Something a bit different - orchids

[ehasler]

I thought I'd give my macro lens a bit of a workout on some orchids that we got at the weekend, and also practice using RawShooter to process the RAW files.

These are a few of the shots that I got - what do you reckon?







If anyone is interested in seeing the last shot in full 16.7MP glory, right click and "save target as" here

[rico]

ehasler said:

If anyone is interested in seeing the last shot in full 16.7MP glory, right click and "save target as" here

The detail in that is stunning!

I can't even begin to imagine what the detail could have been if it had been taken by a D2X!

[simpo two]

I reckon that makes a refreshing change to car photos

Not sure the white b/g suits white flowers though.

[docevi1]

holy smokes batman, thats how the other half live then Max resolution I get is 2048*1536

Mighty impressive stuff, the colourful one at the top is very crisp but the rest seem to have a sheen, almost like glass/slightly soft look to them? Is that just an after affect of the very shallow DOF, could that have been avoided at all or is it like that because thats what happens?

[ehasler]

rico said:

I can't even begin to imagine what the detail could have been if it had been taken by a D2X!

That's easy - just take off about 6MP

[ehasler]

docevi1 said:

Mighty impressive stuff, the colourful one at the top is very crisp but the rest seem to have a sheen, almost like glass/slightly soft look to them? Is that just an after affect of the very shallow DOF, could that have been avoided at all or is it like that because thats what happens?

Certain points in all three are very sharp, but DOF is so shallow at those distances, that the image quickly goes out of focus. I wanted to keep shutter speeds reasonably high so only went down to f8 - hence only small areas being sharp. To increase the area in focus, I could have used a smaller aperture (e.g., f16 or f32).

[Bee_Jay]

ehasler said:

If anyone is interested in seeing the last shot in full 16.7MP glory, right click and "save target as" here

I do wish you hadn't done that.

I keep promising myself I don't need a 1DsII, but every time I see a jpg from one my credit card gets nervous...

[Podie]

Crikey Ed… amazing details… looking forward to you getting this camera fully fired up and taking some car pics!

Happy to let you use the Chimaera as a model..

[Bacardi]

Podie said:

Happy to let you use the Chimaera as a model...... as long as I can stand in front......... wearing my bra

[wedge girl]

Any chance you could pop them on photobox or somewhere, so I can purchase one?

[nubbin]

Ed - May I ask which lens you used?

[ehasler]

wedge girl said:

Any chance you could pop them on photobox or somewhere, so I can purchase one?

I'm very flattered that you like them. I'm looking into this at the moment, so will get back to you soon

[ehasler]

nubbin said:

Ed - May I ask which lens you used?

It was the Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens

[te51cle]

I think I like the top one best, good colour saturation though I think the lighting looks a bit flat in all of them. Perhaps a little fill-in flash or a coloured reflector to the side would give it that bit extra ?