Macro Color Study

dyed hand made paper

4:1

Nikon D200
Nikon PB-6 Bellows Extension
Nikon Reversing Ring
Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Macro lens
Speedotron 2400 strobes x 2


Setup shot:

Macro Chrome

Tattooed Skin


Small Increments


An Uneventful Year


4:1

Nikon F3
Nikon PB-6 Bellows Extension
Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Macro lens
Speedotron 2400 x 2
Fujichrome Superia 100


Setup Shots:

teh Zoo

Watching You


Turtlely


Soft Baboon


At Play


Lonely


Canon 350D
Canon 17-40mm f/4L lens
Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens

Tattooed Skin

4:1

Nikon F3
Nikon BP-6 Bellows Extension
Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Macro lens
Speedotron 2400 Monolights
Ilford Delta 400

Line Up and Blow Out

4:1

Nikon F3
Nikon BP-6 Bellows Extension
Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Macro lens
Speedotron 2400 Monolights
Ilford Delta 400

Setup shot:

Pharmaceutical Macro

Silly Rabbit, Trix Are For Kids



Adderall Noir


2.5:1

Canon 30D
Nikon lens-to-Canon EOS mount adapter
Nikon PB-6 Bellow Extension
Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro AI lens
LED modified Maglite
with DIY diffuser
and DIY slit snoot

setup shot:

Needle And Thread

~4:1 ratio

-Canon 30D
-Nikon lens to Canon EOS mount adapter
-Nikon PB-5 bellows
-Nikon BR-2 reversing ring
-Nikon 105mm f/2.8 macro AI lens
-(blue) LED modified Maglite
-with DIY photo canister diffuser

Lighting Setup:

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Infared Portrait

This was shot along with the previous infrared set in hopes of seeing signs of Paige's previous car crash injuries. But what resulted was an interesting and surreal portrait.




Mamiya C220
Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 TLR lens
Konica Infrared 750nm ISO12 120 film (expired in 1993)
General Electric Photoflash Blackout flash bulbs

Infrared Exploration

Long story short, I came across some old ancient infrared flash bulbs and a 15-years-expired (but refrigerated) roll of very low ISO infrared film. So, after doing a little bit of research and some sloppy math, I experimented.

I wanted to see if with the film and bulbs I could see bruises or veins near the skin on a persons body. So, with the help of Paige and her injured foot and Sarah and her injured knee, these are what resulted:


(click to view larger on flickr)




It's subtle, but it works.

Mamiya C220
Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 TLR lens
Konica Infrared 750nm ISO12 120 film (expired in 1993)
General Electric Photoflash Blackout flash bulbs (on the first)
Vivitar 285HV with deep red gel - 4 pops (on the second)

Macro Chrome

Nikon F3
Nikon PB-6 Bellows Extension
Nikon 105mm f/2.8 AI macro lens
Fujichrome Sensia 100F

lit by a light table and tungsten lamps
color adjustment and sharpening in Photoshop.
2.5:1 ration.

Photo Retouching

This is an old family photo taken by my mom back around 1993 on her Nikon FG-20 with generic 1-hour photo processing/5x7 printing. It was scanned (poorly) by my uncle and required me to do a lot of spotting, some levels and color adjustment, cropping, and a little clone tool removal of distracting elements.

Pictured (from left to right): me (back when I was cute), my late Papaw Blackwood, and my younger brother, Zach. It's a picture that means a lot to Zachary and me. Our Papaw passed away a year ago come February.

Jesssica and Grave Yards

Nikon F2
Nikon 20mm f/2.8 AI lens
Kodak Ektachrome E100G

DIY Macro Experiments

I didn't check out any macro equipment over the weekend and I don't have any of my own, so I put together a couple cheap, and somewhat sloppy macro set-ups . Here's the results:




Image area roughly 0.5" x 0.25"

Pictured is the self-timer switch on the front of my Nikon F2.

-Canon 350D
-toilet paper tube wrapped in black gaffers tape acting as a 4.5" extension tube
-Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AI lens set to f/22
-light leek/haze at connection between "extension" tube and bayonet mount.




Circle of illumination diameter roughly 5/8"

Pictured is the "do not chew" icon on a medicine label.

-Canon 350D
-Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens set to f/5.6 and 135mm
-offset by 1" spacer and gaffers tape acting as an extension tube
-reversed Nikon 28mm f/3.5 AI lens set to f/22 taped to the end

This ended up a ridiculous mess of gaffers tape.

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Dinosaur/Loch Ness

Nikon F2
Itorex 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 AI lens
+ close up filter
Ilford Delta 400