The Theme for January is Close-up

[Farider]

Thank you everyone for your pics, excellent and much appreciated.

I'll be posting the new theme for February shortly

Ian

[Farider]

Good to see Rose but a shame about the focus issues though. It looks like you used a single point focus, I would suggest using an area focus instead located on the front of the car. Use a smaller aperture, perhaps F10 as a start, to increase the depth of field and set the ISO to about 400 to retain the quality. Depending on the light available you may need to mount the camera on a tripod as the exposure time may well be too long for hand held. I think that the 5DIV has a preview button so you can check the depth of field at the F stop you select. This is best done on live view. Hope this helps.

Ian

[Lavenderhill]

Close up of my Ferrari (a remote controlled car - not one parked outside my house!) which I was lucky enough to receive as a present.
This is not a great quality image as I struggled with this, probably I've not been practising my photography as much as I should have!
All comments welcome.

January close up by Rose, on Flickr

[CasaRova]

Wood Ear Fungus
http://IMG_5879-1 by Bob Sapey, on Flickr

Awesome

[CasaRova]

IMG_3036_1_1.jpg
Lichen and old mans beard.

[JanHarper]

Thanks Ian. I forgot to mention that it was set to -1 for exposure.

[Farider]

Two great shots Janet, lovely detail, I like both of them. My preference is for the first one, possibly because I appreciate how tricky it can be to get the exposure correct on an all red subject but both are great. Well done.

Ian

[Farider]

That’s a very good shot Gary, at first glance it looks quite like a beetle in the snow. Only on looking closer do you see that it is twigs & leaves. Well done for spotting; and you got the depth of field just right too!

Ian

[JanHarper]

Saturated Petals
Another from the same session.
Settings: 90D, EF100mmL macro lens, F32, Shutter 1.3, ISO 200, on a tripod.
Tried the in-camera Focus Stacking, but thought High ISO Speed NR gave better results for this image.

Saturated Petals by Janet Harper, on Flickr

[JanHarper]

Soaked Carnation.
What else can one do with a vase of flowers!
Settings: 90D, EF100mmL macro lens, F18, Shutter 0.8, ISO 200, on a tripod.
Tried the in-camera Focus Stacking, but thought High ISO Speed NR gave better results for this image.

Soaked Carnation by Janet Harper, on Flickr

[leeperry]

Taken in my back garden

[Farider]

Great shot Bob, lovely detail.

Ian

[BobSapey]

Wood Ear Fungus
http://IMG_5879-1 by Bob Sapey, on Flickr

[Farider]

That is a great pic, focus stacking has worked very well. And I like how you have lit it as well. Well done.

Ian

[Coryman]

This is the small South American orchid Lepanthes fimbriata, the flower is a little over 4mm wide.

Canon EOS R. E F 100mm 2.8 Macro. ISO 1000. f6.3 1/200
To get the fine detail all in focus the image was stacked from 62 images at approximately 0.1 mm increments.