Both superb images - Thank you for brightening my Sunday morning!
David
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- Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:18 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Papillio ulysses ("Blue Mountain Swallowtail")
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2901
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Macro focus rail
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10431
Novoflex now has Castle-L and Castle-Q. Castle-Q has a built in Arca clamp, but it's also in the "really rong" orientation. Castle-L can be in any orientation you want. But, as David mentioned, you can get it "off" of straight, and it can also rotate occasionally. I "fixed" this. On my Castle-L, I ...
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:26 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Macro focus rail
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10431
Thank you very much for all the great help with making a decision. I have decided to go with Novoflex cause I like the design and they are well built. I will be taking alot images of flowers out in the field and would like a diffusion tent that would also act like a shield from the wind. Could any ...
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:37 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Nikon CF N Plan Achromat 10/0.30
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1751
Nikon CF N Plan Achromat 10/0.30
If anyone is interested, this objective is now up on eBay at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=021
I just bought a similar one (not yet received) from the same seller for $102.50.
David
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=021
I just bought a similar one (not yet received) from the same seller for $102.50.
David
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:30 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Butterfly stack
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4080
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:50 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Scope objective thread sizes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18195
Joseph - Thanks for raising the excellent point about the potential effects of optical asymmetry upon exposure when using objectives outside of their nominal magnifications. A few clarifications: Canon lenses are typically 1/3 to 2/3 stops slower than Nikon lenses stamped with the same speed. At f/4...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:01 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4211
David, Apart from any pre-stack PP or post stack PP ( but feel free to mention them :D ), what were the settings used in HF in regard to Smoothing and Radius? Craig P.S. I noticed you have 'backed-up' your Nikon M Plan ELWD 20/0.4. Hello Craig - I just used the HF defaults (off the top of my head 8...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:56 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Laputa: Castle in the Sky
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3052
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Scope objective thread sizes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18195
Allow me to translate the lens label... 0.13 - NA 0.13 = f3.8 (there are formulas for this stuff) and on the other side: 0 - no cover slide. If this number isn't 0, you can't use it on a bellows I would like to add two caveats to Joseph’s extremely comprehensive and comprehensible explanation of th...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Queen androconial patch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3298
It´s a very beautiful micro-landscape you´ve composed there, David. Was it diffused lighting only or has the light to hit in a shallow angle to display the texture so well and give this nice depth? And I´d be interested to hear what lens/objective you´ve used. --Betty Thank you Betty. I used a 63mm...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:34 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4211
Hi David, It appears we have both been shooting with a Nikon M Plan ELWD 20/0.4 today, so I can appreciate the challenges. My attempts have not proven to be as fine as this one though. I have been trialling an objective that arrived a couple of days ago. You have me intrigued. Would like to see an ...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:52 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4211
Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
Vine Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha vitis)
Nikon M Plan ELWD 20/0.4
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:21 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Queen androconial patch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3298
Queen androconial patch
This is a patch of androconial scales on a a Queen butterfly ( Danaus gilippus ). I get a lot of these butterflies in my backyard because the males are attracted to the Eupatorium I have planted there. I like this image because it resembles a stylized eye. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userp...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:15 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: house fly portrait
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8625
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:30 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Macro focus rail
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10431
Being a non-user, I would also like to ask, what is the advantage of using macro focusing rail? It really helps with precise framing and focus of close-up shots of relatively static subjects, like flowers and perching damselflies. For critical applications, a desired magnification ratio can be main...