Most flowers and plants are too large to capture as macros, but flower and plant parts can photographed and/or cropped to 1:1 magnification (life-size) or greater.
Mediterranian Thistle Stamen & Pollen, approx 4:1 mag (4x life-size).
California Poppy, approx 1:1 mag (life-size).
Spoon-Petal Daisy Center, approx 2:1 mag (2x life-size).
Not Macro, but for comparison: Spoon-Petal Daisy
Poinsetta
original 2:1 cropped to 1:1
Love this stuff!!!!!! someday I'll be posting some too!!!
Stumptowner wrote:
Poinsetta
This looks like a nest full of hungry chicks! Well done.
Nikonian72 wrote:
Most flowers and plants are too large to capture as macros, but flower and plant parts can photographed and/or cropped to 1:1 magnification (life-size) or greater.
The spoon-petal daisy is outstanding! Wow!
Nikonian72 wrote:
Most flowers and plants are too large to capture as macros, but flower and plant parts can photographed and/or cropped to 1:1 magnification (life-size) or greater.
Nikonian:
I'm curious what you are using to get 4:1. I have the 105G 2.8 Macro, and I've tried using it with the 6T Diopter which gets me to 2:1-- but I haven't been satisfied with the results.
I used to use it with an old Tamron 90 2.5 which focused down to 1:2, but with the diopter got me to 1:1. I always found it too soft for my taste. (The current Tamron is a true macro.)
Stumptowner wrote:
I'm curious what you are using to get 4:1.
I shoot at 1:1, or very close to life-size. I then crop tightly to subject, or the area I want to show. I calculate magnification factor by dividing original pixel count by cropped pixel count.
ngc1514
Loc: Atlanta, Ga., Lancaster, Oh. and Stuart, Fl.
ngc1514 wrote:
An Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis). The blue petals are 9-10mm (.35-.39 inches) long according to the Wiki on Commelina communis. Shot in Atlanta area with a 300mm f/4 Nikkor.
Not too shabby! Tubes on 300-mm?
ngc1514
Loc: Atlanta, Ga., Lancaster, Oh. and Stuart, Fl.
On the tubes... I think so, but don't recall the details.
This image just won a flower photo contest:
http://www.facebook.com/events/220017884758785From a frontal view, this flower resembles a butterfly with blue wings, and back-swept antennae. I find this side-view more interesting. Found in the South Coast Botanical Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 200, Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/50-sec at f/16, overcast sky & Nikon SB-600 Speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism attachment (fill). Approximately 1:1 magnification.
Bloom of the blue butterfly bush, cropped to approx. 1:1 (life-size)
Original captured image
Front view
MJL
Loc: Wild Rose, Wisconsin
Nikonian72 wrote:
This image just won a flower photo contest
Congratulations! Do I see some mist in the air in the background? Beautiful shot!
MJL wrote:
Do I see some mist in the air in the background?
The swirling mist is my favorite characteristic of this photo. A bonus of shooting on a foggy day.
beautiful shot nikonian, i will ask if this is considered a macro shot, as i used my old 60 canon macro on it, finally stepped up tp the new 100 mm macro, most excellent lens, btw, congrats on the contest
Really excellent pics. One of these days I might be able to post pics like these. I just need a nice macro lens.
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