Julie Kenward
04-16-2009, 07:47 PM
I ordered a set of extension tubes for my macro lens a few weeks ago and played with them on some flowers but things weren't really clicking. I got some decent images but nothing that made me happy to have spent the cold hard cash that I did to get them.
Then, tonight, while out in my front yard photographing a tulip, I got down prone on the ground of my front yard and made a couple of images of some violets with the 20mm tube attached. Suddenly, the grass popped out and I knew I was on to something! I added the 12mm to the 20mm and got back down flat on my belly and the shutter went wild.
And, yes, the midtown Metro bus did go by my home with a busload of commuters getting off work while I layed there, backside in the air and nose in the ground...but that's life as a macro photographer right?
Can I get an Amen sistah?
This is the first image of the series on grass. :D I may never cut the lawn again...
Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens & 12mm & 20mm extension tubes
EF 4.5 @ 1/40th, ISO 400
Manual mode, manual focus, pattern metering
Sunny WB, no flash, late afternoon sun, plants backlit.
Processed in ACR & CS4. Slight levels adjustment and noise reduction. Small cloning and crop.
Then, tonight, while out in my front yard photographing a tulip, I got down prone on the ground of my front yard and made a couple of images of some violets with the 20mm tube attached. Suddenly, the grass popped out and I knew I was on to something! I added the 12mm to the 20mm and got back down flat on my belly and the shutter went wild.
And, yes, the midtown Metro bus did go by my home with a busload of commuters getting off work while I layed there, backside in the air and nose in the ground...but that's life as a macro photographer right?
Can I get an Amen sistah?
This is the first image of the series on grass. :D I may never cut the lawn again...
Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens & 12mm & 20mm extension tubes
EF 4.5 @ 1/40th, ISO 400
Manual mode, manual focus, pattern metering
Sunny WB, no flash, late afternoon sun, plants backlit.
Processed in ACR & CS4. Slight levels adjustment and noise reduction. Small cloning and crop.