Flower Close-Ups
Aug 15, 2023 11:45:27 #
Flower close-ups taken with my new Pentax K-1 mark II camera. This camera is my first FF DSLR with a 36MP sensor. I am still getting used to it and slowly learning its many features. I used a smc-Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro Lenses and a tripod for these images. I did some Ps trickery to get the black backgrounds.
(1) & (2) The first two images were taken 8/11/2023, ISO 200, f/22, mirror lock-up. I illuminated the flowers with a mixture of 5000K LED and Window Daylight.
For the later two images I used the Pentax Pixel Shift feature of my camera. Same camera, lens, lighting, mirror lock-up, on tripod. If you want to know, "Google" Ricoh Pentax Pixel Shift. Too complex to explain here. Taken 8/14/2023.
(3) Pixel Shift only. Exposure ISO 200, f/22, 5 sec.
(4) Pixel Shift and 7 Exposure Focus Stack. ISO 200, f/8, 0.6 sec. Slightly over exposed highlights in white flowers.
I am not totally happy with my results here. I have gotten better final flower images with my CF cameras and focus stacking alone. I am not sure of the benefits of the pixel shift thus far. But that is a new feature or tool to me. I have done a lot of focus stacking, a few captures manually and over a hundred exposures stacked using a automated focusing rail. Any constructive comments or advice welcome. Thank you for reading and looking.
(1) & (2) The first two images were taken 8/11/2023, ISO 200, f/22, mirror lock-up. I illuminated the flowers with a mixture of 5000K LED and Window Daylight.
For the later two images I used the Pentax Pixel Shift feature of my camera. Same camera, lens, lighting, mirror lock-up, on tripod. If you want to know, "Google" Ricoh Pentax Pixel Shift. Too complex to explain here. Taken 8/14/2023.
(3) Pixel Shift only. Exposure ISO 200, f/22, 5 sec.
(4) Pixel Shift and 7 Exposure Focus Stack. ISO 200, f/8, 0.6 sec. Slightly over exposed highlights in white flowers.
I am not totally happy with my results here. I have gotten better final flower images with my CF cameras and focus stacking alone. I am not sure of the benefits of the pixel shift thus far. But that is a new feature or tool to me. I have done a lot of focus stacking, a few captures manually and over a hundred exposures stacked using a automated focusing rail. Any constructive comments or advice welcome. Thank you for reading and looking.
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Aug 15, 2023 14:16:17 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Very nice shots. I would like them better without the frame. JMHO
Agreed...the frames are a distraction. I find the colors in the third photo particularly appealing and satisfying. Beautiful!
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Aug 16, 2023 07:10:01 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Flower close-ups taken with my new Pentax K-1 mark... (show quote)
Great set, beautiful!!!
I'M with Jack on the frames , to me the frame competes with the flower.
Aug 16, 2023 07:30:06 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Flower close-ups taken with my new Pentax K-1 mark... (show quote)
Nice captures. Thanks for the details.
Aug 16, 2023 07:58:29 #
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Aug 16, 2023 10:13:51 #
Nice set, appreciate the info on each. Number three is the closest to perfection of them all, IMO.
Aug 16, 2023 13:08:39 #
Wasabi wrote:
Nice set, appreciate the info on each. Number three is the closest to perfection of them all, IMO.
Thank you.
Aug 17, 2023 11:15:27 #
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