With the weather so brutal and cold I thought we could do an indoor photography project as a challenge. The consensus during the meeting was Macro Photography. However if you don’t have a good macro lens, close-up or still-life is totally acceptable as well.
On macro photography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl9-VWe1xg
A tutorial on still lifehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgymaO3ZEXc
A tutorial on lighting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQpqo0Nmsk
a close up of orchids. I combined 3 photos f3.2 ISO 100 105mm f1/125
Same flower as Della. I have had this flower in my office for over 5 years and it keeps blooming in spite of how little I look after it.
This is a focus stack of 13 images.
1/30 sec @ f2.8, ISO 200
100mm Macros lens on Canon R5
Edited in LR and Photoshop
A bee moving on from a tasty stop in a poppy. ISO220 220mm f/8 1/500s.
This Arizona native desert plant is a Chuparosa, which is the Spanish word for hummingbird, which is fitting as they are its primary pollinator and can’t resist its bright nectar-filled tubes. ISO 2000 470mm f/8 1/2500s.
Dropped some water on a plant leaf, then applied a lens filter in post processing and changed the background to black.
f/3.5, 1/60, iso80
A close up of a branch on the ground during a morning walk
Taken with cell phone
Snow on a raspberry stalk. Taken with a zoom lens to get a blurred background
f/4.0, 1/1250 sec, FL 567 mm, ISO 100
Icicle forming from melting snow.
f/4.0, 1/500 sec, FL 567, ISO 100
I often play around with macro photography, but with the new mirrorless camera and new to me (used) macro lens, it was a whole different experience. Finally captured a water droplet (with the window reflection) on the lily’s stamen. My lightening was from the dining room window, handheld. F5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO auto.
From flowers in the vases, to capturing the sunlight through the flower vases. The crystal vase is only 4 inches high and the pinwheel symbol is half the size of dime. Macro lens and macro setting. F5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO 100.
Still life. Gave up trying to get a good camera shot and used my iPhone.
My first attempt. I wanted to incorporate an X-ray of my lungs I pilfered years ago so used a white sheet with lights behind it. I decided it was too crowded because the table was too small. Again, gave up on getting a good camera shot and used the iPhone.
Canada 5 cent piece year 1956. F/10; 1/50 sec.; ISO 800 105 mm (Nikon macro lens)
cropped.
actual size shot
My last minute contribution to this challenge. Studio image taken against a black curtain. Post processed in Photoshop Camera Raw. Used healing brush and clone stamp to remove distractions.
This what Photoshop thinks the exposure should be.
Dried acrylic paint shot at: f/3.5; 1/60 sec; ISO 800 at 105 mm. (Nikon macro lens)
size shot