Study in macro and focal depth...

[cairistiona7]

So, I was fiddling with the camera in the garden one evening this past week, using a 10x macro lens screwed onto my go-to 18-55mm zoom lens. I took a series of photos of a columbine bloom, focusing each time on a different "layer" of the flower as I looked down on it from above.

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[shirebound]

Click on the image to get to Photobucket where you can click the magnifying glass a few times to see it full size.

Oooooh! Nice work.

[cairistiona7]

Thank you!

[mikononyte]

I love photography; even if I don't understand one word of what someone says about it. It's the results that speak loud and clear. And such a beauty of a picture(s). Mother Nature showing off her best and you caught it!

[cairistiona7]

Thank you!

I'm completely self-taught when it comes to photography. I read articles a lot and have learned the terms so I know what equipment to buy, and when I find a photographer who's photos resonate, I look to see if they explain how they take photos. Viggo is one of those, of course, but I also love the work of a nature photographer from my state, Noppadol Paothong (he's Vietnamese--Missouri has a huge Vietnamese population). His work is just... *flails* His eye for composition and his skill at capturing the light and the perfect focal depth is astounding. http://www.nopnatureimages.com/ His photos seem to glow.

I guess I'm a little like the art students you see in museums, sketching and painting from the masters.

[claudia603]

I know nothing about photography but....that looks incredibly cool!

[cairistiona7]

Thanks! It's a skill I'm just now really starting to hone. It'd help if I had a real macro lens but sometimes working with equipment that's less than ideal is fun in its own right, because the effects can be really interesting and unexpected.

[suzll]

Aaah, so pretty!

[cairistiona7]

Thanks!

[layne67]

Those photos are fantastic. And initially I thought the first one was an insect - that one was shot from the above as well?

[cairistiona7]

Thank you! And oops, no... I wasn't very clear on that, was I. The first one is from the side. The flowers hang like little spurred bells from their stems. The other three *are* looking down on them from the top.