macro! 56k warning...

[zzpza]

haven't posted in a while, so though i'd share a few of my recent macro pix.

i've just bought a mac mini (apple mac, not from makky d's...) so the 1st couple are mac related.

and finally a non macro. this weird building is part of the "bullring" shopping center in birmingham (UK).

hope you like them

j.

[eversio11]

Stunning work. That 3 element lens one is worthy of commercial work.

[zzpza]

Originally Posted by eversio11

Stunning work. That 3 element lens one is worthy of commercial work.

thanx! i've been working on my lighting technique.

that's the mac webcam, cunningly called the iSight...

ta,
j.

[Heep]

Excellent shots! The iSight and PSP ones look like they belong on Apple and Sony's websites (respectively)!

One question though, how did you get the background for the macro shots? White wall? White paper? Other?

[zzpza]

thanx heep

the lighting was the trick to getting the backgroud like that. i used several bits of white paper, making sure it covered the area i was going to take the pic in, right up to the edges of the frame. then i used two 20cm long white cold cathode lights (pc case mod stuff) to light that background and the subject indirectly. this made the background a lot lighter than the subject, so when i took the pic it would burn out and not register any details.

hth,
j.

[zdc323]

Wow I thought pictures were all luck, after seeing yours I guess I just really suck at taking pictures

Nice stuff