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Postby johnd on Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:16 pm

This was taken with my new Sigma 150 2.8 macro and SB800.
Thanks to Birddog for organising both of these for me.
A fair bit of learning this weekend with 2 new toys.

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A piece of Firecracker Honeysuckle forced it's way thru my side fence.
I think I'm starting to get the hang of this small aperture stuff so that the macros have some dof. Taken at f22.

Cheers, John
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Postby avkomp on Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:31 pm

a good start with the new lens.

I gotta use my micro lens more.
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Postby mudder on Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:38 pm

Wow, the depth of color and clarity is terrific! You put my efforts at flower stuff to shame, this looks bloody great!
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Re: Firecracker Honeysuckle

Postby KerryPierce on Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:02 pm

johnd wrote:This was taken with my new Sigma 150 2.8 macro and SB800.
Thanks to Birddog for organising both of these for me.
A fair bit of learning this weekend with 2 new toys.



Pretty good shot, John. :-) I think you'll like that combo. It sure made a difference when I added flash to my macros. 8)
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Postby marcotrov on Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:06 pm

Great shot John justifies my decision to buy that lens and makes me eager to receive it :)
cheers
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Postby johnd on Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:09 pm

Thanks Steve, Andrew and Kerry. This was taken on my 2nd outing with Sigma and SB800. I think it's an improvement on the day before when I used on board flash. Going down to minimum aperture (f22) sure gives more dof. I'm also manually focussing which is a first for me, so lots of new things being tried. I've got 2 weeks off work over Christmas, so heaps of opportunities coming up.

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Postby johnd on Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:10 pm

marcotrov wrote:Great shot John justifies my decision to buy that lens and makes me eager to receive it :)
cheers
marco

Thanks Marco, hope you have as much fun with the lens as I'm having.
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