Macro or 50mm? My mother's handwork - lost art.
Feb 19, 2013 18:01:16 #
I appreciated all of the comments from my last post and just went into my desktop for a second look at some things I played with last year. My mom who passed away 15 yrs. ago today, did beautiful handwork. I am blessed to have some of it, and last year tried to photograph some of it. I started with my 105mm Macro as an exercise, but changed to the nifty 50 midstream because I felt that I was chasing the sweet spot. The 50 seems to work better for me a lot. I am not sure which to choose, and when. Here are some samples and thanks as usual. (PS - my mom used to crochet these amazing gloves for 75 cents a hand to buy a hope chest - God Love her.)
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105 edge of glove
glove detail 50mm
50mm one hand-held by me
Feb 19, 2013 18:17:04 #
These are interesting studies. Assuming that the stitching size is similar, it is easy to see that your second image is much closer Working Distance than the first & third images.
Image #2 looks like 1:1 mag (life-size), while image #3 is a close-up of same subject.
Image #2 looks like 1:1 mag (life-size), while image #3 is a close-up of same subject.
Feb 19, 2013 18:18:28 #
Feb 19, 2013 18:20:54 #
Yes - the stitches and thread were tiny! Which raises the question - which lens to use?? P.S. I DO read your posts.
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Feb 19, 2013 18:29:02 #
bebo1998 wrote:
I like the 50-mm for wider images, as you have posted above, and the 105-mm for macro captures, like image #2.Yes - the stitches and thread were tiny! Which raises the question - which lens to use?
I think that lace gloves are oh so elegant!
Feb 19, 2013 18:39:27 #
Well, there you have explained it. So I can't pass off a 50mm as Macro? :hunf:
Feb 19, 2013 18:45:55 #
bebo1998 wrote:
With the correct extension tube length, you can capture 1:1 (life-size) with a 50-mm lens, but it is still a curved-field capture, not a flat-field capture, like your 105-mm macro lens.Well, there you have explained it. So I can't pass off a 50mm as Macro? :hunf:
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Feb 22, 2013 09:25:45 #
This is not the answer to your question as that has been said. However, I wanted to say that your mother's tatting is beautiful and elegant. It is a lost art. I had a friend/mentor who tried to show me but I was too young and uninterested and now she is gone.
Feb 22, 2013 10:50:21 #
Thanks, Carley Sue - the stitches are TINY! the thread is so delicate, also. That is why I tried my Macro lesson out on them. I appreciate that others here appreciate my effort at capturing hers. She left a lot of beautiful things.
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