{"id":553,"date":"2011-01-22T21:06:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T21:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/?p=553"},"modified":"2011-01-22T21:06:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T21:06:47","slug":"photo-experiment-first-macro-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/553\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Experiment: First Macro Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

My wife got me a new macro lens<\/a> and macro ring flash<\/a> for Christmas, so I thought I’d finally try them out. Why the delay? Well, the ring flash came with a couple of step down\/step up rings to adapt to different lenses, but they didn’t fit my new macro lens so I had to order the right one. Yup, I picked it up yesterday and couldn’t wait to use it.<\/p>\n

Remember, you can skip directly to the photo set on Flickr<\/a> to see more photos from this set. You can also click on any of the photos below to bring up their Flickr page and leave a comment or set them as a favorite.<\/p>\n

\"Pie<\/a><\/p>\n

Hunting around the house for objects to shoot close up, I found this ceramic pie bird sitting on the shelf. I set the camera’s macro focus to 1:1, then carefully moved the lens closer to the subject until I got the desired focus.<\/p>\n

\"Pie<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, I backed off a little bit to take this shot, trying to capture more of the bird’s head at (hopefully) a more interesting angle. Both of these were taken with an overhead incandescent light shining down and the ring flash attached to the lens.<\/p>\n

\"Garlic<\/a><\/p>\n

What is this? A ghastly beast emerging from the deep? Nope, just a nice macro shot showing the bottom of a head of garlic. I can’t help thinking the root cluster looks a bit like ominous tentacles reaching out for you<\/a>.
\n\"Garlic<\/a><\/p>\n

From this perspective at the other end of the head, it takes on the look of a stratovolcano<\/a> shot from a helicopter hovering above it.
\n\"Lambourghini<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh yeah, I also got a Lamborghini Revent\u00f3n<\/a> for my birthday last year. It’s a little bit difficult to get into it, so I’ve not actually taken it for a drive yet, but I suppose that’s to be expected from the Matchbox edition of this supercar<\/a>. Still, I think I captured a bit of its speedy nature here. For this shot, I got a piece of plain white paper to use as a backdrop.<\/p>\n

All of these were shot in our “makeshift studio” in our dining room. Lori has set up a very functional area just off the kitchen so she can take photographs for her soon to be launched food blog. Here’s a quick shot of that studio showing, from left to right:<\/p>\n