What Is Your Favorite Subject To Photograph

My favourite subjects are landscapes and waterscapes. I enjoy using lenses on my 50 MP full frame camera to shift and stitch to create medium format sized panoramics, both horizontal and vertical.

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Impressive- Regards L

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I only did it as a triptych here to save space. I have many 12" x 32" prints on my walls but none of these. I need to print again soon. My wife wants me swap the current ones out.
 
Travel is my favorite; it helps me hold on to memories:

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Did I mention that I enjoy buildings at night?

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But also very small things:

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Or just city sights:

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Grains of sand that I balance on another grain of sand and photograph at 9x magnification with focus stacking....this one was 0.25mm wide - a garnet balanced on top. Olympus macro gear

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One, this is pretty impressive! If the grain of sand is .25mm wide then the garnet must be almost invisible?! How did you even know it was a garnet? LoL

Did you use the new focus-stack feature in a new ML to do the stack or do it the old fashioned way, or at least use a motorized focus rail? Is the sand smaller than a grain of salt??? Geez! Very nice and very creative, simple but effective.

John
 
Grains of sand that I balance on another grain of sand and photograph at 9x magnification with focus stacking....this one was 0.25mm wide - a garnet balanced on top. Olympus macro gear
One, this is pretty impressive! If the grain of sand is .25mm wide then the garnet must be almost invisible?! How did you even know it was a garnet? LoL

Did you use the new focus-stack feature in a new ML to do the stack or do it the old fashioned way, or at least use a motorized focus rail? Is the sand smaller than a grain of salt??? Geez! Very nice and very creative, simple but effective.

John
I use focus bracketing in my Olympus camera, along with a macro setup I created 4 years ago that allows me to get 9x magnification while using the ability to focus bracket up to 999 images when needed. This one took 175 images I believe.

no rail needed.

Olympus EM1 Mark 2

MC-20 teleconverter

Kenko 16mm extension tube

Olympus 60mm macro lens

The hated/despised and maligned Raynox 505
 
Grains of sand that I balance on another grain of sand and photograph at 9x magnification with focus stacking....this one was 0.25mm wide - a garnet balanced on top. Olympus macro gear

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One, this is pretty impressive! If the grain of sand is .25mm wide then the garnet must be almost invisible?! How did you even know it was a garnet? LoL

Did you use the new focus-stack feature in a new ML to do the stack or do it the old fashioned way, or at least use a motorized focus rail? Is the sand smaller than a grain of salt??? Geez! Very nice and very creative, simple but effective.

John




I believe that the garnet is smaller than a grain of salt. I will have to try that one...
 
Hydrangeas, sunflowers and or zinnias. Spiders when I can find them. And all the strange and wonderful subjects in the walkaround.

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In March I decided to learn how to service mechanical watches. It seems that I'm better at photographing them than repairing them...



 Shock spring and jewel setting on balance
Shock spring and jewel setting on balance
 
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s

A few years ago I bought my first drone and instantly fell in love with the aerial perspective on the landscape. Flying a drone is just as fun as taking a photograph so to combine the two is a bit of a match made in heaven for me. I have lost all interest in the earthbound perspective (for now at least) and am solely focused on capturing Ireland from the air.

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Ireland from the Air
 
Grains of sand that I balance on another grain of sand and photograph at 9x magnification with focus stacking....this one was 0.25mm wide - a garnet balanced on top. Olympus macro gear
One, this is pretty impressive! If the grain of sand is .25mm wide then the garnet must be almost invisible?! How did you even know it was a garnet? LoL

Did you use the new focus-stack feature in a new ML to do the stack or do it the old fashioned way, or at least use a motorized focus rail? Is the sand smaller than a grain of salt??? Geez! Very nice and very creative, simple but effective.

John
I use focus bracketing in my Olympus camera, along with a macro setup I created 4 years ago that allows me to get 9x magnification while using the ability to focus bracket up to 999 images when needed. This one took 175 images I believe.

no rail needed.

Olympus EM1 Mark 2

MC-20 teleconverter

Kenko 16mm extension tube

Olympus 60mm macro lens

The hated/despised and maligned Raynox 505
175 images???? One, you're my new HERO, that's crazy, even if the camera is stacking them! The focus must be moving like .0005/1000's of an inch? And the lighting is really good too. Some have a table top studio. You must have your studio in a thimble!!! LoL

John
 
In March I decided to learn how to service mechanical watches. It seems that I'm better at photographing them than repairing them...

Shock spring and jewel setting on balance
Shock spring and jewel setting on balance
Wow, that's very cool! I'm surprised that so many are doing some really interesting stuff and how inventive some of them are.

Photographing some of this stuff would take ingenuity just to get your camera set up to shoot it and a certain angle. You can't just walk up and point and shoot!!! Nice shot!!!

PS: is that a garnet in the middle?

John
 
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s

A few years ago I bought my first drone and instantly fell in love with the aerial perspective on the landscape. Flying a drone is just as fun as taking a photograph so to combine the two is a bit of a match made in heaven for me. I have lost all interest in the earthbound perspective (for now at least) and am solely focused on capturing Ireland from the air.
RH, yes this perspective is really nice. At first glance I thought small airplane! Have you looked at that video in the features(?) here about the guy getting underwater video with his drone? I don't have a drone but have been planning to probably get a dji mini3, not so much for photography but for video of an adventure I'm planning to take and some of my photography!

Very nice sky based landscape!

John
 
Thanks for taking the time to share these.
 
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s

A few years ago I bought my first drone and instantly fell in love with the aerial perspective on the landscape. Flying a drone is just as fun as taking a photograph so to combine the two is a bit of a match made in heaven for me. I have lost all interest in the earthbound perspective (for now at least) and am solely focused on capturing Ireland from the air.
RH, yes this perspective is really nice. At first glance I thought small airplane! Have you looked at that video in the features(?) here about the guy getting underwater video with his drone? I don't have a drone but have been planning to probably get a dji mini3, not so much for photography but for video of an adventure I'm planning to take and some of my photography!

Very nice sky based landscape!

John
The Mini 3 is a great choice for video. However, if you intend to make prints of your work then I would recommend considering the Air 2s. You’re welcome send me a message to discuss.

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Ireland from the Air
 
1) Family

2) Family hockey games ( we are Canadian)

3) Deserts - Death Valley is a favourite ( definitely non-Canadian but a break from the Canadian cold).
 
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s
Five Fingers Strand, County Donegal, Ireland - Shot with the DJI Air 2s

A few years ago I bought my first drone and instantly fell in love with the aerial perspective on the landscape. Flying a drone is just as fun as taking a photograph so to combine the two is a bit of a match made in heaven for me. I have lost all interest in the earthbound perspective (for now at least) and am solely focused on capturing Ireland from the air.
RH, yes this perspective is really nice. At first glance I thought small airplane! Have you looked at that video in the features(?) here about the guy getting underwater video with his drone? I don't have a drone but have been planning to probably get a dji mini3, not so much for photography but for video of an adventure I'm planning to take and some of my photography!

Very nice sky based landscape!

John
The Mini 3 is a great choice for video. However, if you intend to make prints of your work then I would recommend considering the Air 2s. You’re welcome send me a message to discuss.
No, probably no real photos. I'll have a full sized camera with me too since I'm a photographer first. At least as of right now I am!? LoL

John
 

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