Time for some words...
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| strange Aussie flora |
It was in Australia where I handled my first macro lens which I have to say has definitely made my list of must-haves before I die. Sharp and with a really good focus, it is an impressive piece of equipment. As you may have figured by now, I don't have one yet but borrowed someone's to get the above short..
ahem...moving on from the SLR-geek rants...
The above photo is of a plant I passed by in the Monash Gardens in Australia. I had a slightly angled shot of it and while I know it isn't great (I got carried away while playing with the macro lens) it definitely stands out in terms of DOF. That's what a macro does I suppose and that's what I love about macro lenses. It's a slightly ambiguous image of a plant and the little dots of red in the detail at the back vaguely mimicks that of the main focus.
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| Monash Uni Structure |
Captured with a macro lens believe it or not. That's what I love about this lens...it does everything!! =D. Anyways, strange structure, courtesy of Melbourne's strange taste for achitectural design but something definitely worth photographin I thought. However, the photo for me is slightly unsatisfactory because of the absence of the sky. Without it, it feels like the photo has lost its sense of depth and it really looks like I had photoshopped the building onto a white background. Sickeningly leprous and sickeningly plain.
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| Broken vase at abandone temple |
Not with a macro lens. Not even with an SLR. Used an Olympus compact (model?). Photo is over edited in the wrong hue and too much detail on the ground has been picked up because of it. Definitely could be a lot better but oh well. Photo also largely uinbalanced with unnecessary crack running along the bottom of the image...
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| QUACK! |
Don't remember what I used to shoot this but I don't like the twig sticking out of the water in front of the duck! Details in the water are really interesting thought and the duck would have made a good subject on its own
