Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is especially difficult with gusty winds, though some of the problem can be overcome with higher shutter speeds (not that I did that here…). So I decided to take the new macro rig on a walk today, and take along the SB-700 and the Cactus triggers. …
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This was taken on the Fort Worth Stockyards PhotoWalk and Scavenger Hunt this morning. I think it’s pretty. D7000. Sigma 30mm f/1.4. ISO100, 1/6400th (AP mode), f/1.4, -1EV. No post processing beyond the Aperture’s default RAW conversion, and shrinking to 900px wide.
This morning found me in the Fort Worth Stockyards, taking part in a photowalk and scavenger hunt MeetUp with the North Texas Photography Explorers Meetup Group. The weather was beautiful, and I ended up being more interested in the walking than the shooting, though I did manage to take 320 pictures… Here is the Scavenger …
I don’t often post links to other people’s work… perhaps I should. This article suggests that I should, but I wonder if it isn’t geared toward the pro-am, wannabe, semi-pro, and pro photographers out there. In any case, I don’t often post links to other people’s work, but when I do, you should clicky immediately. …
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Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is especially tough when your subject darts around like a mosquito. Don’t look too closely at this one… The [whateverthisis] portion of this picture was tortured beyond all reasonable requirements to make it appear, at first glance, to be in focus. Trust me, it’s not, and …
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth benefits greatly from stopping down even if it’s a mere 1 and 1/3 stops. The head, eye, and front segment are all about as sharp as this lens gets (I think… it might sharpen up a bit at f/5.6 and f/8, but I haven’t really tested …
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is difficult. Good exercise, but difficult. And it eluded me today, but I got closer than yesterday, so that counts for something. At two separate points, I was busily shooting bees, stopped, looked up, found a couple pushing a baby stroller stopped inches from me, and …
