Less is more - mouse

[briansquibb]

Got some macro focussing rails today - so I took the opportunity to take this picture. Uncropped, only levels adjusted

50d, 180macro, f32, 1/200, iso 100, flashed with 580EXII

[oldcanon]

Re: Less is more - mouse

My word, you have a trained mouse - I'm envious !

Its a cute little thing with good detail and colour. Nice use of limited depth of field too. A fun shot for a grey day

[briansquibb]

Re: Less is more - mouse

Mouse was a present from my cat

I am trying to train her to catch birds without taking the feathers out

[sacha35]

Re: Less is more - mouse

Nice clean picture briansquibb, lots of detail.

[the bear]

Re: Less is more - mouse

You have given me an idea..brian.......each day i rid my roof space of wood mice.....next one, out comes the 100mm macro and a few husks of corn!! ;) hey presto hours of sitting in a field (my conservatory).....sorry if this offends any animal lovers......

[colin C]

Re: Less is more - mouse

Isss no rat meesterr Fawlty ............. isss Hampster!!

Colin

[raymon]

Re: Less is more - mouse

Made me chuckle Colin, you must have a script writter on the payroll, Macro rails does the 180 lens fix to bellows then extend on the rails. (been a long time since I heard the term macro rails)


Ray

[briansquibb]

Re: Less is more - mouse

This is a tripod accessory. Mount the lens on the rails and attach to tripod (I have the adjuster plate on a quick release plate). Set up tripod and adject focus approx by lens ring.

I then use LiveView to zoom in to max magnification and then adjust the focus through the micro adjustment. The other benefit of using LiveView is that when using M then LiveView shows what you will get (if not using flash) so you can adjust the levels this way.

here is the gadget

[colin C]

Re: Less is more - mouse

Very useful for macro focus stacking Brian.

Colin

[raymon]

Re: Less is more - mouse

Thanks for that explanation Brian, and the link, it's not what macro rails were, these are so much more easy to use and not really that costly.

Ray