Eyes of the Needles

[Chip]

Another one with the reversing ring (and some post work that's quite noticeable compared to what I normally do).

It was surprisingly hard to get the needles lined up so that the eyes of all 3 were in the DOF.



Thanks for looking.

[lexton]

Simply stunning. Pat on your back. Used your brain and skills thats why. Keep it up.

[fstopMike]

Amazing shot, Chip! This one had to have taken a LOT of patience!!

[beachcomber]

Excellent picture Chip, I can see this working well in B/W, nice one bud

[picnik]

That's fantastic...
the PP work is excellent too.
I can see how it could be difficult to
get it all in focus.. you did a awesome job

[candidrachel]

Awesome photo. The patience and tenacity paid off.

BTW - What's a reversing ring?

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Chip - wow ... the clarity is superb ... you are really good at this

[pjflan7]

I love it...the side light is awesome.....the dof is always very very shallow in these types of shots....flower shots are hard with macro lens due to the varying depths of the petals

[muralikrishna]

hats off to your concentration to capture those eyes of the needles.....! terrific work

[Chip]

Originally Posted by lexton

Simply stunning. Pat on your back. Used your brain and skills thats why. Keep it up.

Thanks! Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by fstopMike

Amazing shot, Chip! This one had to have taken a LOT of patience!!

Thank you, Mike. The beer, just out of the frame camera right, sure helped with my patience!

Originally Posted by beachcomber

Excellent picture Chip, I can see this working well in B/W, nice one bud

Thanks very much, Steve.

Originally Posted by picnik

That's fantastic...
the PP work is excellent too.
I can see how it could be difficult to
get it all in focus.. you did a awesome job

Nikki - Thanks - difficult, but fun.

Originally Posted by candidrachel

Awesome photo. The patience and tenacity paid off.

BTW - What's a reversing ring?

Thanks. A reversing ring is a "poor man's (or woman's) macro. It's a ring that screws into the front of the lens on one end and the body of the camera on the other, so that the lens mounts backwards. Having a manual aperture ring is a necessity. My ring cost about US $40, though many cost less.

The wider the lens, the higher the maginification. With my 28mm prime, I get about 2X mag.

Originally Posted by Hayward Taylor

Hi Chip - wow ... the clarity is superb ... you are really good at this

Thanks, Hayward.

Originally Posted by pjflan7

I love it...the side light is awesome.....the dof is always very very shallow in these types of shots....flower shots are hard with macro lens due to the varying depths of the petals

Patrick - thanks. It seemed when I moved one needle, the thread pulled and moved one or both of the other needles.

Originally Posted by muralikrishna

hats off to your concentration to capture those eyes of the needles.....! terrific work

THanks!