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BW Reprise Macro: Outlandish

August 20, 2012 Leave a comment
Outlandish

Outlandish

Pod

August 4, 2012 Leave a comment
pod

pod

Patience is a virtue

August 2, 2012 2 comments
Patience is a virtue

Patience is a virtue

Forest Jewel

August 1, 2012 Leave a comment
forest jewel

forest jewel

Macro focusing problems and eventual success :)

July 25, 2012 Leave a comment

Since I first got my dedicated lens , I’ve always hated macrophotography. No matter how hard i tried I somehow always ended up with a lot of shots severely out of focus (even when I was damn sure I *got it*). Shooting handheld and not bothering to use manual focus was ofcourse part of the problem.
Then I stumbled upon some articles about “back focus” issues , I was vaguely aware of the phenomenon but thought that it was a problem seldom encountered – but decided to try out some simple techniques for finding out, I disregarded the more complicated solutions and opted for the easiest method I had read about. Puting the camera on a flat surface – and put a diagonal line of AAA batteries some distance in front of the lens.

Using the single shot focus mode (AF-S on Nikon) i focused on the centre battery and took a shot – Lo and behold; I noticed that what I focused on was not sharp, but the battery in front was. By using the AF-finetune feature on the camera, I gradually increased the “+” value, each time taking a shot. By doing this I could find the optimal setting for my lens (in my case +9). This crude way of calibrating suddenly enabled me to focus on the right spot – so I tried it out in our garden – the result was a great improvement. Need I say that I have now ordered a Datacolor Spyderlenscal to finetune all my lenses.

Although not a fantastic shot; now the focus actually works:

Backfocus fixed

Backfocus fixed

Cabbage butterfly
Cabbage butterfly

Some kind of monster + Free weathered concrete texture/background.

July 20, 2012 Leave a comment
Some kind of monster

Some kind of monster

Every now and then I post free stuff for all the 2d and 3d artists out there, so here’s the 12mp weathered concrete texture I shot and used to make thes photomanipulation above (A macro shot that I didn’t originally like at all):

texture weathered concrete by KristerP Laperm.wordpress.com

texture weathered concrete by KristerP Laperm.wordpress.com

Forest lurker

April 10, 2012 Leave a comment

Hat’s off to all the great macrophotographers out there – no other photographic technique frustrates me more :/ – I guess shooting handheld doesn’t make it any better. Anyways, as it happened I was out yesterday to shoot a couple of spring-themed shots when I spotted this spider on a nearby tree.

Forest lurker

Forest lurker

Natural Jewellery

April 9, 2012 Leave a comment
Natural Jewellery

Natural Jewellery

Natural gems

July 30, 2011 1 comment
Natural gems

Natural gems

Mayday! Mayday! – A crash landing

July 27, 2011 Leave a comment

This big dragonfly crashlanded in our garden.

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Macro: Hoverfly

July 13, 2011 2 comments

Shooting without a tripod or flash in they rainy breeze can be tricky – but patience is a virtue.

Hoverfly , Syrphidae

Hoverfly , Syrphidae

Macro: Giant Horsefly

July 10, 2011 4 comments

These nasty buggers have a vicious bite.

Tabanus bovinus, Giant Horsefly

Tabanus bovinus, Giant Horsefly

Macro Insect photography does not get much easier than this..

July 6, 2011 Leave a comment
opiliones, harvestman

opiliones, harvestman

Water drop photography

May 12, 2011 Leave a comment

Patience is a virtue in this, at times, tricky style of photography.

Water drop

Water drop

Filthbug

April 13, 2011 Leave a comment
Filthbug

Filthbug

+ 1C

January 7, 2011 Leave a comment
+1C

+1C

Woodlouse

October 9, 2010 Leave a comment
woodlouse

woodlouse

Forficula auricularia , not a very popular animal

September 12, 2010 Leave a comment
Forficula auricularia. common Earwig

Forficula auricularia. common Earwig

Instant Death

September 4, 2010 Leave a comment
Instant Death

Instant Death

Macro Palette

August 30, 2010 5 comments

As it happens, my good friend at http://penbow.wordpress.com has posted a similar image today :)

Macro palette

Macro palette

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