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Flower shot bingoUsually i shoot this subject with my 85/60mm macro lens. But i thought i'd get a few shots with some different glass. Play a bit of lens bingo; pull some random glass out and see what comes up.
The first problem was it was low-ish indoor light and i couldn't be bothered pulling out a tripod. So handheld it was. Close eyes and pull a lens i pull out of the bag was the 10.5mm fisheye. First challenge, 180 degree view on the diagonal corner. Basically i just stuck the lens into the tulip. The front of the petals was touching the lens, but at least the frame was filled. The downside was loss of light, so i either bump the ISO to 1600 or deep breath a 1/20sec shot. I take the 1/20sec and... well you can see for yourself... Ok, i close my eyes and pull a 28mm f1.4 out of my bag. The good was the fast aperture in the low-ish light, but the bad is the minimum focus distance is terrible for close-ups. So drop the ISO to 400 and get a close as possible and... Last shot at the title, dip the hand in the bag and pull out the 35-70mm f2.8. Gold, this one has a macro. May not have the 1:1 or 2:1 like a dedicated macro, but hopefully a 4:1 at 35mm will do the job. I can't remember any review that didn't see this macro other then a token add-on. Another option was to step back, pull the push-pull zoom to 70mm and get a token close up. But i stick with the token macro and... And the winner is..... who cares. I had fun doing it. Andrew
Canon make photocopiers and stick lenses on them....
geeze that fisheye is a flexible lens! I actually prefer the fisheye shot, with a bit of cropping (maybe as much as turning it into a portrait crop) - get rid of the lighter area on the left
The third is probably the technically better of these, but I still come back to the first as my favourite Interesting idea! *** When getting there is half the fun! ***
Great shots!It's amazing how may different looks can you get from the same flower using different lenses. All of them are very good Padey, but my favourite, and I believe is the most original, is the fist one.
#3 for me - probably because I have that lens but it does seem to have better colour (purple in the stamen) and bokeh
But all fantastic shots and great colour D3 | 18-200VR | 50:1.4 | 28:2.8 | 35-70 2.8 | 12-24 f4
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The fisheye is a little soft for my taste. It would have been sharper if i had stuck it on a tripod. Andrew
Canon make photocopiers and stick lenses on them....
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