On Apr 2, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Yeah, yours is a Banksia too, just a different species.
botanical content
Yours is Banksia integrifolia
Mine is Banksia spinulosa
/botanical content
Thanks, I might pass that to my wife although she probably already
The more shots I see from the Q the more impressed I am. An excellent
gallery, Brian. That closeup lens is very intriguing. The five stacked
step-up rings must have made a good lens hood. :-)
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
G'day all
Looking at
I like the look of all of the shots and am not sure I would have wanted more
DOF.
I am curious though. If you were into pixel-peeping, and if you did a
one-to-one comparison of the shot with close-up lens vs. a digital zoom (crop)
of the one without close-up lens, would you see a difference in
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G'day all
Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q
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From: Brian Waltersapathy...@lyons-ryan.org
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Subject: Some close up tests with the Q
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Quoting Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info:
I like the look of all of the shots and am not sure I would have
wanted more DOF.
I am curious though. If you were into pixel-peeping, and if you did
a one-to-one comparison of the shot with close-up lens vs. a digital
zoom (crop) of the one
Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com:
On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Here's a very quick experiment using my favourite plant as a subject.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PentaxQ/pentaxQ.html
Nice photos. They look like the flowers our bellbird
Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com:
The more shots I see from the Q the more impressed I am. An excellent
gallery, Brian. That closeup lens is very intriguing. The five stacked
step-up rings must have made a good lens hood. :-)
Yes - but no longer. A 40.5-58 mm step-up ring arrived
G'day all
Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q made me
realise that I needed to get off my backside and take some photos with
my Q.
My needs are more modest than Mark's - I'm more into close-up than
true macro - so, rummaging around in my bits and pieces drawer I came
Big bad Banksia men are rather pretty close up, aren't they? I like the
soft top light in these.
On 31/03/2013 11:14 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q made me
realise that I needed to get off my backside and take some photos with
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au:
Big bad Banksia men are rather pretty close up, aren't they?
Yeah, they are. I never get sick of photographing them.
I like the soft top light in these.
Thanks Derbs - but it's pretty hard to take a bad photo of a Banksia
Cheers
Brian
Very nice, Brian. An amazing plant to be sure. Cheers, Christine
On Mar 31, 2013, at 7:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
G'day all
Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q made me realise that
I needed to get off my backside and take some photos with my
Wow! Amazing photos of an unusual plant.
You're making me want a Q.
Regaards, Bob S.
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
G'day all
Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q made me realise that
I needed to get off my backside and take
On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow! Amazing photos of an unusual plant.
You're making me want a Q.
Regaards, Bob S.
I'm hankering for one as well. Cheers, Christine
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Those are impressive!
What were the exposures?
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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G'day all
Wow - those are really great! I assume the flower must be at least 3
inches long for the shots without any closeup filter? Quite sharp and
clean images. The macro are really excellent as well. I'll have to look
into the closeup lens 450. I tried some single element close up lenses I
have,
: Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:14 AM
Subject: Some close up tests with the Q
G'day all
Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q made me
realise that I needed to get off my backside and take some photos
with my Q.
My needs are more modest than Mark's - I'm more into close-up than
Quoting Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net:
Wow - those are really great! I assume the flower must be at least 3
inches long for the shots without any closeup filter? Quite sharp
and clean images. The macro are really excellent as well. I'll have
to look into the closeup lens 450. I tried some
Subject: Re: Some close up tests with the Q
Quoting Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com:
Those are impressive!
What were the exposures?
Thanks, Rick.
The exposures were embarrassing
All at ISO 400
The top one: f4-5 at 1/500 sec
The second: f4.5 at 1/640 sec
The third: f5 at 1/1250 sec
Given
On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Here's a very quick experiment using my favourite plant as a subject.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PentaxQ/pentaxQ.html
Nice photos. They look like the flowers our bellbird came to dine on, although
ours are
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