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Challenge: Macro VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges - 2010
Camera: Sony DSLR-A350
Lens: Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD IF Macro Lens for Sony
Date: Oct 2, 2010
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2s
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2010

 Macro fun with a penny. I took a bunch of shots of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, but he is so small there is not enough detail and it looks poor. Used a Tamron 90mm f2.8 Macro, with reversed 28mm Vivitar f2.8 for approx 3x magnification. Need to use a wide open aperature to minimize vignetting, which lead to the soft bottom of the coin -- it is had to parallel everthing as well.

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 10/11/2010 08:50:18 AM
You are exactly right about the difficulty in getting a small flat surface exactly parallel to the camera sensor. You got the color right and magnified well. In another marco challenge, my penny ended up slightly soft in some areas because of being slightly off from perfectly parallel:



Time jostling in pockets can wear down the small surface details. I concluded that I should have used a brand new penny. But I did learn a lot in the attempt. Nice to see another variation.
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