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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823909" data-attributes="member: 53455">Macro and super-macro, a set of two:A few days ago, back in the Tabletop thread, I showed a photo where I used as a prop to the main subject a Baccarat crystal champagne cup from the early 20th century that has been in my family since then. The crystal is impossibly thin (those guys don’t go in the dishwasher!), and on top of that, it is engraved by hand (there was no other way back then, anyway!) all around the rim, as the first “normal” macro shot shows. This I believe is around 1:1.Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single exposure.[ATTACH=full]410000[/ATTACH]To show more in detail how amazing the engraving is, I took a second photograph, this time using the bellows. This photo is probably something around 5:1.Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head, Novoflex BALPRO T/S bellows. Artificial lighting, single exposure.[ATTACH=full]410001[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 823909, member: 53455"] [B]Macro and super-macro, a set of two:[/B] A few days ago, back in the Tabletop thread, I showed a photo where I used as a prop to the main subject a Baccarat crystal champagne cup from the early 20th century that has been in my family since then. The crystal is impossibly thin (those guys don’t go in the dishwasher!), and on top of that, it is engraved by hand (there was no other way back then, anyway!) all around the rim, as the first “normal” macro shot shows. This I believe is around 1:1. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single exposure. [ATTACH type="full" alt="51391049362_989e84f109_o.jpg"]410000[/ATTACH] To show more in detail how amazing the engraving is, I took a second photograph, this time using the bellows. This photo is probably something around 5:1. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head, Novoflex BALPRO T/S bellows. Artificial lighting, single exposure. [ATTACH type="full" alt="51391049397_d56e666b8c_o.jpg"]410001[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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