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Day 3: Mountains of salt
Day 3: Mountains of salt
johst582


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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon NIKKOR AF-S DX VR 55-200 f4-5.6 G IF-ED
Date: Mar 3, 2008
Aperture: 32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2008

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Comments: 12
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 To continue me "theme" that started with the sugar crystals on day 1, I here present a very close macro of some salt mountains. I prepared this by letting a plate with very salt water dry over night, which created strange hollow crystal structures.

Shot with the 50 mm reversed on front of a 55-200 mm zoom at maximum tele.

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 03/07/2008 01:57:40 AM
Originally posted by marttila:
Fascinating "landscape". It's amazing how narrow the DOF is even with this aperture.


Yes, that's the downside of this magnification level - it's almost impossible to get a large DOF. I want a larger DOF! One way would be to replace the photons by electrons... Or, possibly scan the depth of the image with a thin line of light. I know that the old-school scientific macro guru Lennart Nilsson sometimes does this. If you want to get some inspiration for fantastic macro - check out his web site //www.lennartnilsson.com.
 03/06/2008 07:52:03 PM
Fascinating "landscape". It's amazing how narrow the DOF is even with this aperture.
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 03/05/2008 07:25:58 AM
Dang. What a great idea: you don't have to do the dishes and you get a great photo too.
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 03/05/2008 03:25:05 AM
The salt looks so different from the sugar. It almost looks corrosive. I live on an island and I know corrosion. The detail shows the striations on the facets or Mt peaks. I like the B&W. Are you going to do a whole recipe of ingredients, that could be fun.
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 03/04/2008 09:04:34 PM
This is sooooo cool! I would not have guessed what it was... This is a great idea and the B&W makes this almost lunar. Looks like a crater. Can't wait to see what else you come up with.
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 03/03/2008 09:57:35 PM
I not on;y like your theme but also your images. This is great and I love the balance of the DOF against the detail of the salt.....
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 03/03/2008 08:40:17 PM
Wow... fascinating. I'm glad you explained how you did this one... I NEVER would have guessed that was salt!
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 03/03/2008 08:09:24 PM
its a macro landscape!
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 03/03/2008 06:23:34 PM
lovely salt scenery - very cool macro
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 03/03/2008 05:57:34 PM
That is really impressive. I really like the tones. I never would have guessed that this was salt. Nicely done.
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 03/03/2008 04:37:27 PM
I'll take your word for it that's it salt :-). Wonderful nice and sharp details with great light and dof. Perhaps it could just a little more contrast, but that's just a minor point here. Don't know anything about reverse mounting yet, but it looks very promising.
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 03/03/2008 04:28:33 PM
Excellent! It's like a little world! Great detail and lighting, very nicely done :o)
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