Some more small aperture test shots

[gardenersassistant]

These images are from a session yesterday morning where I was testing the use of a Laowa 100mm 2X macro lens with one 2X and one 1.4X teleconverter. This follows on from this post where I was using two 2X teleconverters.

#1

1900 09 2021_05_25 DSC02586_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAI DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

1900 21 2021_05_25 DSC02636_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAI DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

1900 29 2021_05_25 DSC02664_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAI DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

1900 43 2021_05_25 DSC02693_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAI DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5

1900 63 2021_05_25 DSC02780_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAI DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[JimFox]

I would say you have a winning combination here Nick! These all look very nice a sharp to me. My favorites are #2, 1 and then 5.

 

[AlanLichty]

Outstanding results - really amazing results.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Amazing macro.

 

[Amy Nelson]

Crazy alien creatures....excellent Macro images.

 

[gardenersassistant]

I would say you have a winning combination here Nick! These all look very nice a sharp to me. My favorites are #2, 1 and then 5.

Outstanding results - really amazing results.

Amazing macro.

Crazy alien creatures....excellent Macro images.

Thanks Jim, Alan, Ben, Amy. I'm starting to get more comfortable with how to use this kit.

 

[Alisa]

Very cool! I love #2 and #5

 

[gardenersassistant]

Very cool! I love #2 and #5

Thanks Alisa.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Great job with all of these macros, Nick, especially the true bug and the beattle.

 

[Dave Johnston]

These are simply magnificent! Very impressive that you have worked out a way to get so much depth of field without stacking, and have the overall image quality outstanding to boot. I'm just envious!

Dave

 

[gardenersassistant]

Great job with all of these macros, Nick, especially the true bug and the beattle.

Thanks Douglas.

 

[gardenersassistant]

These are simply magnificent! Very impressive that you have worked out a way to get so much depth of field without stacking, and have the overall image quality outstanding to boot. I'm just envious!

Dave

Thanks Dave. I like to have plenty of depth of field for insects etc, and for 10+ years I used minimum aperture with close-up lenses. Now with the teleconverters and a macro lens I can get greater depth of field than I ever could before, and I'm enjoying that. I'm not enjoying some of the downsides quite as much - heavy kit in particular. Also more time-consuming processing. No free lunches.