Trying to get eggs to fill the frame. Any suggestions as to purchase or rental of 1200mm hopefully that is not f 18
Trying to get eggs to fill the frame. Any suggestions as to purchase or rental of 1200mm hopefully that is not f 18
Are these eggs in your neighbor's kitchen? If not, and camera-to-subject distance is not a concern, try a shorter lens. That way you won't need so much bellows extension.
What kind of eggs? This will certainly affect the answer. Ostrich eggs are way bigger than chicken eggs, which are way bigger than salmon eggs, which are way bigger than flying fish eggs, which are way bigger than most insect eggs....
Film size also matters. Filling a 4x5 neg with an image of a chicken egg is a different kettle of fish than doing it on 20x24!
With the simplifying assumptions of chicken eggs and 4x5, you might find a reversed enlarging lens to be just what the (veterinary) doctor ordered.
Shoot 4x5 and use a Nikon, Schneider or Rodenstock LF macro lens. Easy.
I have a Nikkor 1200 mm. You don't want to go there.
I am shooting 8 X 10 and Chicken eggs.
B&W or color? How many eggs 'ya got to shoot?
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
one egg. being cracked. I want the egg crack to look similar to a mouth opening and the yolk the tongue.
Photoshop.Originally Posted by Matthias St. John
A 150mm should do work fine (4x5 lens) with the bellows draw of most 8x10 view cameras I know of. Those 150s are as common as hen's teeth, so you shouldn't have trouble finding one.
Thank you all for the advice.
I live in Chicago so I'll be spending 15.00 to rent a 100mm
or I can get a 150 for the same.
HELIX! They got some options for me.
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