Pure play, no need to comment. I was delighted to see that the dandelion growing in the pot next to the front door had gone to seed, so took it indoors for a photo shoot. I've seen some amazing pictures on here using a reversing ring so thought I'd have a dabble reversing the lens but without a ring. Was astonished how much it magnified.
How could I not comment on this - those delicate little hairs that you've caught don't seem sturdy enough to hold up that large drop of water. It produces such an intriguing combination. :)
Well done! It's hard enough WITH the ring to hold the lens in place. If you are daft enough to play seriously, rings are less than £10.
How about this for serious daftness - try "free" reversed lens. No, I haven't & no I won't!
jx
Hello Felicity, thanks for you challenge, I will have a try - if the weather obliges with some raindrops!! I have loved looking through your project - you have many stunning shots, I am in awe!! So, for your challenge this week, how about shooting red on red? I was set this quite a while ago - it was a challenge to me. Please let me know if you would prefer something else though. Anne
@365anne Thanks Anne, that's so kind of you - glad you don't see all the ones I delete! Have never tried red on red, this will be interesting. Re raindrops I use a spray bottle and glycerine is supposed to work well instead of water. There are lots of really good tutorials on YouTube re raindrops - sorry, am rubbish at hyperlinks. Will try to send you a link that I was sent a few weeks ago. Just have fun with it, I think they're quite addictive. Your camera has such a great zoom am looking forward to seeing your results:) Felicity
@bintal You just detach the lens, turn it the wrong way round, hold it up to the camera still the wrong way round and shoot - for some strange reason it magnifies quite well:)
@taffy I know very little about lens baby effect and sorry, am no good at hyperlinks. If you Google "extreme macro photography reverse lens" it should give you a lot of information. I'm very new to this having been interested in Jesika's pictures @jesika2 - she's very accomplished at insect macros. Think the idea is to use an older prime lens, not an expensive modern one. I am sure it will make sense to you, but it left me rather in the dark with all the details:)
@365anne If you're interested, I downloaded a free 4x DSLR camera zoom app on my mobile phone which worked pretty well on these:) Not so clunky as a camera!
@365anne The app is called Zoom DSLR camera and you can get it from the Google Play Store it's free. Some of the best macros I did were years ago on a little Pentax Optio point & shoot. Your camera has a 38x zoom which is very impressive!!
@fbailey Thanks I will have a look at the app. Yes, for a bridge camera I gather it's zoom is ok!! I certainly am very happy with the camera and the results I manage to get with it
@fbailey@taffy I was just reading about this and that's what it is. You take a lens and hold it up to the camera rather than screwing it in. The fun part is that you can use any lens to do this- it doesn't necessarily have to "match" your camera. Some people allow light leaks, other minimize them as much as possible- the variety is endless. This is definitely something I am going to experiment with and since I just won the job of hosting the next technique challenge it may appear there as well if it was never done or not done recently...
So neat! You are brave to do all these types of experiments. I would be worried about dust and dirt getting into the camera ...
But the result is wonderful!
A FAV!
@farmreporter Thanks Wendy - am so pleased we got to be partners again in Get Pushed - this was going to be your challenge!! Extreme macro with reverse lensing. However, I do understand that not everyone is as cavalier with their equipment as I am, my next choice was low light portrait, but I see you've recently done one of those too ...
So this week's challenge is either to produce an HDR effect photo using exposure compensation buttons and blending in Photoshop (I think you have this?) or focus stacking on any subject you like. These are two things I attempted recently and found them very interesting and will doubtless come in very useful at some stage (if I can still remember how to do them)!
I leave it up to you which one you go for, but if you don't want to use Photoshop, please get back to me and I'll come up with something else. Good luck partner!
Hello Felicity
Those are both really great challenges and I just may give each of them a try!
So good that my partners are pushing me to learn new techniques lately!
@farmreporter So pleased you're happy! Thanks very much for mine, two of my older dogs (and I) have slowed up a lot lately, but the youngest is still fairly active as well as vocal. Looking forward to my challenge:)
May 7th, 2018
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How about this for serious daftness - try "free" reversed lens. No, I haven't & no I won't!
jx
Here are some examples https://www.google.ca/search?q=refraction+water+droplets&rlz=1C1GCEB_enCA785CA785&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ
as for this shot- it's beautiful! fav
But the result is wonderful!
A FAV!
So this week's challenge is either to produce an HDR effect photo using exposure compensation buttons and blending in Photoshop (I think you have this?) or focus stacking on any subject you like. These are two things I attempted recently and found them very interesting and will doubtless come in very useful at some stage (if I can still remember how to do them)!
I leave it up to you which one you go for, but if you don't want to use Photoshop, please get back to me and I'll come up with something else. Good luck partner!
Those are both really great challenges and I just may give each of them a try!
So good that my partners are pushing me to learn new techniques lately!