Ready for Next Year by kph129

Ready for Next Year

Another macro attempt - this one of some seed pods from tiny white flowers in our yard (not sure of their name). These pods are less than 1cm across.

Before crop and editing: http://365project.org/kph129/challenges/2012-08-22

Attempt 2 for the Get Pushed challenge ( http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/13989/get-pushed-week-five), where Jaap pushed me "... to make a macro with your 60D. Try to come as close as possible, use manual focus with 10x focus zoom via LiveView and do a maximum crop."
@djepie - Thoughts? I wonder if I pushed the maximum crop too far... on the borderline of seeing pixels here.
August 23rd, 2012  
I love the way you edited this! Very cool.
August 23rd, 2012  
Wow, you really cropped. It's looking a little grainy to me but is still very effective.
August 23rd, 2012  
Great composition but I think I agree with kwind - possibly a bit too grainy.
August 23rd, 2012  
Yes, that's exactly what I mean! Isn't it great having such tools (camera, lens, software) to be able to zoom in that far and isolating really small items, even without a macro lens?! It was absolutely impossible with my first 300D about 7 years ago. And nowadays this is not the limit; with a professional full frame camera and professional lens you can get even better results. But for us as amateurs I think it's so great to show people photos of items they haven't seen with their own eyes before. I mean: look these small seeds, very sharp, isolated by crop and by DOF so well. I bet noboby passing by these flowers will have this! And ofcourse it's not necessary to crop that far each time, but it's good to know what is possible with your camera. And here the advantage of a DSLR: a compact camera usually can come much closer to flower etc, but they don't have manual focus, so you will never get these results. Fav.
August 23rd, 2012  
Fabulous editing :)
August 23rd, 2012  
@djepie well said!
August 23rd, 2012  
amazing :)
August 23rd, 2012  
@djepie ~ Thanks so much for your push and advice - I love learning new things about my camera and photography!
August 24th, 2012  
Great shot. I love to collect seeds for next year.
August 24th, 2012  
Very cool! Love the crop with all the details.
August 24th, 2012  
Beautiful shot-love the editing.
August 24th, 2012  
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.