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Loawa 15mm ultra-wide macro

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stormgirl_lp
stormgirl_lp Junior Member • Posts: 45
Loawa 15mm ultra-wide macro

Does anyone here have this in their bag?  What have you done with it?  I've tried a couple things, but want to play with it more this spring/summer.  I'd like to capture some "bugs perspective" type shots with it.

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jim mij Senior Member • Posts: 1,027
Re: Loawa 15mm ultra-wide macro

sorry nope, but i watch this guys video channel and he tried it, might give you some hints

Wide Angle Macro Photography! Laowa 15mm f/4 Lens Review - Bing video

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BBbuilder467 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,057
Re: Loawa 15mm ultra-wide macro

stormgirl_lp wrote:

Does anyone here have this in their bag? What have you done with it? I've tried a couple things, but want to play with it more this spring/summer. I'd like to capture some "bugs perspective" type shots with it.

I experimented with various combinations to get the effect and it's the background that's important with the ultra-wide. If you don't frame and compose to take advantage of the background, it just looks like a macro/close-up.

I can just target the subject for macro, but with ultra-wide, I have to manipulate the framing to fit the background.

stormgirl_lp
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Re: Loawa 15mm ultra-wide macro

Exactly why I bought it.  I'm thinking about landscapes at a minature scale.

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BBbuilder467 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,057
Re: Loawa 15mm ultra-wide macro

stormgirl_lp wrote:

Exactly why I bought it. I'm thinking about landscapes at a minature scale.

That's basically my logic. It's the ultra-wide landscape first, then the close-up. It's practically the same as using ultra-wide for landscape where the foreground subjects have to fit with the background.

It is like a miniature landscape, but it's hard to find specific subject matter that works. I'm using ultra-wide anyway, so I'm not really looking for the ultra-wide macro. I just notice them now and then.

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