That’s a capture of Hyacinth in my front yard. Had to literally lie on my driveway to capture this (as this was low lying flower bloom). Used my Manfrotto tripod to capture this bloom which could be set as close to the ground – it was quite a task though 😉
I got the idea for today’s post from Flickr. Here are some ideas on how this was done.
Obviously you need an Apple for this project 😉
Used a spray bottle to create water drops effect and a black yoga mat for the backdrop. I had this set up in the basement where I could have more control over the light. Turned off all the lights source – except a project light with a wax paper on top, lit from the left side. Then had my D70/Nikkor 60mm macro set on my tripod and shot this in full manual mode.
I am not totally satisfied with this though. I think the front was overexposed. May be next time, I need to play with the lighting setup.
Originally I was wanting to post a macro capture of a bubble. That didn’t workout very well. I had unsuccessfully tried capturing a bubble from a GermX pump using a reverse mounted Br-2a/28mm prime combination. I didn’t like the way it turned out. So I was going through our closet and came across this box with mending supplies. Played around a bit with setup and finally got this colorful capture. Another post using my Nikkor 60mm macro lens.
I had to renew my license plates today. As I was preparing to remove my old license plates over the past weekend, I found that the bolts were really rusty and had a hard time to get them off the license plates – those plates were there in the car for almost 10+ years now. So when I got back from DMV office this evening, I saw these rusty bolts and thought these were good subject for today’s post.So here are the rusty bolts sitting atop the new license plate.
As I was looking for a subject for today’s post, I saw my daughter’s wicker bag. I really liked the pattern of knots on her bag. Framed it using my Nikkor 60mm macro and shot this at f18 and 1second exposure.
Here is my attempt to capture a macro shot of matchsticks. Mounted D70 fitted with Nikon 60mm macro lens on a tripod and shot this at f/36 for about 12 sec exposure. Did minimal post processing using Adobe RAW to pop up the colors.
Our daughter started her school this year and she’s quite a writer 🙂
I was going through her school folder and thought this was interesting. I like how she has drawn her bike and characters in her little writeup.
It was a bit challenging to take the picture of her drawing though. My pictures were under exposed due to white back ground – so had to increase the exposure by 1 full stop in post processing. Other challenge was taking the picture itself. I had the camera mounted on my Manfrotto tripod and had it set up such a way that the center column was parallel to the floor – so the camera/lens were pointing down at the picture on the floor. I had used my Sigma zoom lens and as the lens was pointing down, the lens barrel started winding down. So I had to use one hand to stop the lens barrel at the desired zoom level and other hand on the tripod to prevent it from tripping over. It was quite a challenge.