Post your photography!!
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Hey, you got a shot of my living room before I put in the furniture. I found some real classy stuff for free in a few yards I was driving by. It doesn't match, but that adds to the charm!
None of my cats would care
Mr. Sneaky if you're nasty.
More testing.
This one is shot at 1:1 with the usual A7R IVa, Sony 90mm f/2.8 macro and Godox MF12 flashes, 1/200 exposure f/8 ISO 100. The main difference is I abandoned autofocus because it hunts more than it actually focuses when you get into macro territory with the A7R IVa, and time is precious when you're trying to frame a bee/bug before it goes away. Now I'm shooting in bursts where I position the camera just outside of focus and move it in slowly.
This is a blue mud wasp I have in my collection of dead insects. It hasn't been cleaned or prepped, so it's something of a mess, but it makes for a good test subject.
That's a toothpick underneath it.
I then tried a macro ratio of 1:1.5, and set the camera to APS-C mode to improve framing. I have to crop these anyway so I'm not losing anything. This seems much more manageable.
Detail is there, I gained a bit of DoF too, but I think it's still too narrow for what I want to do. I'll get out and see how it works out in the real world, but I have my doubts as to how practical this will be. These are huge crops, too. The above image is 11% of the 61MP.
I'm considering MFT. In-camera stacking is a huge draw, something that my Sony sorely lacks, although for the A7R IVa, that's not surprising. It's a landscape/stationary photography type of a camera. However, Sony does not provide in-camera stacking for any of their models to the best of my knowledge.
This one is shot at 1:1 with the usual A7R IVa, Sony 90mm f/2.8 macro and Godox MF12 flashes, 1/200 exposure f/8 ISO 100. The main difference is I abandoned autofocus because it hunts more than it actually focuses when you get into macro territory with the A7R IVa, and time is precious when you're trying to frame a bee/bug before it goes away. Now I'm shooting in bursts where I position the camera just outside of focus and move it in slowly.
This is a blue mud wasp I have in my collection of dead insects. It hasn't been cleaned or prepped, so it's something of a mess, but it makes for a good test subject.
That's a toothpick underneath it.
I then tried a macro ratio of 1:1.5, and set the camera to APS-C mode to improve framing. I have to crop these anyway so I'm not losing anything. This seems much more manageable.
Detail is there, I gained a bit of DoF too, but I think it's still too narrow for what I want to do. I'll get out and see how it works out in the real world, but I have my doubts as to how practical this will be. These are huge crops, too. The above image is 11% of the 61MP.
I'm considering MFT. In-camera stacking is a huge draw, something that my Sony sorely lacks, although for the A7R IVa, that's not surprising. It's a landscape/stationary photography type of a camera. However, Sony does not provide in-camera stacking for any of their models to the best of my knowledge.
In camera focus stacking would definitely get you the DoF you're looking for. I've used Nikon's Focus Shift Shooting (focus stacking) on a few landscapes and it works amazingly well. I've never tried any macro photography, but from what I've read it's a game changer.More testing.
This one is shot at 1:1 with the usual A7R IVa, Sony 90mm f/2.8 macro and Godox MF12 flashes, 1/200 exposure f/8 ISO 100. The main difference is I abandoned autofocus because it hunts more than it actually focuses when you get into macro territory with the A7R IVa, and time is precious when you're trying to frame a bee/bug before it goes away. Now I'm shooting in bursts where I position the camera just outside of focus and move it in slowly.
This is a blue mud wasp I have in my collection of dead insects. It hasn't been cleaned or prepped, so it's something of a mess, but it makes for a good test subject.
That's a toothpick underneath it.
I then tried a macro ratio of 1:1.5, and set the camera to APS-C mode to improve framing. I have to crop these anyway so I'm not losing anything. This seems much more manageable.
Detail is there, I gained a bit of DoF too, but I think it's still too narrow for what I want to do. I'll get out and see how it works out in the real world, but I have my doubts as to how practical this will be. These are huge crops, too. The above image is 11% of the 61MP.
I'm considering MFT. In-camera stacking is a huge draw, something that my Sony sorely lacks, although for the A7R IVa, that's not surprising. It's a landscape/stationary photography type of a camera. However, Sony does not provide in-camera stacking for any of their models to the best of my knowledge.
mhedges
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Wish I got this one a little bit straighter. Oh well.
Front Staircase Side view (Md abandoned house) by Mark Hedges, on Flickr
Front Staircase Side view (Md abandoned house) by Mark Hedges, on Flickr
mhedges
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Nice image. Can you post the unedited version?
chicks
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I like the unedited version, looks more realistic and in the moment of life. Nice shot to say the least.
chicks
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I'm a retired engineer, so my artistic instincts are not well developed. I'm certain someone with a background in art and photoshop skills could do a better job with this than me+AI, lol.
Made improvements to the lighting setup for the ICM shots to keep the flash off the background.
Picture of the lighting setup and selected results are here:
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Picture of the lighting setup and selected results are here:
ICM Still Life - Improved Lighting
Direct flash instead of silver umbrella; with wide angle diffuser to cover table top and black card to keep flash off background.
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