Hello Boris, Monday, March 15, 2004, 7:24:09 AM, you wrote:
BL> Hi! BA>> http://ns.atn.ro/~attila/ BA>> OK, don't shoot me, there are 4 pictures rather big in size. I did an BA>> interesting experiment with my lens, and these are the results. You BA>> could also read the text, but it is not necessary, I'm just a newbie BA>> in a need for a macro lens:) BA>> I would like to hear some constructive criticism about the pictures. BL> Ok then, here goes. BL> I am sorry I am kinda late, but my "debt" to the list is getting BL> smaller... No problem with that, I can wait:) Your comments are appreciated anytime. BL> 1. Abstract with Marbles - nothing to say - it is just good. "Cute" BL> says my wife who's standing beside me as I am typing this. I like the BL> lines... And I like the little shadows... That is my favourite one. Maybe because I like marbles... I had a hard time arranging them in those nice lines, they tend to roll away easily. BL> 2. Marbles and Bearing Balls - well, does not say much to me though. BL> It does not click but I don't know how to get it to click. Just click on it, and you get the larger image. But that's a rather weak composition I must admit, so maybe it doesn't even worth it. BL> 3. Spades and Hearts - the best. Since the support you used to keep BL> the cards up is not seen it is very much like an optical illusion BL> shot. My wife asked me to show her the image again to make sure the BL> cards do stand up. Well done. Thanks. That was a funny idea of mine:) I used another card for support. Maybe you can notice that on the large version, but you have to look very hard at the edges. I'm glad it worked:) BL> 4. Break! - the weakest one. Everything is in the middle and small. If BL> my daughter were her, she'd say "nu-nu-nu" and shake her little finger BL> at you <grin>... I agree. It was shot mainly to test corner and center sharpness at wider apertures. Doing all that work at f/16 gave me long exposures as I should take reciprocity failure into account, but I don't know how to do it properly. The tablecloth is actually the clearest white, but it got some kind of drappish tint, what is more proeminent on the prints than on the monitor. In this particular case I even like it, but don't know how this may come out in general. I tried to use on-camera flash to get shorter exposure times, but the results are awful:( So for closeups f/16 is my lens's sweet spot, and I have to live with it until I get a macro. Thanks for your reply. Attila
