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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822988" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>Macro is a fun part of tabletop photography. For the picture below, I again shot cufflinks (I know, lame inspiration). The theme that time was “Circles”, and so I took advantage of their shape. All those cufflinks are mine, and they have obviously be worn quite often during my professional life, which is why they do exhibit some wear and tear. That is one of the most difficult and painstaking things with that sort of photography: unless you obviously shoot an old item with patina and “a history”, the “hero product” must be as pristine and immaculate as possible, because every scrap, every grain of dust will show on the picture, and will need to be painfully cloned out in post-production. With the cufflinks I did the cleaning but chose to leave the little marks and scratches. They’re from the 1980s and are not supposed to be brand new.</p><p></p><p>This is also an (hopefully) interesting use of a macro lens (or semi-macro: Nikon calls it Micro-Nikkor although it doesn’t go beyond a 1:2 ratio) that is, at the same time, a tilt-shift lens. I wanted a certain depth of field and also some bokeh, and aimed at achieving that in one single exposure (the “old way” of doing it instead of stacking focus). I also wanted the sharp area to follow the orientation of the shirt sleeve, so I rotated the lens about 40 degrees to the left left to place the plane of focus where I wanted it, then tilted the lens almost 7 degrees to achieve the amount of depth of field I thought was needed. Because that lens, as mentioned above, can only achieve a 1:2 reproduction ratio natively, I had to use an extension tube to position the camera as close as I wanted and still be able to achieve focus. The final result was quite close to 1:1, an actual macro shot.</p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7, Micro–Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC–E tilt–shift lens, manual focus, FTZ adapter, Fotodiox Pro 45–mm extension tube. Gitzo GT3543 XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409030[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>As we say in French, <em>après l'effort, le réconfort:</em> after the effort, the comfort. After a good 2 hours of work to achieve the shot above, how about a good bite of chocolate? Milk or dark? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7 camera body, Micro–Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC–E tilt–shift lens, manual focus. FTZ adapter. Gitzo GT3543 XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single exposure.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409031[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 822988, member: 53455"] Macro is a fun part of tabletop photography. For the picture below, I again shot cufflinks (I know, lame inspiration). The theme that time was “Circles”, and so I took advantage of their shape. All those cufflinks are mine, and they have obviously be worn quite often during my professional life, which is why they do exhibit some wear and tear. That is one of the most difficult and painstaking things with that sort of photography: unless you obviously shoot an old item with patina and “a history”, the “hero product” must be as pristine and immaculate as possible, because every scrap, every grain of dust will show on the picture, and will need to be painfully cloned out in post-production. With the cufflinks I did the cleaning but chose to leave the little marks and scratches. They’re from the 1980s and are not supposed to be brand new. This is also an (hopefully) interesting use of a macro lens (or semi-macro: Nikon calls it Micro-Nikkor although it doesn’t go beyond a 1:2 ratio) that is, at the same time, a tilt-shift lens. I wanted a certain depth of field and also some bokeh, and aimed at achieving that in one single exposure (the “old way” of doing it instead of stacking focus). I also wanted the sharp area to follow the orientation of the shirt sleeve, so I rotated the lens about 40 degrees to the left left to place the plane of focus where I wanted it, then tilted the lens almost 7 degrees to achieve the amount of depth of field I thought was needed. Because that lens, as mentioned above, can only achieve a 1:2 reproduction ratio natively, I had to use an extension tube to position the camera as close as I wanted and still be able to achieve focus. The final result was quite close to 1:1, an actual macro shot. Nikon Z7, Micro–Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC–E tilt–shift lens, manual focus, FTZ adapter, Fotodiox Pro 45–mm extension tube. Gitzo GT3543 XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting. [ATTACH type="full"]409030[/ATTACH] As we say in French, [I]après l'effort, le réconfort:[/I] after the effort, the comfort. After a good 2 hours of work to achieve the shot above, how about a good bite of chocolate? Milk or dark? ;) Nikon Z7 camera body, Micro–Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC–E tilt–shift lens, manual focus. FTZ adapter. Gitzo GT3543 XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single exposure. [ATTACH type="full"]409031[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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