On 9/20/05, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been meaning to post this for a while: > http://www.neovenator.com/special/flower-2-big.html > > and a very tight crop, just for fun: > http://www.neovenator.com/special/flower_detail.html > > I shot this with my MX while my D was out for repair. The flower itself is > no more than an inch and a half across, petal tip to petal tip. > > To get this shot, I used a Sigma 28-80 macro lens at 1:2 macro (kit lens, > but surprisingly good), three extension tubes, and an old Pentax Bellows > (extended almost all the way out). The tiniest motion of the flower would > knock it out of the frame, or at least out of focus, and a slight breeze > kept coming and going while I was shooting. It was quite a challenge to get > this, but a lot of fun, too. > > I think I was shooting Fuji Sensia 200, but it could have been Kodak E100, > I'm just not sure. > > John Celio >
They're both pretty cool, John. I love the first one, but the second has sort of an abstract look about it - hard to figure out what it is, but you know you've seen it before. Plus, the detail of such an extreme crop is pretty amazing. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
