Thanks, Brian.

These images show how our appreciation of detailed flower structure can be increased by macro photos.

The caterpillar is of rather striking appearance.. I have shots on film.

harold

rjlittlefield wrote:

Harold Gough wrote:various legacy manual focus lenses, from the pre-AF era, are strongly favoured

There's an important caveat: strongly favoured by some people. Harold's statement is not a community consensus.

Quite right. I should have made that clear.

Thanks, Rik.

Harold

OK, then I'll keep reading the posts to make a list of the combinations that other members have used on a XXXD Canon DSLR. Yes. Although you can use Olympus OM lenses on Canon, such that an OM mount Kiron will work OK optically. Of course, MF lenses on digital bodies means manual aperture (stopped ...

Hi Harold So thank you again for your thoughts and advice. Do you have any recommendations for what a beginner might try in legacy manual lenses that might make for a satisfactory start to be undertaken to allow for an informed choice of route to be made please? John, I am working with m4/3 camera,...

I think it would be supported if it worked well enough for macro. Thanks Harold. In the interests of informing a beginner can I ask you to expand on your comment please? Does AF not work well for macro then? Or are you saying that the alternative you mention gives better results? various legacy man...

I must admit that I had been experimenting with AF for macro but dropped it when I then read that it was not a technique that was supported by the experts. I think it would be supported if it worked well enough for macro. However, various legacy manual focus lenses, from the pre-AF era, are strongl...

Here is a two image stack I tried today (everyone has to start somewhere :lol: ) Starting in macro with stacking is an interesting concept! :) Although I occasionally do stacks, my personal prefence is for small-aperture, single exposures but you need a lens designed for that. To get that result fr...

Here is the final cultivar, Pink Pixie. The plant and flowers are of a similar size to Blue Lagoon. Lens as previously: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/462_P6058600_Mullein_Pink_Pixie_Kiron_105mm_Topaz_1000_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/462_P6058668_Mullein_Pink_P...

As promised, here are some more images, this time of one of the small cultivars, this one is Blue Lagoon. The plant is currently reaching just above knee height. The flowers average around 30mm diameter. I had a lot of difficulty getting this one to flowering stage, having had several replacement pl...

Thanks, Ian.

I just showed my wife on our son's PC, which is set a little too bright, and does not do them full justice.

Harold

There is something about totally white flowers... These are about 5"/125mm across. They were shot with my Kiron 105mm macro at f11 or f16 1/200 ISO 320 http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/462_P6178855_Spider_Lily_Topaz_1000_tif_3.jpg 1/125 ISO 400 http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/user...

Although this species comes from a warmer part of the world than the UK, I grow it as a hardy species. The genus includes terrestrial species such as this, and epiphytes. The genus is not found in the wild in Europe. This was shot on one of the rare calm(ish) days recently. I used my Kiron 105mm mac...

Very effective in giving strong images.

Harold

Thanks, Jeff.

More to come, pink and blue. These cultivars have taken me several attempts to get to the flower stage.

Harold

During the above session, the sky was dotted with small clouds, moving rapidy, such that the lighting would change between full sun and blue sky with the sun blocked by a cloud and back, often very quickly. These two shots were subject to such a sudden change. They give the opportunity to illustrate...