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![]() Thanks! That was shot with a Nex-5N and Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f2.8 lens. That lens is definitely my go to macro lens these days. But, more than the lens, I think exposing to the right (by about a stop) helped me bring out the tones and later compensate for it in PP. Good stuff but the yellow looks a bit un-natural to me. Did you try hiking up next to the bridge there and taking a city scape? I wanted to do it one time, but my sister's family was with me, so didn't get around to doing it. Ah, very nice TG. I like the way bird balances out the person on the bridge. And good to see you do UWA perspectives after a while ![]() | |
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Here's a toned-down-yellow version for you. ![]() And a skyline before sunset - ![]() Last edited by Gandhi : 24th June 2013 at 22:51. | |
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| ![]() Nice! I like these much better. It could be my work monitor, but I think you can use curves tool to improve the midtone contrast a bit more in the second one. |
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| ![]() A few pictures I recently took, from different places in India A villager leads his camel off into the desert near Tanot A shepherd is bathed in golden sunlight on the border of Bikaner Sunset near Vadodara Jaisalmer fort Road to nowhere - vehicle tracks preserved in the white desert of Dhordo, Great Rann of Kutch, Gujarat Last edited by sidkun : 25th June 2013 at 01:16. Reason: Tried to add captions, couldn't figure it out. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() How can I focus on complete remote control and not on a particular area of a product? Same is the case with other photo. I used manual focus and tried to bring complete subject into focus but somehow I managed to get only a portion into sharp focus like in remote's pic middle portion is in focus and not the lower portion where Panasonic is written. Tried with autofocus only but same results. I am also not happy with picture's sharpness. Is it OK? Camera is D3100, stock lens and shot @50mm, ISO 100 without flash. Where I am missing? PS - Is it fine/legal to use company's logo on their products photographs provided such photos are not used in any commercial activities? ![]() ![]() Last edited by bluevolt : 25th June 2013 at 01:23. |
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It depends on the aperture used in the lens. Larger aperture (small f number) = shallow DOF. That's what you've got here. You can try with smaller apertures to get more in focus. Just google depth of field and you'll find lot of reading material. | ||
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The toned down version of your pic looks much better. Quote:
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here is an example from me, posted earlier in this thread: ![]() This is taken with aperture wide open but I had taken few shots by advancing the focus from nearest portion of the subject till the farthest, and stacked them up in PS. You can see that the DOF is unusually wide that it covers all parts of the lens sitting close by, but the background is just bokeh. you can get details on how many shots to take, what aperture to be used etc, from internet. Super macro photographers usually use this technique to achieve some good amount of DOF, which is otherwise difficult to get within a single shot at such higher magnification levels. Last edited by clevermax : 25th June 2013 at 11:11. | ||
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This is one which I am trying to get. Other than PS I dont see any other focus stacking solution. There is one and its very costly. Why no PS? Because I am on Aperture. Any suggestions? |
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EDIT: Awesome result that, btw ![]() Last edited by Dry Ice : 25th June 2013 at 20:34. | ||
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Of course focus stacking is arguably the best option for product photography. But I still believe knowledge of DOF is important for focus stacking too. One doesn't have to do the DOF calculations but understanding what impacts DOF and how to control it is important IMHO. Not only for macro photography, but for any kind in general say portrait, wildlife, even landscape. I would put focus stacking in one of the advanced concepts of photography and wouldn't suggest that to beginners even before they get grasp on basics of photography. BTW I'm a fan of your focus stacked macros, specially the insects. | |
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@Hellwrath Yeah, just back to shooting some landscapes again. More to follow. Here are some portrait oriented landscape photographs, that I shot at Nisqually, Washington. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Regards, TG. | ||
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