Been Practicing Again

[NannyFerret]

I took the case with all my camera's and bits and bobs upstairs yesterday, ready to set up and try my extension tubes again.
I have put the 20mm tube on the D3000 and left it on so that I can pop up and have a practice in the spare room where I have put my little folding table.
It was so much easier than trying to change tubes and lenses on my main camera.
These were shot with the 20mm tube and my Nikon 55-200mm lens.

I have my other lenses and tubes up there now with led lights etc. so maybe I will make a bit more effort now they are all together in a handy place.

These are of my silver locket which was left to me by an old family friend. The first shot I think was the one that I shot on the camera Macro setting before I attached the tube, jys to see what the difference would be.
Trouble is I forgot to turn the camera macro function off before I starting shooting, so I'm not sure which were the one with and without that setting on.
I will see if the exif shows when it was on.
I used Lightzone to mess about with editing and tried lots of different filters for the fun of it.

 

Not as sharp as I would like them to be as I handheld. The next step is to set a tripod up. I have a small sturdy table top one and a couple of normal sized one, so I will see what works best.
I am going to try all of the tubes in turn to give me an idea of what they are capable of.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, it changed a wet miserable day into a fun one, so I enjoyed it.

By the way, none of them were cropped.

[annie]

Such detail....stunning nanny

[bugmeister]

That's brought out a fabulous amount of detail by being able to get so close

[NannyFerret]

Thanks both. You are very encouraging.
I managed to get Auto focus quite well too,

I think the locket is about 1 and 1/2 inches or a bit more. 
I think that may be the jewellers initials underneath the silver stamp. I was aiming to get that as clear as I could for the practice.
You can see the reflections of the lightbulb above and of the led lights on some of them, but I left that in for effects.

[Heather]

looks like you had fun and you certainly did a good job at bringing out the details 

[NannyFerret]

Thanks, Heather. It's good to try and it helps my concentration too.

[FUJI]

Very well done Nanny! Agreat set if pics.

They make you appreciate the skilled craftsmanship of the Jeweller.......oh!......and the skills of the photographer. ;-)

FUJI

[NannyFerret]

I think the skills are really down to the silversmith, Fuji.
It's a beautiful piece of work, even down to the satinized background, which looks like that was also done by hand.
I think it was passed down to the lady who left it to me. I looked it up because it was such a nice locket and think itis Victorian, which would work out right if it was passed from her grandmother.
I appreciate it because her daughter made arrangements to meet my sister and myself, to give us one each. My sister had a cameo from the same era.
A year later our old friends daughter died. She was only three years older than me and still in her sixties.
We always thought of her as family, and it was quite a shock when we got the phone call, so it has special meaning as it was the last time that I saw her, and that day we had planned to spend more time together.