I saw a thread a while back where people posted their close-up eye photos and I asked a bit about how it was done but I think it got lost in between all the photos.
I'm wondering, how exactly do you get those really great super close up eye photos? I want to try to do one but I'm unsure of the method.
I have a SonyA300 and I have 3 lenses. A 50mm f1.8, and the two kit lenses that came with it (18-70mm f3.5-5.6 and 55-200 f4-5.6) and a wireless shutter release.
How would you suggest I go about trying to get one of these photos? Which lens? What settings etc. I'd REALLY love some help on how to achieve this!
@agima ooooh ok I just tried it with the 18-70mm with it zoomed all the way out, but I had the aperture higher. I also left it on auto ISO... this was before I saw your reply. Will see what results I got from that and then try your method. Most problem I found just from what I could see from looking at the LCD screen on the camera, was a lot of reflection.
I've used the macro on my p&s too and it was great! That's the one thing I miss about my elph, easy easy macro.
Took this one the other day with my new 100mm macro. I could have got closer but I was too wobbly and I was fed up. My lenses sweet spot is about f4-5 so I stuck with that, in front of a window but still had my iso high for a fast shutter.
Good luck!
Breigh, This was the Canon 50 f/1.8 with a+10 close-up lens. (They are often sold in sets of for, you may have seen the link to the article I wrote about then recently ... http://www.photokonnexion.com/?p=12852 ).
The trick for me was focus. I used a tripod and tied a strong around it. Then I pulled the string taut and held it in front of the lens. Looking through the lens, I drew on the string with a marker exactly where the focus was-. Then I could set the timer, get set, and put my eye right up to the mark on the string. Ta da!
I gave it a go with the P&S but didn't get any better results. I think I need to sit down and really spend time on it as I was in a bit of a rush this morning to take the photos for my entry for today's Me-March thingiemabob. The original photo was pretty crap but I gave it a bit of a boost in Photoshop. This was what I ended up with for my photo of the day. I will continue to try to get the really deep ones another time when I feel like really messing around and taking a million photos.
Thanks for the trick with the string @archaeofrog that may come in handy with my day to day selfies as well!!
Great photos everyone! @m9f9l what camera do you use now? I'm curious what you think compared to your A300. I sometimes regret not getting a Canon or Nikon simply because there's so much more out there for them (more people have them, which means more 2nd hand etc)
I'm back to my a100, which has some..um.. personality issues which is why I had gone to the 300. I buy mine used. RIght now I'm dreaming of a used a700...... They had a very rugged body and I'm pretty rough on my cameras. Sigh.
the smaller the sensor on your camera, the more DOF you'll get, and that's critical for macro shots. it's the reason that P&S look so good, they have huge DOF at that focal distance.
if you're going to use a macro lens, go with the longer lengths: typically, 100mm on a Canon, 105mm on a Nikon. focus stacking is almost always necessary, but you can do a good job if you have a high res body (24mp+), and you don't mind cropping (which I hate).
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you will most possible have to crop in as you will have issues getting focus.
Took this one the other day with my new 100mm macro. I could have got closer but I was too wobbly and I was fed up. My lenses sweet spot is about f4-5 so I stuck with that, in front of a window but still had my iso high for a fast shutter.
Good luck!
The trick for me was focus. I used a tripod and tied a strong around it. Then I pulled the string taut and held it in front of the lens. Looking through the lens, I drew on the string with a marker exactly where the focus was-. Then I could set the timer, get set, and put my eye right up to the mark on the string. Ta da!
Thanks for the trick with the string @archaeofrog that may come in handy with my day to day selfies as well!!
This one was also 80mm 7.1 but at 1/30 (wow.. I'm impressed with my hand held steadiness!) with my A300 (which I busted..sad)
if you're going to use a macro lens, go with the longer lengths: typically, 100mm on a Canon, 105mm on a Nikon. focus stacking is almost always necessary, but you can do a good job if you have a high res body (24mp+), and you don't mind cropping (which I hate).