Kit lens experiment

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Took these with the kit lens with one 20MM extension tube.

Not macros but reasonbly close up.
The result is not as good as I had hoped for, though the 2nd one seems nice and sharp.

More experimentation required

[moggy]

Good effort Mark, I think the second one looks sharper because of the texture and colouring.

Bob.

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[marcotrov]

Great effort for the kit lens mark. Nice framing what plugins did you use?
cheers
marco

[Manta]

Lovely shots Mark. I agree that the colouring in the second one probably makes it look a little sharper. The blue tends to oversaturate and dominate a little in the first shot and because of the contrasting colours the shallow DOF is more apparent than in the second. To my eye, this effect makes shot 1 look a little softer when, in reality, it's probably just as crisp.

Nice job though.

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Thanks folks.

Bob and Simon, I think you are spot on with your comments. The more closely I look at both the shots there is really little difference in the sharpness. It is just the colours creating a different appearance.

Marco, it is a neat little action that sharpens, resizes and frames in one hit (you can adjust the sizing and sharpening to suit). I like it because once I have finished cropping adjusting or whatever, I just run the action and the shot is web ready.
Can't remember where I got it but it was a freebie. PM your email and I'll send it to you if you like.

[rookie2]

Being new to this macro stuff Mark I was just wondering if you could post your shooting info and what set up you use (flash, tripod head etc)
many thanx
R2

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Hi R2,

The yellow flower was taken on a Manfrotto Tripod (fairly standard 3 way head)

1/160s at f/20

20mm Triplus extension tube.

The blue flower was 1/25s at f/9.0

No flash (batteries were flat ) but would have normally used to soften the shadows.

Both were with the Nikon kit lens at 70MM.

[big pix]

nice pix's....... but give then a bit more saturation and watch them pop........

[rookie2]

thanks Mark

I'll have another go this weekend. Great to see what is possible with the kits lens when used correctly.

cheers R2