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New macro

Postby Oneputt on Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:58 pm

I'm starting to like my new macro

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Postby goodrich62 on Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:06 pm

Nice :!:
I may have left the border off.
What lens are you using. Winter is ending in California and stuff is starting to Bloom :)
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Postby Oneputt on Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:11 pm

Thats the Micro Nikkor 60mm 2.8 and darn it I forgot to clone the dust out of that image :oops:
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:30 pm

That is one helluva nice shot - well done
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Postby robw25 on Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:38 pm

yes its a magic lens !!!!!!!

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Postby PlatinumWeaver on Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:33 pm

I agree with the previous post.. although it's a nice border I don't think it works as well as a simpler border may have in this situation..

Three things, none of them shot related..

1) The image dimensions are probably a bit big for inserting into the forum ( I would have probably linked to it )

2) The image size is quite small <100k - This saves us time in downloading but it looks to me like the compression has taken an awful lot of detail out of the shot.. or possibly...

3) If it's not Jpeg compression.. was there a lot of PP sharpening done? I thnk it's the jpeg compression i'm seeing..

Back to the shot.. what kind of flower is that? It looks quite alien..
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Postby Oneputt on Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:40 pm

It is the flower on a grevillia bush
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Postby fozzie on Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:05 pm

Oneputt,

The Nikon 60mm f/2.8 D 'Micro' is an excellent lens.

Nice shot, but I would have selected a plain border, a bit too busy for me.

Was this the lens on e-bay (Ex Adelaide) or through you know who... :?: .


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Postby Oneputt on Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:37 pm

I got it from a pro on the Coast. He was switching to Cannon as a result of some dispute with Maxwells (the Nikon Distributor in this neck of the woods).

Platinum Weaver I have struck this compression problem when converting before. What process should I follow to avoid it. Using Photshop CS.
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Postby Matty B on Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:30 pm

Oneputt, I'm starting to like your macro too! Good clear vision - anything botanical will get me in!! :D
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Postby Onyx on Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:25 am

I like the border, no in fact, I love it!! It's very fresh and innovative. Most borders are based on real life paints, this is distinctively digital! It's like a border without a real hard defined edge, even though it has the framed line, the blurring of details from within the pic I think it works well.

What aperture was it taken at? Cos I'm seeing some black spots in there that could be telltale sign of the not so friendly bunnies.
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Postby Oneputt on Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:30 am

Onyx f36, and I am hoping that those dust spots were on the lens which I have now cleaned :oops:
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:44 am

Oneputt wrote:Onyx f36, and I am hoping that those dust spots were on the lens which I have now cleaned :oops:


Certainly looks like dust bunnies to me. I agree with Onyx on the frame - I really like the way you have used the pic to form the frame - innovative
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Postby ozimax on Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:56 pm

Nice colour, looks like a still from "Day of the Triffids", good macro, I have figured macro out yet on the D70 (in fact I havn't even tried it, having too much fun taking surf shots), Max
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