Macro: "Yeah, your face and my ***"

Macro: "Yeah, your face and my ***" · 09:57 PM

Got a match?

Buddha Jones · 04-22-2007, 07:16 AM

Nice shot... classic reference.

**NaClH2O** · 04-22-2007, 07:37 AM

[QUOTE=Mike Cash;50361]Got a match?

Ha! great one Mike, I didn't know what to expect when I saw the title, but it certainly wasn't this.

NaCl(gave me a nice Sunday morning smile)H2O

Mike Cash · 04-22-2007, 12:55 PM

Never let it be said I won't go for a cheap laugh.

db2 · 04-24-2007, 01:21 AM

have you noticed the ca in this shot?

Mike Cash · 04-24-2007, 06:13 AM

Absolutely. It's horrible.

It makes an otherwise pretty good macro shot a total piece of crap. Using it to make a lame joke was the only way to squeeze any redeeming value out of it at all.

db2 · 04-24-2007, 03:10 PM

I see it first thing now and it really annoys. I have heard people say that it is easy to manipulate out but have not read any details of how to go about that.

**Sailor** · 04-24-2007, 05:19 PM

This sort of shot lights my fire, dude.

Jer

Mike Cash · 04-25-2007, 05:30 AM

The main reason I took it was that I was experimenting with version 2 of my McGyver macro lighting rig.

It consists of a rectangle of very thin cardboard, placed horizontally and with two strips cut and bent to make a pair of "arms" poking out from near the middle, at the width of my Sigma flash. Those arms are then stapled to a band of the same thin cardboard which has been cut and stapled to snugly fit around the head of the flash. The thing was finished off by wrapping it with the aluminum foil from my breakfast sammiches. I use it by turning the flash head around backwards, angling it up to about 75 degrees, and bouncing/diffusing the flash off the aluminum foil and downward in the general direction of the end of the lens.

As far as the lighting experiment goes, I think it was a considerable success. But, as pointed out, the purple fringe ruined it.

-spam- · 04-25-2007, 05:53 AM

Originally posted by Sailor

This sort of shot lights my fire, dude.

Just had to pick myself up off the floor. Great call

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04-24-2007, 01:21 AM	#5
db2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: gisborne Posts: 111	funny but have you noticed the ca in this shot?

04-24-2007, 03:10 PM	#7
db2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: gisborne Posts: 111	how I see it first thing now and it really annoys. I have heard people say that it is easy to manipulate out but have not read any details of how to go about that.

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04-22-2007, 07:16 AM	#2
Buddha Jones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,587	Nice shot... classic reference.

04-22-2007, 07:37 AM	#3
NaClH2O Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bronx NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,631	[QUOTE=Mike Cash;50361]Got a match? Ha! great one Mike, I didn't know what to expect when I saw the title, but it certainly wasn't this. NaCl(gave me a nice Sunday morning smile)H2O

04-22-2007, 12:55 PM	#4
Mike Cash Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Japan Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,950 Original Poster	Never let it be said I won't go for a cheap laugh.

04-24-2007, 06:13 AM	#6
Mike Cash Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Japan Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,950 Original Poster	Absolutely. It's horrible. It makes an otherwise pretty good macro shot a total piece of crap. Using it to make a lame joke was the only way to squeeze any redeeming value out of it at all.

04-24-2007, 05:19 PM	#8
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,205	This sort of shot lights my fire, dude. Jer

04-25-2007, 05:30 AM	#9
Mike Cash Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Japan Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,950 Original Poster	The main reason I took it was that I was experimenting with version 2 of my McGyver macro lighting rig. It consists of a rectangle of very thin cardboard, placed horizontally and with two strips cut and bent to make a pair of "arms" poking out from near the middle, at the width of my Sigma flash. Those arms are then stapled to a band of the same thin cardboard which has been cut and stapled to snugly fit around the head of the flash. The thing was finished off by wrapping it with the aluminum foil from my breakfast sammiches. I use it by turning the flash head around backwards, angling it up to about 75 degrees, and bouncing/diffusing the flash off the aluminum foil and downward in the general direction of the end of the lens. As far as the lighting experiment goes, I think it was a considerable success. But, as pointed out, the purple fringe ruined it.

04-25-2007, 05:53 AM	#10
-spam- Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	Originally posted by Sailor This sort of shot lights my fire, dude. Just had to pick myself up off the floor. Great call