William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom C" > Subject: Re: PESO - macro flower > > >> A critique: >> >> Scott, I haven't used a 645 macro, but this doesn't look like a macro >> shot, >> more like a telephoto image. Not sure of the size of the flower or your >> distance from it, but in general I would expect to see much higher >> magnification if a macro was used in the macro sense. The little bit of >> leaves on the left is somewhat bothersome. >> > > You haven't tried doing macro work with your 6x7 yet, have you? If that > bloom is any less than 4 inches across, it's a better than 1:2 > magnification. Depending on who owned the plant, I would possibly have done > some judicious pruning too. The bokeh on that lens is to die for. > I like this as an axample of medium format macro, though it is a somewhat > extreme example. That is as close to full frame as I could crop from the > contact sheet. > http://pug.komkon.org/02mar/dime.html > Just going on memory, the flower is long gone, I think it was about 5 or 6 inches across. I'm guessing magnification is closer to 1:3. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the bokeh and spent quite some time examining the flower shots from that roll. More time than I normally would have, anyway. I actually shot an entire roll of those flowers before remembering to set the film speed for the Provia 100. The previous roll was Portra 800! I cursed a bit and then made a very dramatic display of pulling the film from the magazine as my wife and daughter looked on in horror. The flowers belonged to my neighbor, Julie, who is very nice to talk to and very easy on the eyes. She wasn't home when I made the photographs, and I didn't want to disturb them.
There are some shots taken a few minutes later with the 45. I may scan those next. You've been warned.... > > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5119497365061190178 > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
