^^ nice shot there man, and yes I have a friend who uses extension tubes on a kit lens. Not really a true macro per say, but a great introduction into the world of the tiny!
I found out over the weekend that Flickr has revamped their site, given everyone a free terabyte of space for all their HIGH/FULL resolution images to be displayed for FREE!! (*gasp!*).
So while digging in the archives tonight, I found a few gems I'd like to share that helped me along my journey as a phototakerouter (i.e. sheit I did while messing around and learning)
Rally Trinidad 2011
Manzanilla river mouth, colour vs black and white
England, West Midlands during April 2008 (taken with D40 and 18-55 kit lens)
... and the morning after it snowed.
Private Villa in Barbados
MEssing around in photoshop
backyard, aunt's house in California
Sunset over Verrazano Bridge, NY. The emptiness and tone of the pic reminded me of the mepty and lonely New York city in the Will Smith film, "I Am Legend"
Swan at the waterfront, south Brooklyn NYC (this one won a few awards and was published in a travel magazine)
Did an impromptu photoshoot with the wifey in Central Park, NYC. Inspired by an advertisement I had seen in Macy's the day before.
Penguins at the Dudley Zoo, West Midlands UK
Impromptu birthday shot for a friend, at West Midlands, UK (combination of split-toning and selective colouring done in CS4.)
Practicing with lighting, using Nikon AWLS/CLS to trigger the SB600 flashes, and home-made softbox/tube for key and rim lighting.
Saw an ad in a magazine, decided to try to replicate the advertisement.
Shot with two SB600, one to the background as filler and one directly above as a kicker/highlight. The shiny surface effect is done using a piece of plexiglass to make the tabletop nice and glamourous. No front-lighting, everything is backlight/shinethrough.
Strawberries on an upside down wineglass. Natural window light to the rear, and a single SB600 snooted to the left as a hard kicker to make a nice pinpoint highlight onto the strawberry's surface.. giving in a nice lil pop which was further accentuated in CS4 - bumped the contrast and killed the blacks to make the strawberry jump out at you and catch your eye
... and here's the converse to that shot, with emphasis on the backlighting (SB600 bounced off the kitchen white wall/tiles)
Nikon D40, 50mm f/1.8 prime, manual focused (the D40 doesn't have a manual screw drive to power the older AF-D 50mm lens, unlike the newer 50mm AF-S lens with a silent-wave motor which can work with D40/D3100/D5100)
Watching mih daddy cut/grind some galvanize
Mr Henry chillin' on the beach with his brand new hat
Pupsy wants some coffee!
German food festival at Birmingham Town Center, Birmingham UK
(Nikon D40 18-70mm af-s lens, Handheld/leaning against signpost)
and the creme de' la creme....
Parliament Houses & Westminster Abbey, 2009.
Nikon D40
Handheld shot, no tripod or monopod. Exposure time... 2.5 sec. Was leaning against the railing by the river Thames... put my hand on the railing and placed the camera on my hand.... held my breath and then squeezed the trigger while pressing the camera hard against my forehead. Took about 6 -7 tries to get it just right.
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The Houses of Parliament at night
Taken on January 3, 2009 at 6.19PM VET (edit)
Posted to Flickr January 23, 2009 at 11.01AM VET (edit)
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Camera Nikon D40
Exposure 2.5
Aperture f/14.0
Focal Length 31 mmHope you guys enjoyed some of my favourite photos I took over the past few years, sorry if the post was a bit too long or long-winded... but thanks for your attention!
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