Needle and thread

BellyBoy · 2 Nov 2009

Well, I finally got the Sigma 105mm and have been playing around with it, although in a uni room, there is not much choice - there are no flies (yes, my room is tidy

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So, looking around, I spotted some needles in the small sowing kit and decided to have a go (snapping, not knitting!!).

I'm quite pleased with this but some C&C and some macro ideas would be useful

louise-knight · 2 Nov 2009

The idea's there, but in my opinion I think a different perspective and composition would work here

RJL2005 · 2 Nov 2009

Shows DOF well though

BellyBoy · 2 Nov 2009

louise-knight said:
The idea's there, but in my opinion I think a different perspective and composition would work here

What sort of comp do you have in mind - front on?

louise-knight · 2 Nov 2009

BellyBoy said:
What sort of comp do you have in mind - front on?

Not sure.. it seems very central and.. standard to me, even shooting it with some fairy lights in the background to create some bokeh would add to the image overall

BellyBoy · 2 Nov 2009

Ok, had a quick play - no fairylights I'm afraid but I did find a green transparent plastic folder

An improvement?

louise-knight · 2 Nov 2009

BellyBoy said:
Ok, had a quick play - no fairylights I'm afraid but I did find a green transparent plastic folder

An improvement?

mm.. I really want to say yes, but I think it's just the plain background that is putting me off.. I think it needs a bit of texture going on or something, anything.. of course this is just my opinion, I'm in no way an expert on macro photography so what I think would improve it, someone else might say it'd ruin it..!

longlyogre · 3 Nov 2009

Second is better. But still I wonder where is the focus point?

BellyBoy · 3 Nov 2009

longlyogre said:
Second is better. But still I wonder where is the focus point?

It's just where the thread is coming through the needle - it's at f2.8 and the DOF is quite shallow. Should I try a smaller aperture?

JimLin1965 · 3 Nov 2009

I like the idea and think you're almost there. I wonder if it would work better if more of the eye in focus, but keeping the shaft OOF.

Mikebert4 · 4 Nov 2009

Nice shots

I'd be tempted to bring the whole eye in focus and maybe have some other sewing bits lying about.

In fact, I've just spotted my little sewing kit... excuse me

Mikebert4 · 4 Nov 2009

Sorry for the double post,

You inspired me to try some similar shots (me being very new to Macro photography and pretty new to photography in general).

Rather than thread-jack (pun very much intended) I'll post them up in another thread

M

BellyBoy · 4 Nov 2009

Mikebert4 said:
Sorry for the double post,

You inspired me to try some similar shots (me being very new to Macro photography and pretty new to photography in general).

Rather than thread-jack (pun very much intended) I'll post them up in another thread

M

You're very welcome to post them in here if you like

I'll take some more photos in a couple of days as I've got some end of module exams at the moment.

I'm pleased I've inspired you, I don't know how I managed it but nevertheless :LOL: