After the Rain

[tchuanye]

Interesting that after the rain, there are so many opportunities to take pics...insects are cold, and water drops add a interesting look to the subject. Here is a pic of a flower. Appreciate you let me know what you think....thanks!

[josho]

Erm.. U live near East Coast Park??

[tchuanye]

Originally Posted by josho Erm.. U live near East Coast Park??

I stay at Ghim Moh. Was at the Costa Sands Chalet on the last few days of 2004. Did not expect so many insects to take....but really a bumper crop of pics to my suprise. All these pics were within the chalet compound, where there are some shrubs etc....the rain must have helped in bringing them out....

[panafz10]

Very professionally done! Your colours are very vibrant! Want Macro attachment do you have on?

[tchuanye]

Originally Posted by panafz10 Very professionally done! Your colours are very vibrant! Want Macro attachment do you have on?

I use the Nikon 6T and the Sigma close up filter, and stack them together. I have the phayee adapter which is 62mm. 6T is 62mm, Sigma is 58mm, so I have a 62-58mm step down ring between them.

[panafz10]

Very impressive results! With a tripod?

[yeocolin]

Very vibrant colours and angles. Well done!

How close were you from the subjects? Without flash?

[tchuanye]

Originally Posted by panafz10 Very impressive results! With a tripod?

Thanks panafz10,

W/o tripod.

Originally Posted by yeocolin Very vibrant colours and angles. Well done! How close were you from the subjects? Without flash?

Distance is 19 cm, with external flash bounced from homemade bounce card

[John Teoh]

Hi tchuanye

Nice shot. Just a question, is there a special reason why you only use 6T and Sigma close up? Have you try other close up?

Also is the built-in flash sufficient or do we really need to use the external flash?

Cheers
John

[tchuanye]

Originally Posted by John Teoh Hi tchuanye Nice shot. Just a question, is there a special reason why you only use 6T and Sigma close up? Have you try other close up? Also is the built-in flash sufficient or do we really need to use the external flash? Cheers John

Before I bought the FZ10, I saw some impresive pics with 6T, so I decided b4 hand to buy the 6T. The Sigma is a left over from an SLR days, cos I used the Sigma 70-300 mm APO zoom lens and this filter was bought for that.

Built in flash is too harsh. So I used the bounced flash for the ext flash.

[John Teoh]

Originally Posted by tchuanye Before I bought the FZ10, I saw some impresive pics with 6T, so I decided b4 hand to buy the 6T. The Sigma is a left over from an SLR days, cos I used the Sigma 70-300 mm APO zoom lens and this filter was bought for that. Built in flash is too harsh. So I used the bounced flash for the ext flash.

I see. Thanks for the explanation. Look like I try other close up filter before consider getting better filters.

Cheers
John

[rubberduckie_sg]

Nice Editing!

Can i know what program was used to create the boarder and shadow?

[littledigitalartist]

Originally Posted by tchuanye I stay at Ghim Moh. Was at the Costa Sands Chalet on the last few days of 2004. Did not expect so many insects to take....but really a bumper crop of pics to my suprise. All these pics were within the chalet compound, where there are some shrubs etc....the rain must have helped in bringing them out....

hey i stay ghim moh too.. and was at east coast on the 30th dec 2004 ... hmmm... such a coincidence... hey lets meet up to shoot one of these days... i stay blk one...

[tankm]

Originally Posted by tchuanye Before I bought the FZ10, I saw some impresive pics with 6T, so I decided b4 hand to buy the 6T. The Sigma is a left over from an SLR days, cos I used the Sigma 70-300 mm APO zoom lens and this filter was bought for that. Built in flash is too harsh. So I used the bounced flash for the ext flash.

I have been trying some macro with the FZ20, but so far been a bit frustrating because of the limited range where the lens can focus properly for macro without any add-on lens.

Have tried with the Olympus Macro Conversion Lens f=40cm. This had allowed me to go nearer to the subject (around 30cm at max zoom 12x). However there is restriction, the range where it can focus properly is now from 30cm to around 35cm (at max 12x zoom). At lower zoom setting, the workable focus range is different but still very restricted.

My question for you are, if you don't mind me asking :
1. With your Nikon 6T, do you have to work within a very restrictive range for proper focus ?

2. What is your typical distance from the subject most of the time ?

3. How do you go about getting the right framing and desire subject size with the Nikon 6T + Sigma Close-up ?

Thanks and Happy New Year.