MACRO MONDAYS - Buttercups
posted by micki at 5/01/2006 07:44:00 AM
Monday, May 01, 2006
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- Name: micki
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No digital photography here folks. Only film, all the time. No post processing. I shoot it, I have it developed, I scan the print, I post it. It is hoped that you would respect my ownership of the images posted, despite the ease with which you could copy them. If you would like a true photographic print of any of my images, please contact me at goodiesbaker@yahoo.com and I will be happy to provide you with one. Weapons of Choice: * Minolta 7000 * Minolta 9000 *Minolta Dynax 9 * Konica Minolta 70 *Minolta x-700 * Minolta AL-F Rangefinder *1958 Minolta Autocord *Holga *holgamod Holga *PIX Panorama Toy Camera *Polaroid One Step Close Up Lenses: Too many too list, just read the stats for each shot I post Scanner: Epson 4990 Perfection Photo Favorite Films: * Kodak Tri-X * Fuji Superia * Ilford HP5+ -- Goal: To make the best exposure possible, on film. A Theme a Day *Sunday – Take A Guess *Macro Mondays *A Glimpse of My Town Tuesdays *Wednesday's Colors *Thursday's Critter *Unique Film and/or Camera Fridays *Saturday – Anything goes
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Rats, I really thought I’d have stumped you all for a short while yesterday. It was, indeed, a photo of black oil sunflower seeds. Not for my planting needs, but it’s what I feed the birds – and that pesky squirrel. I was inspired by the exact guesses to put on the extension tubes and take quite a few pictures yesterday. Hopefully I’ll stump you when I get the prints back.
It’s Macro Monday. This is a shot I took last week while crawling around the backyard for an hour. The sun was getting high in the sky, and the buttercups were closing up to conserve on moisture. I used my 50mm macro lens at 1:1 with two extension tubes attached…the 13mm and the 21mm. This was a difficult shot with the vertical composition and the flowers being so small and low to the ground. I had my head in the grass. I used my trusty bag of rice (bag #2, the first bag tore open shortly before this shot) as a stabilizer.
Konica Minolta 70 Fuji HQ ISO 100 1/250 f-2.8 Minolta 50mm macro lens ProOptic extension tubes 13mm and 21mm Film Scanned by York Photo Labs
Now regarding my son’s haircut for those who are interested. Going back to the March archives and the photo titled Little Bee Me, is where the story started. This Saturday had been almost seven weeks since his last haircut. He’s used to having a short buzz cut, and the hair was now at a length where hair washings were taking too long and water was running down into his face because of the long hair. He hated it. I also had to brush his hair now, which he hates; and the longer, thicker hair was making him hot when he went out to play. Checking for ticks after he came in from playing was also more time consuming with all the long hair. I kept telling my son that all of these annoyances could be avoided if he let me cut his hair. His little brother got a haircut Monday night and a cup of ice cream as a reward for sitting so nicely for me. This drove my older son crazy. Ice cream is his favorite food. So, I told him all week that if he would allow me to cut his hair, he could have an ice cream cup too. I knew he could understand me, it was quite clear. Saturday we came back home from running an errand and I took out the buzzer just to give it a try before baths. I asked him if he wouldn’t allow me to give him a cut. He kept running back and forth from me to the hall. He acted like he wanted to, but was too apprehensive. Finally, he made me turn the shaver on and put it to his head. I didn’t cut. I warned him that once we started we had to finish. He bent his head down and I buzzed him down the middle of his hair. Then he ran. Daddy ended up having to hold him, and for the most part he did quite well. We were done in about five minutes and he got the coveted ice cream cup. After a bath, (in which the hair washing went as well as I’d been telling him it would) he got to eat all the ice cream he wanted. He was so proud of himself. The look in his eyes was priceless and he was smiling all night. He still needs a trim around the ears with the scissors, but I’ll do that tonight while he’s sleeping. We made a great step forward Saturday night.
simple and yet very attractive sublect, lovely DOF, well done!
We appreciate the effort in taking this photo lovely!! You had fun rolling around the dirt we know it!!!
Lovely shot. So soft and delicate.
It's good to hear that you are seeing such progress with your son. Sometimes something that might seem small to some, can be so huge. Congrats, and I wish more great leaps in the future.
beautiful. the second you touch it, lose it...
Lovely delicate shot. I have extension tubes on order--should arrive this week I hope.
This is beautiful - wonderful focus and muted, soft colours.
what a wonderful flower with different focus.
Oh my, Micki, that is just about perfect!
:-))funny story...remind me when i was little. i really hate getting a hair cut...my mom had to do the same thing, but wt lot of candies:-P btw lovely soft tone in this shot...i like pastel color also:-)
Intersting story. Fabulous yellow macro.
very nice, they look lovely against that uncluttered background
very pleasant and artistic
Nice one. I like the DoF and the colour.
Charles
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His poor hair! I think you should have kept it long. :P
Love the DOF, really makes it stand out against the background. Perfect. It almost looks like sweetcorn.
nice colors, nice dof and the background is perfect ;-) good shot micki.
-shaped
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Lovely dof, nice one Micki!
This is phenomenal work Micki! I like the soft focus and generally "high key" feel. Cool depth of field too.
Soft...thats what I thoght...:) Good work!
Nice Macro...the DoF is stunning actually...and the tones are really calming and peaceful...just an amazing shot overall.
Philo-Graphious
Just remembered that I meant to tell you that if you want to know a good alternative to the bag of rice, I found a "Moshi" pillow for about $4 that works really well.
I like the picture, and the words to go with it. You're lucky that even after a struggle you manged to cut your son's hair. My son, who towers a good four inches above me, seems to have produced a thatch that supports a good deal of the local wildlife.
awesome macro. wish it was a bit more sharp. but still good
So simple... so beautiful! Nice dof!
Michael
Micki this is one of the best I've seen from you ...I love it.
Micki - the DoF and light in this image give a subtleness that is just lovely. Beautiful image!
Very simple and soft. Nice dof and I like the soft focus myself.
Wow! This a simple image but so powerful! Almost Zen-like.
Great picture!
I love the concept here too. The colors are good .
Have a nice day ;)
I love this one especally film's tone. nice picture! :)
baby-anythings are always a good choice
Great macro. Nice composition
beautiful colour!!! and the blurry background, looks so delicate!! the first flower also seems as a candle!! great shot!! also a lovely story joining it!! i'm happy to know you had an advance on the flower!! it was a very good idea, the sweet prize!! :D
Lovely softness : speaks volumes more than a razor-sharp view of the cell structure. Here, we see the flowers for real.
Great use of DOF!! I love soft colors like these. Great Job !!
Great shot - nice and "soft" all the way around. Perfect for flowers. Interested to hear about the extension tubes, as well - I've been thinking a bit about them.
A wonderfully delicate shot. Lovely colours.
Lovely shot - love the colours.Beautiful :)
Perfectly dreamy - I can smell the lawn :-)
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