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Darlene Goff

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Hi everyone,

This is the first macro or closeup I took with the 8800 that was satisfying. These are very tiny flowers I believe a genus of wild onion or a weed that comes up all around in late winter. Even with numerous tries I could never get as clear a photo as I did with this one with my other cameras even the 4500. Nothing done to it except a light sharpening after resizing.



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Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
 
Darlene Goff said:
These are very tiny flowers I believe a genus of wild
onion or a weed that comes up all around in late winter
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Darlene, this is beautiful - but why did not you remove this red thingy from behind? Make one without that pleaseeee

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Gabor
 
Nice Macro, Darlene,

I guess you must have used manual focus - am I right?

If so, did you notice in the viewfinder a highlighting of the outlines of the parts of the frame that were in focus - I think this is 'focus confirmation'. I sort of noticed it when I was experimenting, but it wasn't too obvious.
 
CanadianCoolPix said:
Nice Macro, Darlene,

I guess you must have used manual focus - am I right?

If so, did you notice in the viewfinder a highlighting of the
outlines of the parts of the frame that were in focus - I think
this is 'focus confirmation'. I sort of noticed it when I was
experimenting, but it wasn't too obvious.
Click to expand...
No, actually I took some both ways, but this was in auto focus, but I was in continuous mode so I would take two or three photos with the shutterbutton left down each time. And I was also leaning over with my shoulder strap taut. I had a certain number of blurs, but quite a few came out OK. But this is one I took in manual focus. It was at a different location and a little later in the evening. I went back towards wide angle all the way in manual focus till I got the red, then went one click forward to green.



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Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
 
GaborSch said:
Darlene Goff said:
These are very tiny flowers I believe a genus of wild
onion or a weed that comes up all around in late winter
Click to expand...
Darlene, this is beautiful - but why did not you remove this red
thingy from behind? Make one without that pleaseeee
Click to expand...
Gabor, I tried to work with the clone tool in PS, but have to admit I don't know how to fix things in the background when it is blurred.

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Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
 
Darlene Goff said:
CanadianCoolPix said:
Nice Macro, Darlene,

I guess you must have used manual focus - am I right?

If so, did you notice in the viewfinder a highlighting of the
outlines of the parts of the frame that were in focus - I think
this is 'focus confirmation'. I sort of noticed it when I was
experimenting, but it wasn't too obvious.
Click to expand...
No, actually I took some both ways, but this was in auto focus, but
I was in continuous mode so I would take two or three photos with
the shutterbutton left down each time. And I was also leaning over
with my shoulder strap taut. I had a certain number of blurs, but
quite a few came out OK. But this is one I took in manual focus.
It was at a different location and a little later in the evening.
I went back towards wide angle all the way in manual focus till I
got the red, then went one click forward to green.



--
Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
Click to expand...
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http://www.pbase.com/johndig/adirondacks
Johndig
CP-885, CP-8800, (pbase supporter)

You did a good job with the touch up! Liked it the first way ... but much better now. Thanks for the post.
John D.
 
This is really lovely, Darlene!

I've been doing quite a bit of flower photography with the 8800 and have found that my favorite shots mostly come from setting the lens at the same position you chose, essentially one click from the "red" position at wide angle. With the lens pulled back to wide angle, the depth of focus is able to keep most flowers entirely in focus.

Larry
Johndig said:
Darlene Goff said:
CanadianCoolPix said:
Nice Macro, Darlene,

I guess you must have used manual focus - am I right?

If so, did you notice in the viewfinder a highlighting of the
outlines of the parts of the frame that were in focus - I think
this is 'focus confirmation'. I sort of noticed it when I was
experimenting, but it wasn't too obvious.
Click to expand...
No, actually I took some both ways, but this was in auto focus, but
I was in continuous mode so I would take two or three photos with
the shutterbutton left down each time. And I was also leaning over
with my shoulder strap taut. I had a certain number of blurs, but
quite a few came out OK. But this is one I took in manual focus.
It was at a different location and a little later in the evening.
I went back towards wide angle all the way in manual focus till I
got the red, then went one click forward to green.



--
Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
Click to expand...
--
http://www.pbase.com/johndig/john
http://www.pbase.com/johndig/italyfav
http://www.pbase.com/johndig/adirondacks
Johndig
CP-885, CP-8800, (pbase supporter)

You did a good job with the touch up! Liked it the first way ...
but much better now. Thanks for the post.
John D.
Click to expand...
 
Darlene Goff said:
Gabor, I tried to work with the clone tool in PS, but have to admit
I don't know how to fix things in the background when it is blurred.
Click to expand...
You know of it much better than I do, because I could not fix even a sharp thing.

Anyhow, now it is better. Thanks!

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Gabor
 
I am sure you inspire a lot of people with your detailed and easy to follow examples.
Darlene Goff said:
CanadianCoolPix said:
Nice Macro, Darlene,

I guess you must have used manual focus - am I right?

If so, did you notice in the viewfinder a highlighting of the
outlines of the parts of the frame that were in focus - I think
this is 'focus confirmation'. I sort of noticed it when I was
experimenting, but it wasn't too obvious.
Click to expand...
No, actually I took some both ways, but this was in auto focus, but
I was in continuous mode so I would take two or three photos with
the shutterbutton left down each time. And I was also leaning over
with my shoulder strap taut. I had a certain number of blurs, but
quite a few came out OK. But this is one I took in manual focus.
It was at a different location and a little later in the evening.
I went back towards wide angle all the way in manual focus till I
got the red, then went one click forward to green.



--
Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
Click to expand...
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Have a nice day (a picture says more than 1000 words)
Jim
C P 8 8 0 0 - C P 8 4 0 0 - C P 4 5 0 0
P e n t a x MZ-S and MZ-3 SLR-gear (beats any digital)
 
OK, I am a little lost here. What are you talking about when you say "setting the lens one click from the 'red' position?" I do not find any red in my settings. I have the 8800. Thanks.
LSHorwitz1 said:
I've been doing quite a bit of flower photography with the 8800 and
have found that my favorite shots mostly come from setting the lens
at the same position you chose, essentially one click from the
"red" position at wide angle. With the lens pulled back to wide
angle, the depth of focus is able to keep most flowers entirely in
focus.

Larry
Johndig said:
Darlene Goff said:
CanadianCoolPix said:
Nice Macro, Darlene,

I guess you must have used manual focus - am I right?

If so, did you notice in the viewfinder a highlighting of the
outlines of the parts of the frame that were in focus - I think
this is 'focus confirmation'. I sort of noticed it when I was
experimenting, but it wasn't too obvious.
Click to expand...
No, actually I took some both ways, but this was in auto focus, but
I was in continuous mode so I would take two or three photos with
the shutterbutton left down each time. And I was also leaning over
with my shoulder strap taut. I had a certain number of blurs, but
quite a few came out OK. But this is one I took in manual focus.
It was at a different location and a little later in the evening.
I went back towards wide angle all the way in manual focus till I
got the red, then went one click forward to green.



--
Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
Click to expand...
--
http://www.pbase.com/johndig/john
http://www.pbase.com/johndig/italyfav
http://www.pbase.com/johndig/adirondacks
Johndig
CP-885, CP-8800, (pbase supporter)

You did a good job with the touch up! Liked it the first way ...
but much better now. Thanks for the post.
John D.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
wnor said:
OK, I am a little lost here. What are you talking about when you
say "setting the lens one click from the 'red' position?" I do not
find any red in my settings. I have the 8800. Thanks.
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They are talking about the first zoom-step at WA where the macro icon is activated.
wnor said:
Have a nice day (a picture says more than 1000 words)
Click to expand...
Jim
C P 8 8 0 0 - C P 8 4 0 0 - C P 4 5 0 0
P e n t a x MZ-S and MZ-3 SLR-gear (beats any digital)
 
Hi, okay, I was not in auto focus for this particular shot. I held down the MF button on the side of the camera and gave it one click of the dial counterclockwise which put me in manual focus. So there you will see on the LCD a bar graph that is probably white. You back up holding down the MF button at the same time you turn the wheel counterclockwise I believe and you then go into the green. I kept backing up towards wide angle (flower) to the left and then I got into the red, which is Nikon's way of warning me I went too far. Then I went one click to the right and I was in the green. That was where I took this photo.

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Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
 
Thanks, Larry. I know you have much more experience with the 8800 with flower macros than I do, so thanks for confirming that setting.

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Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
 
No, I did not fix the first photo. I tried, but am not good at cloning backgrounds that are blurred. Someone asked if it was in manual focus. It was not, but I then posted a manual focus photo I took a little later than this. This was the same flowers but a different location so it did not have the red background. So the one with the red background is AF-S (actually in continuous high mode) and the one without is a manual focus photo.

Thanks to everyone for the comments in case I missed anyone.

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Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
 
Thank you both, I can see it now.
Darlene Goff said:
Hi, okay, I was not in auto focus for this particular shot. I held
down the MF button on the side of the camera and gave it one click
of the dial counterclockwise which put me in manual focus. So
there you will see on the LCD a bar graph that is probably white.
You back up holding down the MF button at the same time you turn
the wheel counterclockwise I believe and you then go into the
green. I kept backing up towards wide angle (flower) to the left
and then I got into the red, which is Nikon's way of warning me I
went too far. Then I went one click to the right and I was in the
green. That was where I took this photo.

--
Darlene
Nikon 995, 4300, 4500, 5700, 8800
Panasonic FZ10
http://www.pbase.com/imacatmom
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