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Accidental macro
Started July 9, 2010 @ 6:43pm by RickT
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RickT
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| Accidental macro | July 9, 2010 @ 6:43pm | Nearly every macro shot I've posted here has been shot with a lens that was designated "macro" (Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens). Yesterday I was hiking with the main intention of taking wildflowers-in-the-landscape pictures. I had a Canon 16-35mm zoom lens on the camera, taking this shot:
Then one of our native orange-striped bumblebees dropped in for a visit. I zoomed up to 35mm and moved in as close as I could (subject distance about 5 inches). The resulting shot still didn't give as close a look as I wanted, so I sharpened the shot using Adobe Camera Raw, then cropped and enlarged it in PS CS3. I think the result, shot with a wide angle lens, was pretty acceptable. I'm posting this simply to encourage anyone who might think that they don't have the right gear for macro shots--there might be some good shots waiting to be shared!
Canon 40D, lens Canon 16-35mm f/2.8, ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/400 sec., no flash, handheld, distance to subject about 5 inches.
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
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Wes
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| July 9, 2010 @ 9:16pm | Beautiful captures, Rick. They are so rich.
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Flo
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| July 10, 2010 @ 6:45am | Rick, what a beautiful landscape! What was the f/stop for this, as everything looks so well in focus?
The macro shot is marvelous. Thanks for the meta data, too. That's a nice DOF. If you had shot this with a true macro, I'm not sure that f/7.1 would have given you such a great DOF. So there's some merit, depending on what you want to show, in using "macro" enabled wide angle lenses for macro shots.
Flo - PPY
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RickT
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| July 10, 2010 @ 10:58am | Oops! Sorry, Flo. The data on the first shot is:
Canon 40D, lens Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 shot at 22mm, ISO 100, f/14, 1/80 sec., handheld, distance to closest flowers about 2 feet. It is a great area to shoot at this time of year (east side of Arapaho Pass).
It's an interesting point you raise about DOF on the "macro" shot. Certainly if I shot at 5 inches with my macro lens there would have been very little DOF, even at f/16. OTOH, you would have been able to count the hairs on the bee's head  .
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/
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Becky
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| July 10, 2010 @ 8:21pm | Nicely done, and good information. Beautiful flowers and views.
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