Lily Flower Macros
Dec 14, 2023 02:30:46 #
Lily Flower Macros
Here is my first attempt at using this Equipment for macro-photography. I have done “True Macro Photography” successfully in the past with different equipment when not seated in a wheelchair. And I used a manual focusing rail that I did not use today that would have worked better I am sure. A am not happy with the new results. I also shot some at less than life size and those I am sharing in the Gallery Section. Next time I’ll do better. Here is the equipment I used:
Pentax K-1 Mark II Camera Body, Manual Exposure, Manual Focus
smc-Pentax-D FA 50mm F 2.8 Macro Lens, ISO 200, ƒ/16, 0.5 to 1.6 s.
Auto Extesion Tube No. 1 (12mm) – auto iris, not auto focus.
Vintage Gitzo Tripod Legs with New Gitzo Ball Head.
Make-shift mixed Room and Window lighting, 5050K.
With Extension Tube the magnification was approximately 1.24x life.
With Out Extension Tube the magnification was approximately 1x life.
This was determined by math (if I did it correctly), and scales on the Lens.
For accurate magnification of flat objects or small objects I would photograph a Ruler and calculate the ratio of the frame (36mm or 24mm) to the Rule Scale. I am not sure my "labeling" was accurate, it is confusing to know magnification when I kept changing or trying different shots with the flowers.
Comments, please be kind. Thanks for viewing.
Here is my first attempt at using this Equipment for macro-photography. I have done “True Macro Photography” successfully in the past with different equipment when not seated in a wheelchair. And I used a manual focusing rail that I did not use today that would have worked better I am sure. A am not happy with the new results. I also shot some at less than life size and those I am sharing in the Gallery Section. Next time I’ll do better. Here is the equipment I used:
Pentax K-1 Mark II Camera Body, Manual Exposure, Manual Focus
smc-Pentax-D FA 50mm F 2.8 Macro Lens, ISO 200, ƒ/16, 0.5 to 1.6 s.
Auto Extesion Tube No. 1 (12mm) – auto iris, not auto focus.
Vintage Gitzo Tripod Legs with New Gitzo Ball Head.
Make-shift mixed Room and Window lighting, 5050K.
With Extension Tube the magnification was approximately 1.24x life.
With Out Extension Tube the magnification was approximately 1x life.
This was determined by math (if I did it correctly), and scales on the Lens.
For accurate magnification of flat objects or small objects I would photograph a Ruler and calculate the ratio of the frame (36mm or 24mm) to the Rule Scale. I am not sure my "labeling" was accurate, it is confusing to know magnification when I kept changing or trying different shots with the flowers.
Comments, please be kind. Thanks for viewing.
Dec 14, 2023 05:27:33 #
Don't be too hard on yourself. I think they are very nice. Using ambient light only that close is definitely a challenge but I think you handled it well. Keep it up
Dec 14, 2023 06:20:49 #
Dec 14, 2023 09:46:04 #
Dec 14, 2023 09:55:41 #
As a retired, horticulture instructor, I would’ve been happy to use your photos in my class as examples of reproductive parts of Lilies. as a photographer, I know that they are not easy to photograph!
Dec 14, 2023 10:02:56 #
Dec 14, 2023 10:12:24 #
Cathy from Central California Coast wrote:
As a retired, horticulture instructor, I would’ve been happy to use your photos in my class as examples of reproductive parts of Lilies. as a photographer, I know that they are not easy to photograph!
Cathy, we are nearly neighbors. I'm in Grover Beach, next to Pismo Beach (Five Cities Area). That is a big compliment that you would use my flower part photos as an educational tool. My degree is in Biology. And I'm more or less a failed Botanist and Life Sciences Teacher (earned a CA Teaching Credential, only used it for a couple of years before bailing on that career). Yes, they are really hard to photograph now that I am old(er) and shooting sitting down with a tripod and arthritic hands. I have used additional tool in the past to next time I will go to that. Thanks again.
Dec 14, 2023 16:08:16 #
I think those are pretty darned good, Mike. Lighting could be improved maybe, eh? But it isn't easy to get light into tiny spaces like that.
Dec 15, 2023 11:50:08 #
Dec 18, 2023 07:19:22 #
Very nice images of such tiny flower parts. I think flower reproductive parts are very interesting to shoot and pretty too.
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