Scott, it works as it is now.

I however suggest that you consider alternative macro lenses, because 
the shorter the focal length - the closer the object has to be to the 
front element of the lens, which is not always a good thing.

Boris


Scott Loveless wrote:
> I've always been inspired by Paul Caponigro's still life work.  Last
> month's issue of LensWork featured a photographer by the name of Guy
> Gagnon, a French Canadian living in Belgium.  His photographs are
> black and white renderings of dried plants against a black velvet
> background.  Since it's snowing outside and I didn't really feel like
> getting out, I draped a black sweatshirt over a dining chair, parked
> it next to the window, and took a few frames of this leaf that
> recently fell off one of my wife's plants.
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5035527265195980162
> 
> I shot this with the K100D and 18-55 kit lens at 45mm, f11, 0.3
> seconds, -1.5EV, ISO 200, and then tinkered around with it a bit in
> Picasa.  I think it needs more depth of field.  I think I need a
> better understanding of black and white conversion.  I know I'm going
> to want that 35mm Macro Limited.
> 
> Comments and critiques most welcome.  Thanks for looking.
> 


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