More Macro Shots with the New Lens
May 12, 2015 00:29:31 #
I switched from bees to flowers and leaves.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
May 12, 2015 01:01:30 #
What glorious, dramatic color! Beautiful!!!
Dewman wrote:
I switched from bees to flowers and leaves.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
May 12, 2015 02:54:26 #
May 12, 2015 03:44:35 #
May 12, 2015 04:09:29 #
SX2002 wrote:
What ratio are you shooting in Dewman... :?:
This lens is capable of shooting 1:1, although I don't think I got quite that close on this round. In another post, I might have gotten closer, with the bees. The lens is so sharp that I can crop a lot more than I'm used to... and still maintain good IQ. Out of habit, I always "crop in camera," and have very little cropping to do in PP.... but, that's just a carryover from the film days. With this lens... and it's little brother, the FA-50mm macro, it just isn't necessary.
May 12, 2015 05:43:07 #
Very impressive., Dewman. Looks like a good lens, & a good shooter, too. :D :thumbup:
May 12, 2015 05:48:44 #
Dewman wrote:
This lens is capable of shooting 1:1, although I don't think I got quite that close on this round. In another post, I might have gotten closer, with the bees. The lens is so sharp that I can crop a lot more than I'm used to... and still maintain good IQ. Out of habit, I always "crop in camera," and have very little cropping to do in PP.... but, that's just a carryover from the film days. With this lens... and it's little brother, the FA-50mm macro, it just isn't necessary.
If you are doing 1:1 you'll need to set that it on the barrel...there should be a few different ratios...1:1, 1:2, etc...
May 12, 2015 06:44:45 #
These are some of the most enjoyable and inspiring shots I have seen lately. Love them all. Very well done!
May 13, 2015 09:32:24 #
Dewman wrote:
I switched from bees to flowers and leaves.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
Nice. I really like the downloads....Rich
May 13, 2015 09:37:17 #
May 13, 2015 10:08:04 #
Thank you one and all for the kind words. I'm really enjoying this lens. Probably the most useful lens I own, as far as the kind of photography I like.
May 13, 2015 10:55:49 #
Wonderful work. I am convinced that I am overlooking too much. I probably am guilty of "can't see the trees because of the forest".
May 13, 2015 11:20:27 #
Dewman these are beautiful! I Love #4.
Dewman wrote:
I switched from bees to flowers and leaves.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
Taken with a Pentax K-50 using a SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f:2.8 macro lens. ISO 800, 1/250th @ f:9.5.
May 13, 2015 12:48:19 #
May 13, 2015 15:36:58 #
Rolly wrote:
Wonderful work. I am convinced that I am overlooking too much. I probably am guilty of "can't see the trees because of the forest".
Thank, Rolly. I think that most of us are guilty of the same thing. In all the hubbub and "life in the fast lane," we often fail to stop and take the time to really look at what's right underneath our noses. Just a slight difference in the angle, under just a little different lighting, with a blurred background, very often things will reveal themselves as we've never seen them before. And us, as photographers.... the "visual journalists" of the world.... have an obligation to show others that world.
As I age, I tend to "SEE" things more than I used to. It's almost as if I'm in a race against time to record all these visions I can before the lights go out.
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