Common table salt crystals (NaCl) grown on a piece of hairy string to get crystal separation. A few drops of food grade colouring added to another branch for interest, unfortunately the salt started to dissolve ... Stacked images shot on a Canon 5D MkII, Sigma 105mm Macro lens + extension tubes
Thanks Craig. I try to fine subjects that are different, perhaps not to everyone taste but hey, something is better than nothing isn't it.
Thumbnail, photography is a numbers game, the more you take of image that you have set up and composed, the better you become, while you enjoy what you do, you are already a winner.
variety is the spice of live, or salt in this case. Doing different types of photography helps keep that enjoyment in what we do and sometimes we can take different ideas and apply them to our regular shots. In landscape shots, start stacking your images by varying the amout of light hitting the sensor. The same can be done with macro shots aswell, for a HDMI look to them.
[QUOTE="Craig Sherriff, post: 27998, member: 501. ..... The same can be done with macro shots aswell, for a HDMI look to them.[/QUOTE] You've got me here Craig, I thought HDMI was for transferring video/voice did you mean HDR?
You've got me here Craig, I thought HDMI was for transferring video/voice did you mean HDR?[/QUOTE] My mistake, HDR it was.
Phew - Craig, thanks for reassuring me that I haven't lost a few more billion grey cells. I am not a big fan of HDR as most of the stuff I see from shooters is just done 'because I can' with no real 'pictorial' reason behind it and usually ends up as an over-sharp, over-saturated image with an almost brittle quality that I find just awful. Just my opinion of course. I use stacking as a means of increasing depth of field in macro shots like the ones above. I have tried it with landscapes but frankly I don't get on with it as it's almost impossible to get a landscape to stand perfectly still while you take a few shots and tidying up in PP is boring and tedious. I believe there are modern cameras that will do 'in-camera stacking' however, some images I have made have taken nigh-on a hundred stacked shots to get the finished image so if a camera can do that in-house then I'm mightily impressed.
There are Canon cameras that will do in camera stacking. I know that my RP will do it. But there is a list of lenses that are compatible with this feature. I am not sure if any of my lenses are on the list. Gary
Thanks Gary, that's interesting. I stopped thinking about upgrading my digital cameras a dozen years or so ago and never bothered to keep up-to-date with modern advancements other than the casual references I see in forums, newsfeeds etc. I have a seventy year love of film photoraphy which I still shoot and self-process so I'll stick with my Canon film cameras (many) and my two digitals, a 5D MkII and my lovely little Powershot 260 HS which I shoot in RAW format thanks to a hack.
I agree with your philosophy, the more they put all these advancements and functions in a camera, the farther away we get from the skills needed in taking a photograph and the fun and joy we get from it.
