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by Joaquim F.
Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:05 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: With a modern Sony, what does "f/8" at 1X mean?
Replies: 7
Views: 879

Re: With a modern Sony, what does "f/8" at 1X mean?

I know that modern Nikon cameras and macro lenses work directly in effective f-number, already corrected for magnification. I believe the camera body displays the F/number data that the lens reports. I don't know exactly how it works but as far as I've read some lenses would overestimate the value ...
by Joaquim F.
Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:29 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: infinite objective + Raynox DCR-150 - distances?
Replies: 3
Views: 730

Re: infinite objective + Raynox DCR-150 - distances?

Hi, I started my infinity setup with very long distance, something like 15 cm, between objectives following Nikon recommendations about tube lenses but, as Rik say, the system works equally well if not better with very close distances, and may be this can avoid some problems of internal reflections ...
by Joaquim F.
Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Shockwave
Replies: 3
Views: 3507

Re: Shockwave

Hi, is a really interesting experiment and intriguing image! Not sure if can be related to a mechanical wave phenomenon called hertzian fracture in some literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertzian_cone Seems very similar to the "crater" and "wallner lines" described in this pdf: http://www.do...
by Joaquim F.
Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:02 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Nikon PB6 Video "Hidden Features"
Replies: 4
Views: 1386

Re: Nikon PB6 Video "Hidden Features"

I got a PB6 from Saul long ago and use it often, it's a nice bellows. However, it has some nice "hidden features" I was unaware of. Here's a video of the PB6 showing these "hidden features" I found on DPreview. https://youtu.be/1ywKcPMOjG8 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4439398 Best, Hi, in...
by Joaquim F.
Wed Nov 13, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Snail on black plastic sheet
Replies: 5
Views: 3432

Hi, it really looks like a Helix sp, the common species of the Mediterran coast, the area where I live, in a nearby city the "aplec del cargol" is celebrated every year, during a weekend about 200,000 visitors cooked and consumed 13 tons of these mollusks! Perhaps the reflections you mention are due...
by Joaquim F.
Sat May 26, 2018 3:33 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Immature fern sporangia
Replies: 2
Views: 1908

The green glassy look is amazing, great work.

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by Joaquim F.
Sat May 26, 2018 3:26 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Common garden flowers up close
Replies: 3
Views: 2502

Nice photo set and scanner lens adaptation.

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by Joaquim F.
Sat May 26, 2018 3:17 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Four o'clock flower seed
Replies: 1
Views: 1611

Four o'clock flower seed

Short studio stack of about 5 frames @2.5X Nikon DSLR + Sigma 24mm f/2.8 manual lens reversed with the classic BR-2A ring. A flickr contact has made me notice the resemblance to the elytra of some beetles. I do not know if this resemblance is included in some kind of camouflage or just the opposite,...
by Joaquim F.
Thu May 24, 2018 3:15 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Onobrychis flower
Replies: 2
Views: 2300

JH wrote:Very nice!
Best regards
Jörgen Hellberg
Thanks! :D

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by Joaquim F.
Sat May 19, 2018 9:15 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Onobrychis flower
Replies: 2
Views: 2300

Onobrychis flower

Hi, flora from a little trip on close mountains.
Tarragona, Spain.

Nikon D610
Micro-Nikkor 60mm AF D

Image
Onobrychis sp. by Joaquim F. P., en Flickr

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by Joaquim F.
Sat May 19, 2018 9:03 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: WASP Cicada Killer?
Replies: 1
Views: 1646

Hi, this looks like german wasp (Vespula germanica), a common big wasp specie not difficult to see this days, I think are omnivorous, don't know if cicadas are in their menu... :lol:

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by Joaquim F.
Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:17 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Peppercorns
Replies: 7
Views: 2732

My thanks to you both. Joaquim, special thanks for your comments on the red variety. I think that you are quite right in regards to the ones I showed (which I have heard can cross-react with individuals who have a nut allergy). Apparently there is much confusion, partly because there is also a red ...
by Joaquim F.
Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:32 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Peppercorns
Replies: 7
Views: 2732

Hi, great work, the textures are very well represented. About the origin of peppers, I think the green, black and white are from the same shrub, normally Piper nigrum although there are other varieties, but the red one with "smooth skin" is from the ripe fruit of a tree that is sometimes seen in urb...
by Joaquim F.
Sat Feb 10, 2018 6:38 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Warm flora
Replies: 3
Views: 3051

Amazing shots. Eye-pleasing details. Thanks, this light combo works very well. Great captures, the title was spot on :D -10C and snow here, grey skies. Cant wait for spring and summer.. Here on the coast line it is not very cold but inside of the country the snow accumulates as it was not seen for ...