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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / June 2008[photos] fun with macro, water drops, and DVDs
Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. Just trying to get some abstract crazy colouring. I had no idea what colours were going to be created. And I wasn't expecting that weird halo sort of effect. Shame about the dust. The DVD looked pretty clean to the naked eye, but 2:1 lifesize and flash shows it up unfortunately. All shot at about 2:1 lifesize with full set of Kenko extension tubes and 100mm macro lens. Click the images for larger views: http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22  SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. > Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro > style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22 How important is the dust? * Jimmy wrote : >> Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro >> style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > How important is the dust? What do you mean? I thought it would look better with absolutely no dust at all. In one of those shots there was only a little so I cloned it out, but in the others there was just too much, even in the drops. SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. > * Jimmy wrote : >>> Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > a little so I cloned it out, but in the others there was just too > much, even in the drops. Take 8790, the drop is full of dust and there are heaps on the dark background. Or explain what the white spots are then! * Jimmy wrote : >> * Jimmy wrote : >>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Or explain what the white spots are then! I know it's dust. I'm not denying that. In fact, I said it was a shame about the dust in the very first post I made here. I don't understand why you asked "How important is the dust?" It's obviously _not_ desirable, but didn't come to light until afterwards. SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. > * Jimmy wrote : >>> * Jimmy wrote : [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > It's obviously _not_ desirable, but didn't come to light until > afterwards. You should be more particular, it maybe just a spur of the moment thing, but with a little more effort you could have made interesting images, without the dust, these are not keepers. Why publish sub standard images???????? See you in Brissy first weekend next month. * Jimmy wrote : > [---=| Quote block shrinked by t-prot: 26 lines snipped |=---] >>> Or explain what the white spots are then! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > but with a little more effort you could have made interesting images, > without the dust, these are not keepers. Now I understand what you are trying to say. I thought I was acknowledging they weren't perfect right from my first post by saying it was a shame about the dust. I'll make more effort next time having learnt from this experience. > Why publish sub standard images??? Why not? Is there some rule where every photo posted here has to be perfect? I'm learning. If I post a photo and it receives critique, I try to take that onboard for next time. Sorry to say this, but your critique hasn't really added anything to what I noted myself in my very first post. > See you in Brissy first weekend next month. Did we have a meeting organised that I have forgotten about? SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. Troy Piggins schrieb: Hello Troy - > Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro > style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. did you see this? http://www.rohuebner.de/ It is in German but most of the fotos are self explaining. You will find many very good fotos even of drops under Water! Regards Udo * Udo Huebner wrote : > Troy Piggins schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > It is in German but most of the fotos are self explaining. > You will find many very good fotos even of drops under Water! Thanks for the link, Udo. I haven't seen that site before, although I have seen similar shots. Next time I am bored, I'll give that a try. :) SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. > Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro > style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22 Again, you have piqued my interest, Troy - these are cool.. I sort of like the dust - somehow makes them look organic or something, although the rather large amount does cast aspersions about your clean room hi-fi environment... I have some rather interestingly 'damaged' cd's that might become rather photogenic when treated thusly. I might return to this thread later.. * Mark Thomas wrote : >> Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro >> style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Again, you have piqued my interest, Troy - these are cool.. :) Thanks mate. Not too many bugs around for macro shooting. And this can be done in the warmth of your own home. > I sort of like the dust - somehow makes them look organic or > something, although the rather large amount does cast > aspersions about your clean room hi-fi environment... Ha. Actually I'm pretty anal about keeping my CDs and DVDs clean from dust and scratches. This was a DVD that hadn't burned correctly and I had salvaged from the bin so I couldn't potentially damage one of my real DVDs. ;) > I have some rather interestingly 'damaged' cd's that might > become rather photogenic when treated thusly. I might return > to this thread later.. Look forward to it. I want to try some different lighting angles to see if any other colours appear, or if it's always the same. This was just with my normal macro rig, flash top left of lens. SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. > * Mark Thomas wrote : >>> Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro style. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > :) Thanks mate. Not too many bugs around for macro shooting. And this > can be done in the warmth of your own home. Hi, Troy. Coincidentally, the other day I got my reverse mount in the mail, and spent a night playing with that and my 18-55 at 18. This was part of my testing, not an attempt at art! http://blinkynet.net/stuff/reversed_lens_needle_3333.jpg Normal sized needle and thread. Background is silk. It was fun experimentation and my first macro[1] attempt with the D60... ...then, as I was heading for bed I spied a spider in the bathtub. I chased him around for a while. He won. :) [1] Shooting a ruler, my first testing, showed I was getting 4:1. SignatureBlinky Is your ISP dropping Usenet? Need a new feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html > Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro > style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22 Cool. Must try. Hmmm ... get a black light... never know... (and/or simply add a gel to your flash head). Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. * Alan Browne wrote : >> Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro >> style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Hmmm ... get a black light... never know... (and/or simply add a gel to > your flash head). Good idea! I've got hundreds of them unused to date in a Rosco swatch pack. And the lighting at different angles must give different effects. Let's play! :) SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. > * Alan Browne wrote : >>> http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22 >> Cool. Must try. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > swatch pack. And the lighting at different angles must give > different effects. Let's play! :) It also occurred to me that some food dye in the water might work with a clear strobe... Must play. [ must work ]. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. >> Hmmm ... get a black light... never know... (and/or simply add a >> gel to your flash head). > > Good idea! I've got hundreds of them unused to date in a Rosco > swatch pack. And the lighting at different angles must give > different effects. Let's play! :) Use glycerine, either neat or mixed in the water, gives a much better effect. * Marutchi wrote : >>> Hmmm ... get a black light... never know... (and/or simply add a >>> gel to your flash head). [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Use glycerine, either neat or mixed in the water, gives a much better > effect. Thanks for the tip! SignatureTroy Piggins I always appreciate critique. |
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