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sole · Post by **sole** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:29 pm

Hi everyone, I've just found this forum so i would like to introduce me. I'm beginner not only at macro, but in photography at all. I'm from Lithuainia (east Europe). I have canon 450 it's kit lens, 50 f1.8 and 100 f2.8. And i'm really interested in macrophotography. this is my first try:

BTW this is bubbles on the surface of tea

sole

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:37 pm

sole wrote:Hi everyone, I've just found this forum so i would like to introduce me. I'm beginner not only at macro, but in photography at all. I'm from Lithuainia (east Europe). I have canon 450 it's kit lens, 50 f1.8 and 100 f2.8. And i'm really interested in macrophotography. this is my first try:

BTW this is bubbles on the surface of tea
sole

sole, welcome aboard!

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sole · Post by **sole** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:44 pm

sure! thanks a lot.

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:42 am

sole wrote:I'm beginner not only at macro, but in photography at all.
BTW this is bubbles on the surface of tea

Welcome. Not only did you start with one of the more difficult photographic specialities but you risked getting your lens misted up!

Harold

homestar455 · Post by **homestar455** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:16 pm

Welcome, sole.

This is a rather good first attempt, especially considering, as Harold said, this is one of the more difficult photographic specialties.

Btw, I like your flickr page.

sole · Post by **sole** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:03 am

Thank you guys

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:38 am

Also with non macro lenses make sure you don't get closer than the lens can focus or you will get fuzzy pictures. I see quite a few on a Cactus forum I am on trying to fill the viewfinder with a subject and getting closer than their lenses can focus, so their pictures are not sharp.

If you look in the information that came with your lens it should tell you the closest distance it can focus at.

Another simple test is to switch off autofocus, rack out your lens to its closest focus, put your camera on a table so you can see through the viewfinder then just gradually slide a matchbox, or some similar sized small object towards the lens until it looks sharpest on the viewfinder screen, then measure from the front of your lens to the object, then never try and get closer than that or the image will not be sharp.

If you want to go closer (larger image) you will need a supplementary close-up lens, sometimes called a close-up filter, that just screws into the filter thread of your lens:-

http://www.alanwood.net/photography/clo ... enses.html

DaveW

sole · Post by **sole** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:04 am

thank you for info

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