Seaside Macro...

[Remorhaz]

Took my Tamron 90mm macro for a spin on the beach (sand and all ) for some up close action at the seaside

Emerging


Sand Blasted


Curls


Finer Intricacies


Thoughts? - individually or as a set

[Geoff M]

A very nice set Rodney, altough I think that the orientation of all should be the same to make a 'set' or have two portrait and two landscape. My pick of the four is the fourth, a nice abstract. Exposure would have been challenging on a bright sandy beach.

[biggerry]

I am liking that first one Rodney, but needs more DOF and I really wanna see that dark thing in focus

The last is also nice and i think would suit a long vertical pano crop.

[zafra52]

I like them all, but I agree the 1st one
would benefit from more dof to bring
the eye more into focus.

[stubbsy]

Well for me it's the last image that grabs me. It has the DOF that marrs the others for me and I love the contrast between the sand and the bit of seaweed (or whatever that is)

[Remorhaz]

A very nice set Rodney, altough I think that the orientation of all should be the same to make a 'set' or have two portrait and two landscape. My pick of the four is the fourth, a nice abstract. Exposure would have been challenging on a bright sandy beach.

Thanks Geoff - I shot all of these at -2/3rds of a stop and was all good. Unfortunately I didn't take a landscape version of the last (although I could probably crop one) - I might try a quadriptych and see how it looks - thanks.

I am liking that first one Rodney, but needs more DOF and I really wanna see that dark thing in focus

I like them all, but I agree the 1st one would benefit from more dof to bring the eye more into focus.

The dead (and pretty much empty) crab shell in the sand (NB I didn't set this up - this is as found ) - the dark thing was the eye - I did have a couple of shots at f/16 but even still the eye isn't really in the DoF and it makes the rest of the scene "messy" to my eye.

... I've edited one of the f/16 shots and cloned out the distracting crap in the background - thoughts?

The last is also nice and i think would suit a long vertical pano crop.

Thanks for the vertical pano crop idea with the last

[zafra52]

I think this last crab image is much better.

[aim54x]

Very brave man, getting so close to the sand with that 90mm! The last image (of the first set) is the standout!

[Remorhaz]

Well for me it's the last image that grabs me. It has the DOF that marrs the others for me and I love the contrast between the sand and the bit of seaweed (or whatever that is)

Peter - I'm not sure what the thing was - it was quite hard (and about 10cm tall) so perhaps it was the skeletal structure of coral or something? Thanks for the feedback - I need to restrain myself from going for shallow DoF.

I think this last crab image is much better.

Thanks Zafra - I'm coming around to it too

Very brave man, getting so close to the sand with that 90mm! The last image (of the first set) is the standout!

Thanks Cam and the lens seems to have survived - it was a little scratchy there for a bit until I blew some grains of sand out of the focus ring with the rocket blower

[ATJ]

For me, the crab would have been a much stronger image if the eye was sharp (even if the crab was dead). We tend to forgive unsharpness in other areas if at least one eye is sharp.

[Remorhaz]

For me, the crab would have been a much stronger image if the eye was sharp (even if the crab was dead). We tend to forgive unsharpness in other areas if at least one eye is sharp.

I hear you

No good now anyway - my daughter pretty much destroyed it soon after this

[chrisk]

Delete the eye.

[Remorhaz]

Delete the eye.

Now theres a thought... after a little eye clonage...

[chrisk]

Much better.