Macro shot with the SLR/c

Played around a little bit with the SLR/c, EF24-105 @ 105mm/f9.0 and 2 stacked Kenko extension rings, switched the camera to longer mode with ISO6 and shot a few frames which I then stacked in photoshop with the commands
Edit -> AutoAlign and then
Edit -> AutoMerge.

Greetings, Fabian

Hi Fabian

Wow, what a lovely image: i almost cut my eyeballs on it! Absolutely wonderful to see such great images coming from these lovely beasts!

Just a quick question: did you stack images to get better dynamic range?

Best wishes

Laurie

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All I can say is Wow and Wow again! Such a sharp and contrasty image. I have the 24-105 f/4 L. Perhaps I should add the Kodak SLR/c to my kit. I already have the SLR/n and Canon 1DsMkII. But this image is outstanding and I cannot ignore it. Those colors are incredible!!
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Dear Peter, Laurie and Zone8,

Thanks for your nice comments ;-)
Fabian

Hello Laurie,

Actually I stacked the images to get more depth of field. First I made some single shots but then even at f16.0 I couldn't get all the mechanical parts in focus. So to help this I shot several frames, the first one focussed on the foreground and then with every picture I moved the center of focus a bit more to the background. Afterwards I stacked and merged the single shots in Photoshop with some automatized functions, so that was the easy part.

The dynamic range was ok for the camera to handle so I didn't have to do anything special there.

Greetings, Fabian

LaurieCad said:

Hi Fabian

Wow, what a lovely image: i almost cut my eyeballs on it! Absolutely wonderful to see such great images coming from these lovely beasts!

Just a quick question: did you stack images to get better dynamic range?

Best wishes

Laurie

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Breathtaking - just shows the quality of the SLR/c in the hands of an expert - well done!

Peter Nelson said:

All I can say is Wow and Wow again! Such a sharp and contrasty image. But this image is outstanding and I cannot ignore it. Those colors are incredible!!

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I raise your two "Wows" to four! It's really nice to see someone using a top quality lens that delivers excellent contrast - a pleasant change from the low contrast images from consumer-grade 'superzoom' lenses that we see all too often here, and which do the DCS sensors no justice.

As everyone should know, the apparent sharpness of an image depends mainly on two factors - resolution and contrast. The superb Kodak/Fill Factory sensor offers great potential when used with the right optics - lenses that deliver both good resolution and good contrast. Without both good resolution and good contrast, the image can never be truly sharp.

I love the depth of field effect which looks very natural indeed. The original poster is perhaps rather too modest about his talents. Wow again! ;-)

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