Photo Sharing: Canon

[p17blo]

Fantasy Royal Court by P17blo, on Flickr

 

[Spinning]

 

[pointandshoot]

Playing with a Lensbaby

 

[Cafeen]

A little bit of a different theme. Probably more appropriate for October, but I got a couple others that'll work for then too .

Taken at the Pompeii exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science back in December.


BTW, if you've noticed, it seems like 90% of my shots are in portrait orientation. One of these days, I'll learn how to hold the camera in landscape orientation .

 

[dcg0317]

 

[MikeandReneePlus5]

Iris in the Rain. 18-135mm plus an extension tube.

 

[I'm mikey]

 

[wdwensel]

MikeandReneePlus5 - Great shot of the purple iris!

Here is mine for today, from one of the many quaint little shops in Seaside, Florida

 

[p17blo]

Fantasy Funnel by P17blo, on Flickr

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Paul, was that with the 60D or your SX40? I'm assuming the 60D?

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Iris in the Rain. 18-135mm plus an extension tube.

Would you be willing to explain this in a little detail? I've heard about this and am intrigued with the process but know nothing about it.

Thanks!

 

[p17blo]

Paul, was that with the 60D or your SX40? I'm assuming the 60D?

I also have the Sx230 . But these latest pics were the 60D. If in doubt, click through to Flickr as I log the camera in the picture upload details.

 

[dcg0317]

 

[MikeandReneePlus5]

MikeandReneePlus5 - Great shot of the purple iris!

thank you so much! I am a newbie and it is so encouraging to have a photo admired...I'm not gonna lie. btw - enjoyed many of your shots.

Would you be willing to explain this in a little detail? I've heard about this and am intrigued with the process but know nothing about it.

Thanks!

sure!

Extension tubes are placed between the lens and the camera. They have the same connectors as a lens, and allow pass through of metering and AF from the lens (though AF is next to useless, you really need to MF).

What they do is shorten the minimum focus distance for any lens. They also obliterate any long/infinity foucing so basically your lens can only focus from less than an inch to maybe a few feet at best (that depends on how many and what size tubes you use, and on what lens)

So they are a macro "solution"...

some others are buying a macro lens, or using close up filters. I don't know anything about close up filters ....

and a macro lens would be great (and better)...except they are hundreds of dollars....

I have Kenko tubes. They sell for EF and EF-S lens so if you have the latter make sure you get the right tubes. They are around $179 new and can be had used for roughly $150 or less pretty easily. That's for a set of 3.

Hope that's helpful!

 

[MACUSER]

Jungle Cruise by mike.ricci, on Flickr


Got my eye on you by mike.ricci, on Flickr

 

[wdwensel]

MACUSER - Those are both utterly fantastic shots!


I never looked to see what kind of flowers these were, so I am just calling them Dr. Seuss flowers.

 

[jenseib]

they do look like DR. Seuss flowers...or trees.

 

[p17blo]

Jungle Cruise by mike.ricci, on Flickr


Got my eye on you by mike.ricci, on Flickr

How are you selecting/masking your original photo? Do you do anything special at the transition between foreground (subject) and background? I often end up with a join that is too harsh.

 

[p17blo]

Fantasy Cabannas Mosaic by P17blo, on Flickr

 

[WilsonFlyer]

thank you so much! I am a newbie and it is so encouraging to have a photo admired...I'm not gonna lie. btw - enjoyed many of your shots.



sure!

Extension tubes are placed between the lens and the camera. They have the same connectors as a lens, and allow pass through of metering and AF from the lens (though AF is next to useless, you really need to MF).

What they do is shorten the minimum focus distance for any lens. They also obliterate any long/infinity foucing so basically your lens can only focus from less than an inch to maybe a few feet at best (that depends on how many and what size tubes you use, and on what lens)

So they are a macro "solution"...

some others are buying a macro lens, or using close up filters. I don't know anything about close up filters ....

and a macro lens would be great (and better)...except they are hundreds of dollars....

I have Kenko tubes. They sell for EF and EF-S lens so if you have the latter make sure you get the right tubes. They are around $179 new and can be had used for roughly $150 or less pretty easily. That's for a set of 3.

Hope that's helpful!

Thanks. I was/am confused because I thought I had read that they required flipping the lens around 180 degrees (ie: mounting the lens with the filtering end towards the camera), or am I thinking of something else? Maybe that was for macro use.