Sap

[Darcy Grizzle]

I am not sure this counts as macro, as it was not taken with my macro lens, so if this is not the right forum please remove it. This is one of those times when I wished I didn't leave my macro lens in the truck while hiking. My friend & I fell in love with this probably dying pine, as it had cascades and cascades of sap running down it. We spent at least an hour taking probably 100 images of the sap. Of course out of that 100, I actually got only one I thought was decent. But my expectation was the world in the drop of sap was to be clear like a water droplet, until I finally decided that it is sap, gooey & sticky & that expectation is not going to happen!

 

[MonikaC]

Darcy,
The sap drip is cool, but the OOF area in the foreground is distracting as it's so prominent.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Yes I agree, I should have cropped over to the part of the tree in focus. Thank you.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Darcy,
The sap drip is cool, but the OOF area in the foreground is distracting as it's so prominent.

especially when viewed at this big size LOL

 

[AlanLichty]

I am not convinced that images taken with normal lenses can't be considered macro. I like the dripping sap but have to agree with Monika that the OOF foreground is too prominent. That's a hard shot to crop into submission for your subject here.

 

[Trevor G]

good one

 

[JimFox]

For the purposes of this forum macro = closeup. Many zoom lenses have a macro mode too.

I will modify the description of the forum as it’s easy to be confused.

Jim

 

[JimFox]

Hey Darcy,

I do like the sap closeup!

Jim

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Hey Darcy,

I do like the sap closeup!

Jim

hahah, thank you Jim!

 

[JimFox]

 

[lightsgood]

Nice one Darcy! I am just starting to experiment with focus stacking. This may have been a good place to try it! It's very cool. I like it!

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice one Darcy! I am just starting to experiment with focus stacking. This may have been a good place to try it! It's very cool. I like it!

Perfect scenario for focus stacking. And a very good challenge for learning how to do it. Its harder to do this right in close up photography but the payoff is that everything you learn trying applies to using stacking for less technical subjects.