The difficult part was using the buttons on the camera while it was upside down. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I kept hitting the On/Off switch instead of the wheel to change the aperture. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> However, the rail worked flawlessly without any play in it. Unfortunately the sun shined directly on the flowers and camera making it more difficult to see the rear screen. I had so much trouble focusing manually in Live View that I switch to AF instead.I'm not sure what this color of Bleeding Heart is called. It is somewhat red in color. [ATTACH=full]205862[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 546941, member: 13196"] I wound up getting a 4-way macro rail as I didn't like the play in the Manfrotto rail when the sales person showed it to me. Getting this photo was far more daunting than I imagined...although not because of the rail. Neither of my tripods go way down close to the ground so I had to invert the center column and hang the camera upside down. The difficult part was using the buttons on the camera while it was upside down. ;) I kept hitting the On/Off switch instead of the wheel to change the aperture. :rolleyes: However, the rail worked flawlessly without any play in it. Unfortunately the sun shined directly on the flowers and camera making it more difficult to see the rear screen. I had so much trouble focusing manually in Live View that I switch to AF instead. I'm not sure what this color of Bleeding Heart is called. It is somewhat red in color. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]205862._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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