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 09/10/2014 12:00:34 AM · #1
Post your outtakes from the Abstract Macro V challenge here.
 09/10/2014 04:47:44 AM · #2
I wasn't even going to enter but my wife found a couple caterpillars the last night of the challenge. I used this one since it made me laugh when I thought of it.

Entry:

But my outtake may have been the better image. "The Fiendish Plot Of Dr. Fu Manchu"

Outtake:
09/10/2014 07:14:40 AM · #3
Entry:


Abstract Macro V Outtakes on Google Drive

I was really tempted to submit one of the aperture blades, but ended up with the ligher.
09/10/2014 07:15:56 AM · #4
Originally posted by damjanev:
Entry:


Abstract Macro V Outtakes on Google Drive

I was really tempted to submit one of the aperture blades, but ended up with the ligher.


The blades are cool, but I like the lighter better.
 09/10/2014 08:38:14 AM · #5
Originally posted by backdoorhippie:
Originally posted by damjanev:
Entry:


Abstract Macro V Outtakes on Google Drive

I was really tempted to submit one of the aperture blades, but ended up with the ligher.


The blades are cool, but I like the lighter better.


I like the aperture blades as a subject more, but the photographic execution on the lighter was better. I tried multiple times to add some depth of field with no improvement to the final result. Handholding the camera, the reversed lens, AND manipulating the aperture pin was tricky as hell.

Your "The Fiendish Plot Of Dr. Fu Manchu" looks interesting, but the bunny caterpillar rocks. IMO you made the right choice.
09/10/2014 09:32:24 AM · #6
Originally posted by damjanev:
Entry:


Abstract Macro V Outtakes on Google Drive

I was really tempted to submit one of the aperture blades, but ended up with the ligher.


For me, you submitted the right one.. I was so not even close on your guess either LOL!

As for Jake, I really like the Caterpillar one as well better than the outtake.. Both were right choices
 09/10/2014 09:36:09 AM · #7
My entry
Lampshade

My outtakes, I was bouncing back and forth with these two, but I felt the lampshade was better..



This is a stained glass candle decoration with the candle being lit and I was trying some long exposures with it..I just could not get it sharp enough and it kept blurring even with the right settings.. I think I just had something set wrong.. I was using the kit lens 18-55

I am still learning what macro is and learning about these techniques... I am really liking what Macro can do though, it brings a whole new world of photography in play for me and I love it. I plan on getting a macro prime lens with my upgrade.

Message edited by author 2014-09-10 09:38:16.
 09/10/2014 11:44:55 AM · #8
My entry did great and I am so happy with my red ribbon. I had however to choose from my other shots


My outtakes
Crack burned DVD with UV light
a drop of Coca Cola on my white desk
Coca cola drop on CD
white vinegar on cd
09/10/2014 01:32:24 PM · #9
Originally posted by jgirl57:



This is a stained glass candle decoration with the candle being lit and I was trying some long exposures with it..I just could not get it sharp enough and it kept blurring even with the right settings.. I think I just had something set wrong.. I was using the kit lens 18-55

I am still learning what macro is and learning about these techniques... I am really liking what Macro can do though, it brings a whole new world of photography in play for me and I love it. I plan on getting a macro prime lens with my upgrade.

The outtake looks promising if you could have gotten it sharp. Looks like some motion blur and maybe out of focus too. Were you shooting it from a tripod?
I'm sure macro primes are nice, I've never had the privelege of owning one.
If you don't have a 50mm 1.8, though, you can get that and a ring to mount the front of that lens to the front of your 18-55 and do some very close-up macros with that combo. Total price is less than a macro prime but it's not as versatile and the quality would be less. That's what I did when I had an 18-55 and 50mm though. The 50mm is a very good lens to have for portraits or low light shots.

Now I have a camera that adapts to Pentax Screwmount manual focus lenses and I have a set of extension tubes for those - everything in that mount has been cheap for a long time but a lot of the glass is good.

Message edited by author 2014-09-10 13:33:11.
 09/10/2014 02:01:09 PM · #10
Curious how these would have faired???



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