Photos taken by Pentax cameras for tech. discussion - Season IV

[felixcat8888]

Went for macro trip with my new toy, F100 f2.8 macro

And was very very lucky to capture this moment

Wonderful shots. Kenna poisoned again I see.

 

[doyle]

1.the tatoo on this ant make me look at it in awe .. so like my thumbprint.

2.keep landing on our diffuser and hard to take..

3.beetle golden shine

4.another fly.. the wing so bling

5. star for the day. snake feasting a frog

 

[doyle]

does macro need to be all sharp and tack?.. i dunno sometime i miss a shoot but still like the photo

 

[otc]

1.the tatoo on this ant make me look at it in awe .. so like my thumbprint.

The scientific name of this Ant is .... Thumb-Print Ant


Great capture of yours and Iittoo


marcus

 

[detritus]

does macro need to be all sharp and tack?.. i dunno sometime i miss a shoot but still like the photo

Strictly speaking, no. It depends on your intent. If u want a classic 'documentary' shot, then yes, it needs to be sharp.

If u want it to 'artistic' and u want to creatively make use of ambient light, coloured background and using large apertures to throw the bg out of focus (something like what Nadav Bagim had done in his fascinating 'wonderland' series), then the sky's the limits.

It shouldnt be just about compound eyes, head shots or something u find in nat geo. But it has to tell a story.

The shot of the JS is nice.

 

[pinholecam]

Having some good fun with the Q and Toy Fisheye

 

[doyle]

1.the tatoo on this ant make me look at it in awe .. so like my thumbprint.

The scientific name of this Ant is .... Thumb-Print Ant


Great capture of yours and Iittoo


marcus

wah reli thumbprint ant le.. but it quite huge.. photo 1:1 no crop.. next time must find other thumbprint.

Strictly speaking, no. It depends on your intent. If u want a classic 'documentary' shot, then yes, it needs to be sharp.

If u want it to 'artistic' and u want to creatively make use of ambient light, coloured background and using large apertures to throw the bg out of focus (something like what Nadav Bagim had done in his fascinating 'wonderland' series), then the sky's the limits.

It shouldnt be just about compound eyes, head shots or something u find in nat geo. But it has to tell a story.

The shot of the JS is nice.

but dunno leh.. if shoot macro then all the shoot dreamy defeat the purpose ? right but it cool to once in a while to misfocus.. haha .. ya the js was nice and dreamy i myself also like it

 

[otc]

does macro need to be all sharp and tack?.. i dunno sometime i miss a shoot but still like the photo
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Know what you want to be the centre of attention. If the back-side is what you want to bring out in the frame, then compose it to be in that position. To me, the whole purpose of macro is to bring out the beauty of this little insect which is not visible to our normal life and we dun usually particularly get to see in details unless we bring out in that huge size from our macro magnification. I do appreciate the beauty of tack sharp JS. I dun know how to apprieciate the JS above. still I will not disagree with donald on JS above and that certain oof are beautiful.. I am for the tack sharp and dof insects and critters.

marcus

 

[otc]

IMGP5004-001 by luctomar, on Flickr


js by luctomar, on Flickr

From the classic old school of tot.:bsmilie: I know la, quite boring right? viviatar 105 with 21mm tubes and flashlight.

Donald, your 105 vivitar is a keeper, man.

took last week.


macus

 

[EricTJY]

1 Shot

 

[Supersimon27]

#～Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite. ~ 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 - 庄子 Zhuang Zi



knowledge is infinite by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr

# -Battle of the Sky (Look like 如来神掌 vs 飞龙在&#22825 haha


Battle of the Sky by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr

# "Guilty" by Ji Hyun Kwon

Had a chance to visit JI Hyun Kwon art work series "Guilty". Really love it and decided to photograph it my way and share with you guys


"Guilty" by Ji Hyun Kwon by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr

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[detritus]

Know what you want to be the centre of attention. If the back-side is what you want to bring out in the frame, then compose it to be in that position. To me, the whole purpose of macro is to bring out the beauty of this little insect which is not visible to our normal life and we dun usually particularly get to see in details unless we bring out in that huge size from our macro magnification. I do appreciate the beauty of tack sharp JS. I dun know how to apprieciate the JS above. still I will not disagree with donald on JS above and that certain oof are beautiful.. I am for the tack sharp and dof insects and critters.

marcus

The reason why i like the JS is not cos its oof. That is clearly a user mistake. I like it cos of the composition. Cute little thing on one corner of a leaf staring at the photographer. Not magnified excessively till u see the hair and eyes.

Its like portraits. U wont gain any points for shooting a close-up of the model's nose hair :bsmilie: But a well composed shot of a pretty model in a natural, elegant pose can be very nice, even if its oof.

Its what we try to show sometimes and to go beyond documentary. Something i struggle with all the time when shooting macro

 

[simon6z]

My humble sharing during today's macro trip with iittoo,doyle and gang

 

[simon6z]

 

[Iittoo]

Aiyo,talking about JS,let me show some spider but not JS

 

[ranchy]

Macro with Doyle , Eric Iittoo simon6z ..
Doyle and Iitoo have the snake picture. DAmn i missed it..

 

[ranchy]

Went to Da:ns Festival at Esplanade on Friday...

So many events happening this weekend...
Da:nS Festivals @Esplanade
Halloween Fright Night @ ACM
Red Bull FlugTag Sentosa (Sunday)
Class 95fm Stiletto Race 2012 -Ion Orchard (Sunday)

Argh.. which to go.. :X

Dances from Mindanao - Shot with Pentax K01 Takumar 83mm.. Manual Focus is tough with fast moving dance.. argh..




Friday I’m in Love

 

[otc]

[/QUOTE]Its like portraits. U wont gain any points for shooting a close-up of the model's nose hair :bsmilie: But a well composed shot of a pretty model in a natural, elegant pose can be very nice, even if its oof.
Its what we try to show sometimes and to go beyond documentary. Something i struggle with all the time when shooting macro [/QUOTE]




totally agree with you, Donald. I struggled more and made more mistakes than any one else with all d aluminium can as diffusers initially, etc. I discard more shots ie more out of focus shots, so it takes less space of my hard disk.. All in all, my misfoucs or oof shot rates are even higher, considering that my hand is not so firm now. composition is something I need to learn from u. Placing that litter critter on the corner, yes, I have that tot before... Hey,I am still learning. that is what art is..


marcus

 

[allenleonhart]

Ghost Town​

pentax k-5 very scary... even at night:sweat:

 

[lweepin]

Recently, I decided to start learning macro photography.
The following are some shots taken at Pasir Ris Park with my K5 & Sigma 70mm macro lens

Any comments are welcomed.
Hoping to learn from the masters here !