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Phillip Cohen
{K:10561} 1/15/2003
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Adam, thank you for the comments. To answer your question, yes I did use camera movements. That coupled with the F32 aperture gave me the DOF that you see. I don't think you could get the DOF without the lens tilt feature. As it states in the description, this shot took a lot of light due to the extreme bellows extension and the small aperture. I used a polaroid to check my exposure.
The scan is not near as sharp as the actual transparency as I don't have a good film scanner for that size film. I have a 20x24 inch print of this on my office wall and it is amazing just how much detail there is in a silly crayon, you see every imperfection.
If you really want to shoot macro, there is nothing like a view camera, just figure a way to harness the power of the sun to light it.
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Adam E. J. Squier
{K:9803} 1/15/2003
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This must be a trend for me. Commenting on photos again. I mostly wanted to bring this one back to the top. I still stand by my previous comment.
In the past year and a half since my last comment, I've done a lot of macro photos. My question to you is how did you get such deep depth of field? Did you use the movements to compensate? If so, I don't see what you could have done. When I've tried 2X macros, my DOF is usually very, very shallow.
Of course, I'm using a much smaller format but a 180mm lens is still a 180mm lens. The DOF doesn't change. So, can you tell me your secret? Or am I just not thinking this through?
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Adam E. J. Squier
{K:9803} 8/27/2001
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Nice photo. Won't comment on the technical aspects, as you know what you were doing and it was very deliberate.
I see images like this every once in a while and they seem so sterile. All new and shiny. I'd much rather see a used box with the tips worn, paper on the crayons torn, missing crayons, etc.
That would show add some personality of the child (or other) showing through. An abstract portrait of a kid. In fact, this sort of "portrait" would be a really good series.
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 8/12/2001
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Phillip, Phillip. You have given me many ideas. One of the places I work is a children's hospital that uses crayons in their logo. I want to try your idea of a close up of crayolas for a office picture. Is that plagarism, or insiration? This would be a chance to try out my new macro lenses (got a little thrill just typing that). This is a great, fun, happy, image. Question: box of 64 WITH the sharpener?
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Phillip Cohen
{K:10561} 8/11/2001
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Debbie, the internal black border that you asked about is created using Fireworks, and setting the effect to "Inside Glow" I have it set to glow Black and adjusted it to the depth I wanted. The drop shadow on this one is a bit too dark. I have since learned how to make drop shadows ;=] I will probably post a corrected version. You can have loads of fun with macro lenses. Everyday common opjects take on a whole new life when looked at in the macro environment. This was kind of an extreme closeup as the image on the film was actually bigger then the item I was shooting. I have a 20x24 inch blow up of this on my wall here at the office. The crayon tips are about a foot long. You can see every fiber in the paper, and imperfection in the crayons. Now that I have had time to look at this photo I should have actually broken one of the crayons to add a little bit of tension to the photo and not have it so uniform. But these are the things you learn as you go. Can always do something different.
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Dawn F. Collins
{K:560} 8/10/2001
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Phillip, Talk about POP! Crayons unite! The technical details of taking this kind of picture are way over my head at the moment. This kind of picture inspires me.
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Debbie Groff
{K:9569} 8/9/2001
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This is cool. How did you get the shadows around the picture? I like the way it shows up on my screen when viewing. Thinking about getting a macro lens for my canon, thought about image stabilizer as I'm notorious for the "fuzzies". Can't afford both, but would really like to have a macro lens. For sure can't afford another camera. So....This kind of picture makes me think I should start with a macro lens? Still liking the shadows around the picture tho.
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Chris Whaley
{K:3847} 8/9/2001
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Cool macro...looks like crayons ready to invade.
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