My First Bud

My first miniature rose bud in my Balcony Oasis.  I am so HAPPY to see that it truly survived.  This miniature rose was purchased at the beginning of spring and it was in the house.  It started to die and I thought it was a goner.  When the weather finally broke I put it outside and hoped that it would come back and it did!

I believe all of these were taken with the extension tube on.

 

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(PS is anyone else have problems creating a gallery?  When I select tiled mosaic it comes up squared tiles in the preview and vice versa.)

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Extension Tubes or filters?

I just purchased a set of extension tubes and macro filters so that I could get better macro shots.  The extension tubes ran about $70 and the set of filters (7) was about $25.  Cost wise, as most of you know, it is better than getting a true macro lens (for now anyway).

The extension tubes are a bit tricky to use.  I did not do enough research prior to purchase to know that there was a difference in the types of tubes that you can get. You have manual and autofocus luckily I go the set that can do autofocus.

It has only been a few hours of playing and so far I am happy with them.  It will take me a minute to figure out the right combination to get the image that I am looking for.

What are your thoughts on using filters or extension tubes?

Here are a few examples SOOC (straight out of camera).

Very dificult at first to find the focus point.

Getting there.

No copping

Crop- 1

Crop 2 – poor lighting, believe clarity would have been much better had lighting been better.

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