My first macro... I think.
This is growing on a gate to my yard. Natural light, three shot HDR, f14, +- 1.7, ISO 100. Raw files fused in Photomatix Pro, medium sharpening applied.
The large clump is exactly one half inch wide. D5200, 18-55 kit lens with 36mm tube. Is this a macro or a close up?
G Brown
Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK
Macro is generally 1:1 so if it measures half inch on the print its macro if its bigger its probably growing faster due to global warming.....
Your D5200 sensor is 24-mm wide, and an inch = 25.4-mm. Your 1/2-inch wide plant fills close to 1/2 the sensor width, so you are quite close to 1:1 magnification (life-size).
For your own information, photograph a metric ruler (with various tubes) at minimum focusing distances:
FAQ: How to Document Field-of-View of a Macro Lenshttp://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-36370-1.htmlThe entire FAQ Macro question thread is worth reviewing:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-36372-1.html
Haveago
Loc: Swindon, Wiltshire. UK.
Interesting shot & comments on this one.
Baz
Thanks! I suppose I could do the same but shoot lengthwise down the ruler for depth of field?
skylane5sp wrote:
Thanks! I suppose I could do the same but shoot lengthwise down the ruler for depth of field?
Documenting DoF is much more difficult. One method is to stagger a deck of cards (still in the box, laying on a table), then photograph the "fan" with camera facing straight down. Different apertures will reveal different DoFs, which you can "measure" by counting in-focus cards.
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