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According to the latest Honda adverts, impossible is worth doing. (Should that be TM'ed?!)
Well, sometimes photography can be like that, though whether it's worth it, is a mute point.
I've been very quiet on the blog for quite a long time and for that I apologise, but I decided when I started that I wouldn't upload stuff for the sake of it, only when I actually had something to say. Since I've ben so busy recently doing everything but photography, I've not had much photography work to share, or any thoughts worth putting across.
For those interested, I'm currently stuck in the middle of a long running project writing training presentations on Canon products. It's been going since around February and looks set to continue until at least October.... it's keeping me away from taking pictures, but immersing me in the technology so I learn something new every day so it seems.
Anyway, on to this image. Now, Canon say that officially, this setup is not possible. It was taken with an EOS-1D Mark III, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens, EF25 extension tube and an EF 1.4xII Extender. Now apparently you can't use the Extender with a macro lens - in fact it's true you can't as it simply won't fit due to the front element of the extender protruding too far. However, put an extension tube in the way and it creates the space to allow them to work together. Clearly AF is not going to work, and you need to be careful of camera shake, but this shot was taken handheld simply but upping the ISO - to ISO 2000 in this case.
So what am I trying to say? Sometimes, you need to experiment with what your kit can do. Yes, this image is a little noisy, but it's useable and by thinking about my kit and what might be possible, I got a shot where otherwise I wouldn't have been able to.
For anyone curious, this little chap was sitting on top of my printer in my office - that's about as far as I get to go taking pictures these days!
If you like reading photoblogs, and let's face it, you wouldn't be here if you didn't, there's an interesting photoblog written by a good friend of mine at p4pictures. It's well worth a read.
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