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Carl c r v a Posts: 7289 Filters: 82	Me and My Shadow by CFandM http://www.filterforge.com/gallery/221.html visit http://www.carlrolfeart.com/
	Posted: July 9, 2012 8:27 pm	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 7289 Filters: 82	nice is that a vine leaf? visit http://www.carlrolfeart.com/
	Posted: July 9, 2012 8:28 pm	Details E-Mail
CFandM ForgeSmith Posts: 4761 Filters: 266	The leaf is from a rose bush....The bug from back to front is about a 1/4in in length and very fast... Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
	Posted: July 9, 2012 11:47 pm	Details E-Mail
Ghislaine Ghislaine Posts: 3142 Filters: 270	Nice CF ! Love nature and freshness of this simple but beautiful image. visit https://gisoft.ca
	Posted: July 10, 2012 8:44 am	Details E-Mail
CFandM ForgeSmith Posts: 4761 Filters: 266	Thanks Ghislaine...Thought I would do something with all insect photos I took.. (cough, cough) Deviant Gallery (cough,cough)... Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
	Posted: July 10, 2012 4:33 pm	Details E-Mail
Morgantao Can't script Posts: 2185 Filters: 20	I took a quick look at your deviant gallery. We have the same taste in photography I see you have a finepix S2940. Couldn't find much info about it though (fujifilm.com and fujifilm.co.uk both didn't have that model). Can you tell me how it compares to the finpix HS30?
	Posted: July 10, 2012 5:10 pm	Details E-Mail
CFandM ForgeSmith Posts: 4761 Filters: 266	Here you go...fujifilm-finepix-s2940 I have never used the HS30 so I really can't say how they compare in image wise...But the HS30 has some cooler features....So I would say the HS30 would be the better buy...But I am still liking the s2940 since I finally finished adapting all my Diy lenses and filters..... However there is also one big feature I do like on the HS30 and that is you can save the image in raw format...Which the 2940 you can only save images in jpeg..(bleech)... http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digi...fications/ Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
	Posted: July 10, 2012 6:17 pm	Details E-Mail
Morgantao Can't script Posts: 2185 Filters: 20	Tell me more about the DIY lenses and filters. I enjoy macro photography very much, but my subjects usualy don't like the camera stuck to their faces... My dream is a good DSLR with a good macro lens, but the 1:1 macro lenses can cost you an arm and a leg, and a 5:1 (insert drool here) lense can cost you both kidneys, a lung, a heart, your cornias, hair, eyelids, gull bladder, 6 toes and 8 fingers. At least in my financial situation for the last 34 years.
	Posted: July 10, 2012 6:28 pm	Details E-Mail
CFandM ForgeSmith Posts: 4761 Filters: 266	Ahh..Lets see now...I will get some images together for that...But heres some of the lenses that I use...btw Check around re-sale shops, yard sales and maybe even some pawn shops might have these cheap....Don't pay more then a 20 for one of these.... Projector Rip it apart and you can use the main lens as a macro...Either place in front of your cameras lens and snap images or as I did and modify some tubing to fit your camera and lens...You might have to do some experimenting to get the right distance between the camera and macro lens.....When you take this projector apart there are also some round glass parts in there....These are real fun to use in front of your camera lens... Another lens that is kinda on the cheap that I use and here is an image I took with this lens.... Standing Bee Is the front lens of binoculars....Sometimes you can find these on the cheap as well...The front in some cases is screwed on so you can just grasp it and twist it off...Some of these have glue on them so you have to twist hard.....Make sure you take off the the part that is connected to the body of the binos... Binoculars The cool thing is you do not need to be real close to the subject and scare the heck out of it...That helps when snapping images of wasps...Mind the Stingers The only filtered image I have right now is the filter for viewing the sun... Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
	Posted: July 10, 2012 7:55 pm	Details E-Mail
Morgantao Can't script Posts: 2185 Filters: 20	In this neck of the woods we don't have any real re-sale shops no such thing as a yard sale and no pawn shops The closest thing we have is a flee market, but that's nowhere near where I live... To make things worse, almost no one here has a garage or a shed to work in or store shop ecuipment. I always read online tutorials of how to do stuff and can't do it because I don't have a saw bench, a drill stand, a vice etc. The hacks and mods I did manage to do, still require me to get super close to my subjects. Never got a mod to work right more than an inch or so from the subject.
	Posted: July 11, 2012 2:33 am	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 7289 Filters: 82	pin hole cameras are really easy to make [ you need film though or [ real ] photo paper ], you might even be able to make a digital one using the guts of an old digital camera. [ Even if you live in the wilderness like Morgan and marry a tree ] visit http://www.carlrolfeart.com/
	Posted: July 11, 2012 3:16 am	Details E-Mail
CFandM ForgeSmith Posts: 4761 Filters: 266	Moved over to the off topic... HERE hehe Carl...Just don't do any wood jokes... Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
	Posted: July 11, 2012 11:05 am	Details E-Mail
lipebianc FFF = Filter Forge Fan Posts: 566 Filters: 12	Great work, CFandM!!! I liked this very much! I was also going to ask some extra info about the DIY macro lens, then I read this entire thread... Back on topic: congratulations!!! "From the moment we are born, we start being filtered..."
	Posted: July 17, 2012 3:58 am	Details E-Mail
lipebianc FFF = Filter Forge Fan Posts: 566 Filters: 12	Oh, and AMAZING macro photos on deviant gallery! Top notch!!! "From the moment we are born, we start being filtered..."
	Posted: July 17, 2012 4:05 am	Details E-Mail
CFandM ForgeSmith Posts: 4761 Filters: 266	Thanks lipebianc...hehe yep had to move the diy topic.. Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
	Posted: July 18, 2012 4:42 am	Details E-Mail