{"id":2721,"date":"2019-05-20T21:02:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T04:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2019-05-27T21:07:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T04:07:51","slug":"more-on-the-laowa-wide-angle-macro-probe-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=2721","title":{"rendered":"More on the Laowa wide angle macro probe lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my blog last week I described how the Laowa lens had arrived, and how I illustrated it so that the world would have access to its dimensions.<\/p>\n

I have been using it for several days now (though we were hit by an unseasonal rainstorm on Saturday and Sunday which spoiled some of my macro plans).<\/p>\n

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This is the Laowa lens on my Canon EOS R camera, mounted on my favorite Really Right Stuff tripod at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden. The snoot of the lens is very close to an Alstroemeria flower.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Wow! This lens is clever and curious. I took it today to the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, located north of town on Highway One. There I was able to put the lens to several close-up tests. I had a chance to try various aperture settings, and I shot as close as I thought it would go. It goes further than that.<\/p>\n

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\u2026and here is the Alstroemeria flower from the photo above. It rained overnight, leaving drops on the leaves of these delicate flowers. It\u2019s a delightful combination of elements for a macro photo.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

My only enemy today was the wind. Most of my photos were hampered by gusty winds moving the colorful flowers I had chosen as my subjects. Despite that, however, I ended up with some nice photos.<\/p>\n

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Pistils and stamens on display for all the world to see! I was very pleased by this image. It\u2019s taken with an aperture of f22, which provides for more depth-of-field than the maximum f14 of this lens.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I enjoyed the combination of the Laowa and my new Canon EOS R camera. The best feature of that camera today was the fold-out viewfinder, which gave me the ability to focus on the LCD screen in several places where I would not have been able to get my eye on the viewfinder of a normal camera. It was a winning combination of camera and lens for me.<\/p>\n

To say that the lens is a close-up is an exaggeration. You often find the tip of the lens inside the subject flower, which is quite amazing. But, if you consider that this lens will enlarge to 2:1, it is not surprising.<\/p>\n

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\u2026and here is the Laowa lens inside a flower I was photographing. The wind caused too much movement on this one, so I did not get a good image of this flower.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I have four more days with the lens, and will see how far I can push it. I don\u2019t plan anything wild; I just want to see if I can master the thing. On Wednesday I plan to test it with the built-in LED lights. I\u2019ll report back on my work there.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more about this curious lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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