Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Pencil

Another attempt at close up photography. This is 8 images focus stacked to give better depth of field of the tip of this pencil. I need to work on a steadier base for the focus rail but this is getting better.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

More Coffee...Please

Another attempt. Until the weather breaks and some insects come out I will have to practice on inanimate objects. One single roasted coffee bean in fresh grounds.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Beans Close ups

Another try today at macro. The images today are of coffee beans. A little better than yesterday but still a long way to go. I will keep working on it.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

My New Goal this Year is...

I have decided this year I am going to learn to do macro photography and do it well. You probably don't recognize this image but for lack of interesting subjects I shot this poinsettia bud today. Poinsettia's don't have flowers so bud probably isn't the proper term, but its the tip of a branch. You can see where some leaves have broken off and apparently mold is growing. I need to get rid of this thing soon. The subject in question is 2 millimeters across and very small. I used seventeen images focus stacked in photoshop cc to get the entire tip in sharp focus. This was just a quick run thru and I see I need to fine tune my technique a bit. Be patient with me as this is my first attempt, but soon I shall be doing some impressive images.