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Richard Chapman | all galleries >> Private >> Picture a day >> November 2005 picture-a-day > Nov 11 - Pencil closeup
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11-NOV-2005

Nov 11 - Pencil closeup

Was wondering just how close I could go if I stacked as many extension tubes and teleconverters as possible onto my closest-focusing lens.

Closer than this, was the answer. Focus was not easy with not a great deal of light, and a rather small margin for error. The whole setup was fairly unstable so I decided to go for flash to avoid shake.

Image is uncropped.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II ,Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
1/250s f/16.0 at 504.0mm iso100, 1.4x and 2.0x stacked, 68mm extension tubes, AB800 full power full exif

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RICH 06-Oct-2006 03:10
THAT'S GETTING TO THE POINT !