Pre-baked products: Sausage roll
by hajeka

Comment by bassbone:
nicely delivered image - the details are spot on and the lighting is outstanding

Even laurel knows spring is coming!
by hajeka

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Simple yet well done. I like your take on this and think it should of finished higher then what it did,

House of houses
by hajeka

Comment by FourPointX:
very interesting a clever title 7

Mar 22 - Inside a tulip
by hajeka

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I run into the same focus problems when I get in close. I seem to shoot most of my macro outdoors using my monopod, and generally there is just enough breeze to keep everything moving a little. When you get this close to a subject, DOF is very tiny. Some of the better micro macros are done by shooting a group of shots at slightly differing focus points, and then masking the OOF areas and stacking them to achieve greater DOF than can be done in a single exposure. I think that there is a DPC tutorial on it somewhere.
Ext tubes are my choice too for this sort of thing. I sometimes use an 11 mm tube on a 20mm lens and it is a great combo if you can put the lens right on the subject.

Even laurel knows spring is coming!
by hajeka

Comment by vlado:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties... .

Yet another Team Suck member, treated too harshly by the voters, I feel. That said, I've found that my simple, minimalist images are very hit and miss, more miss than hit actually. I like the colour and the detail. Shallow DOF is a bit distracting though (IMHO). Composition works well for me. Think the voters were a bit harsh in this instance.

Mar 22 - Inside a tulip
by hajeka

Comment by GregoryB:
Nice one Henk. Good detail in the stamen. I think the trick is to gently rock back and forward instead of trying to actually focus with the camera. You get a hang of it after a while. A millimeter or two out and the focus is gone.

Pre-baked products: Sausage roll
by hajeka

Comment by Lutchenko:
For some reason this shot just makes me laugh.

Pre-baked products: Sausage roll
by hajeka

Comment by h2:
clean shot, but that's all. you should have put a bit more effort in styling.

Mar 21 - Closeup
by hajeka

Comment by GregoryB:
Not a bad effort Henk. The extension tubes certainly reduce the margin for error in focusing. And thanks mate, good to be back too.

Pre-baked products: Sausage roll
by hajeka

Comment by Aarthek:
Nicely lighting, good clarity, but it doesn't make me hungry.