Photography Challenge - Macro / Close-up

[Paul Iddon]

I somehow managed to let the camera go into auto-ISO mode, and with the use of flash - I found I had taken this photo...

Noise is impressively well controlled for 6400...

Paul.

 

[ctitanic]

Here is my photo:

CR7_1407 by FRANK Garcia

 

[Tim Mayo]

Could my photo be considered? I don't want to duplicate it here.

Adding it here is fine as well Frank.

 

[Joetheslug]

Interesting, unknown insect. Fun to try a macro shot while we were camping. It is almost alien in appearance.

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Looks like a daddy longlegs. Cranefly.

 

[Panander]

A scene from my greenhouse in the UK. A Cranefly captured by this Garden Spider right in front of me. The R7 is great for this.

Canon EOS R7 - Laowa 100 mm Macro - Mieke MK320 flash - Popeshield diffuser

 

[Paul Iddon]

Love the silk strands.

Paul.

 

[JackC]

April - I usually use my macro lens for wild flowers but experimented with my RF 100 to 500 and was happy how it performed with the R5. Hand held while lying on the ground. No sharpening was applied.

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Nice. Wish it was Crocus time again.

 

[KEN_A]

I have not used Focus stacking on R5 yet. I can see how to set up the initial focus but how do you know how many images to take to cover the subject and step size.

 

[ctitanic]

This is my stacking test.

 

[Stephen]

I have not used Focus stacking on R5 yet. I can see how to set up the initial focus but how do you know how many images to take to cover the subject and step size.

You could enable the depth composite option in the focus bracketing menu. This will generate a in-camera depth composite photo (in jpg format). If you don’t satisfy with the result in the photo, you could change the f-stop or no. of shots and repeat the process again. I recommend you to use Av mode and fix the step size to default value (4).

 

[Kamoshika]

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This is my stacking test.

Beautiful image (I love the droplets), but it seems there are elements that fell outside the DOF. Was this intentional? What were the settings (number of shots/focus increment) for this stacking (focus bracketing) shot?

 

[ctitanic]

Beautiful image (I love the droplets), but it seems there are elements that fell outside the DOF. Was this intentional? What were the settings (number of shots/focus increment) for this stacking (focus bracketing) shot?

I usually include 10 shots in the bracket. I do not recall the rest of the settings. PD.

• Canon EOS R7

• EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

• 400.0 mm

• ƒ/6.3

• 1/640 sec

• ISO 640

 

[Stephen]

Here is my photo:

CR7_1407 by FRANK Garcia

Hi Frank,

I notice that you are using EOS-R7 and taking focus stacking photo, I am also using EOS-R7, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro IS, CRaw, focus stacking, V90 SD Card, do you notice that when taking focus bracketing photo, after 30 shots, there would be EVF lag ? (the EVF freezes for a moment and continous to operate)

I don't know if it is my R7 problem? or SD Card problem, or other problem

Thank you.


Stephen

 

[ctitanic]

Hi Frank,

I notice that you are using EOS-R7 and taking focus stacking photo, I am also using EOS-R7, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro IS, CRaw, focus stacking, V90 SD Card, do you notice that when taking focus bracketing photo, after 30 shots, there would be EVF lag ? (the EVF freezes for a moment and continous to operate)

I don't know if it is my R7 problem? or SD Card problem, or other problem

Thank you.


Stephen

This is something that I tested once and don’t use at all because I’m not interested on macro photography. One point that I remember is that I do used just 10 pictures with good results. Be sure to use CRAW.

 

[ctitanic]

Hi Frank,

I notice that you are using EOS-R7 and taking focus stacking photo, I am also using EOS-R7, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro IS, CRaw, focus stacking, V90 SD Card, do you notice that when taking focus bracketing photo, after 30 shots, there would be EVF lag ? (the EVF freezes for a moment and continous to operate)

I don't know if it is my R7 problem? or SD Card problem, or other problem

Thank you.


Stephen

BTW, in that picture I did not use stacking. In your case, I just noticed that you said that you are using CRAW. I think that it's a SD issue. I'm using a Sony Tough v90 card, they are rated one of the best in the market.

 

[Stephen]

BTW, in that picture I did not use stacking. In your case, I just noticed that you said that you are using CRAW. I think that it's a SD issue. I'm using a Sony Tough v90 card, they are rated one of the best in the market.

Thanks

 

[Jotanant]

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Amazing picture. It seems to look into my soul!

 

[Jotanant]

Wildflower - Smooth Blue Penstemon - I happy with how DPP got the colour just right on the flower. The colour was nice with Lightroom but the raw profile in DPP shows it the way it really was.

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Very nice colours and crispy sharp!

 

[mziese]

Just a try, flowers are thankful, as they do not move

 

[AntonLargiader]

When I have done in-camera stacking there is a delay when it's over while the camera creates the composite image. If this is the freezing or lag you refer to, it seems normal to me.

You can choose for the camera to merely take the series of images for the stack, or also use the stack to create its own composite. It's really brilliant IMO; the only potential limitation I see is that the output is always a JPEG even if you are shooting RAAW.

 

[Andrewdjacobson]