Bee on Flower
Apr 8th, 2008 by jeremy
Sadly I had to send my macro lens back for exchange today. After many tests I have determined it was out of calibration. I was getting some things in focus, but always a bit different focus than I was really intending.
This shot I share today is from last year with a 24-105, non-macro lens. Hand held in lower lighting, but it still turned out ok. I am quickly finding that in macro work there are several things to consider to make a shot different from just a snapshot feel. I don’t think I have it mastered, but I am enjoying the processing of trying to figure it out. From my current view point, it is lighting, angle, depth of field, crop and of course subject.
Canon 40D, 24-105L, 1/1250 at f/4 and 400 ISO
See it larger on flickr
I have been thinking about doing some Macro myself. Why the dedicated macro lens and not use extension tubes (the route I have been thinking about)? The other thing I have been considering is a wide lens as I would like to try a little more landscape photography (something I don’t do often).
I had thought about tubes, but figured I really wanted to try having a good macro lens anyway to get the quality of light and bokeh. To know if it is really better or not I suppose I would need to compare them side by side in the same lighting condition and subject. I too am dabbling in a variety of things lately to see what really strikes me and what I might like to get better at. Thanks for stopping my Nathan