If not done in PP. I would say you shot it through a small opening on the lens. Maybe a piece of paper above and below. The first one is blurred more because it is shot at ISO400 and the second picture is blurred less because the ISO1600 let more light through the edges of the paper giving less of a blur.
No post processing. OK, yes, there was some minor levels adjustment, a resize and a sharpening, but just the standard stuff. Nothing that really changed the overall effect.
There is no cropping, and nothing else involved. Just the camera and the lens. :)
At 100% viewing, that full stop looks like a pile of sand, slightly larger than the letter s in the version posted here. :)
Aha, give the man (or lady) a cigar. Ok, that's the first half of the problem. This is how to get macro out of the kit lens. Take off the lens, flip it around and hold it in front of the camera. It gives you a very close focusing macro lens, probably 2:1 magification, or slightly more, at only a few centimetres focusing distance.
Problem is, when you do this, you get very shallow DOF. And with no electrical contacts, you can't adjust the aperture, to increase the DOF.
In the original 2 shots, the first shows a classic lens reversal shot, with very thin DOF. How did I improve the DOF in the second shot? (Yes, it's a slightly different angle, which helps, but that's not the answer.) :)
Aha, give the man a cigar. Ok, that's the first half of the problem. This is how to get macro out of the kit lens. Problem is, when you pull the lens off and reverse it, you get very shallow DOF. And with no electrical contacts, you can't adjust the aperture, to reduce the DOF.
In the original 2 shots, the first shows a classic lens reversal shot, with very thin DOF. How did I improve the DOF in the second shot? (Yes, it's a slightly different angle, which helps, but that's not the answer.) :)
haha.. I ruled out lens reversal because I misread your post and thought you'd mentioned no other lenses were used. I also don't know enough about lens reversals to even hazard a guess on this second one.
Aha, you guys are too clever. I thought I'd come up with a new trick, but it turns out it's been done before. :)
Yes, I set the aperture, pushed the DOF preview, and then removed the lens while holding it down. This keeps the aperture previously set, and doesn't reset back open until the lens is reattached.
Yes, I set the aperture, pushed the DOF preview, and then removed the lens while holding it down. This keeps the aperture previously set, and doesn't reset back open until the lens is reattached.
Now that is cool. I'm gonna give it a try. Love learning new(?) tricks :) Thanks for sharing it!
you set the aperture to (guess) f/8 and held down the DOF preview button before taking off the lens.
now gimme a cigar!
what about the sensor dust issue? I thought to keep a camera ON without a lens was a very bad idea - the static charge on the sensor would just suck up the dust. Ain't it so?
what about the sensor dust issue? I thought to keep a camera ON without a lens was a very bad idea - the static charge on the sensor would just suck up the dust. Ain't it so?
Ummm, yeah, maybe I won't give it a try just yet....
Yes, I don't know how much of a risk it is, but the anti sensor dust mechanism in the 400D certainly helps the peace of mind when I'm doing stuff like this. :)
you set the aperture to (guess) f/8 and held down the DOF preview button before taking off the lens.
now gimme a cigar!
what about the sensor dust issue? I thought to keep a camera ON without a lens was a very bad idea - the static charge on the sensor would just suck up the dust. Ain't it so?
sensor dust is over rated! who cares if you have a few specks!
Ooh, one word of warning. I won't post the photos, but if you start digging flies out of your window frames and take photos of them, don't be surprise if you feel a bit nausius after editing them. Flies are disgusting. Long dead flies are even worse. The detail is amazing, but sometimes this is not a good thing. Seriously, don't do it. :)
