[photos] fun with macro, water drops, and DVDs

Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro
style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself.

Just trying to get some abstract crazy colouring. I had no idea
what colours were going to be created. And I wasn't expecting
that weird halo sort of effect. Shame about the dust. The DVD
looked pretty clean to the naked eye, but 2:1 lifesize and flash
shows it up unfortunately.

All shot at about 2:1 lifesize with full set of Kenko extension
tubes and 100mm macro lens. Click the images for larger views:

http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22

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Troy Piggins schrieb:
Hello Troy -

Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro
style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself.

did you see this?

http://www.rohuebner.de/

It is in German but most of the fotos are self explaining.
You will find many very good fotos even of drops under Water!

Regards Udo

* Udo Huebner wrote :
Troy Piggins schrieb:

Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro
style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself.

did you see this?

http://www.rohuebner.de/

It is in German but most of the fotos are self explaining.
You will find many very good fotos even of drops under Water!

Thanks for the link, Udo. I haven't seen that site before,
although I have seen similar shots. Next time I am bored, I'll
give that a try.

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Troy Piggins
I always appreciate critique.

Troy Piggins wrote:
Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro
style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself.

Just trying to get some abstract crazy colouring. I had no idea
what colours were going to be created. And I wasn't expecting
that weird halo sort of effect. Shame about the dust. The DVD
looked pretty clean to the naked eye, but 2:1 lifesize and flash
shows it up unfortunately.

All shot at about 2:1 lifesize with full set of Kenko extension
tubes and 100mm macro lens. Click the images for larger views:

http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22

Again, you have piqued my interest, Troy - these are cool.. I sort of
like the dust - somehow makes them look organic or something, although
the rather large amount does cast aspersions about your clean room hi-fi
environment...

I have some rather interestingly 'damaged' cd's that might become rather
photogenic when treated thusly. I might return to this thread later..

* Mark Thomas wrote :
Troy Piggins wrote:
Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro
style. I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself.

Just trying to get some abstract crazy colouring. I had no idea
what colours were going to be created. And I wasn't expecting
that weird halo sort of effect. Shame about the dust. The DVD
looked pretty clean to the naked eye, but 2:1 lifesize and flash
shows it up unfortunately.

All shot at about 2:1 lifesize with full set of Kenko extension
tubes and 100mm macro lens. Click the images for larger views:

http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22

Again, you have piqued my interest, Troy - these are cool..

Thanks mate. Not too many bugs around for macro shooting.
And this can be done in the warmth of your own home.

I sort of like the dust - somehow makes them look organic or
something, although the rather large amount does cast
aspersions about your clean room hi-fi environment...

Ha. Actually I'm pretty anal about keeping my CDs and DVDs
clean from dust and scratches. This was a DVD that hadn't burned
correctly and I had salvaged from the bin so I couldn't
potentially damage one of my real DVDs.

I have some rather interestingly 'damaged' cd's that might
become rather photogenic when treated thusly. I might return
to this thread later..

Look forward to it. I want to try some different lighting angles
to see if any other colours appear, or if it's always the same.
This was just with my normal macro rig, flash top left of lens.

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Troy Piggins
I always appreciate critique.

Troy Piggins wrote:

* Mark Thomas wrote :
Troy Piggins wrote:
Nothing on TV last night, so decided to have some fun - macro style.
I've seen this done before, but never tried it myself.

Just trying to get some abstract crazy colouring. I had no idea what
colours were going to be created. And I wasn't expecting that weird
halo sort of effect. Shame about the dust. The DVD looked pretty
clean to the naked eye, but 2:1 lifesize and flash shows it up
unfortunately.

All shot at about 2:1 lifesize with full set of Kenko extension tubes
and 100mm macro lens. Click the images for larger views:

http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_06_22

Again, you have piqued my interest, Troy - these are cool..

Thanks mate. Not too many bugs around for macro shooting. And this
can be done in the warmth of your own home.

Hi, Troy.

Coincidentally, the other day I got my reverse mount in the mail, and
spent a night playing with that and my 18-55 at 18. This was part of my
testing, not an attempt at art!

http://blinkynet.net/stuff/reversed_...eedle_3333.jpg

Normal sized needle and thread. Background is silk.

It was fun experimentation and my first macro[1] attempt with the D60...

....then, as I was heading for bed I spied a spider in the bathtub. I
chased him around for a while. He won.

[1] Shooting a ruler, my first testing, showed I was getting 4:1.


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