Francois Meehan's blog » macro http://blog.francoismeehan.com Different looks at Photography Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Dragonfly, Ecomuseum (pic) http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/05/07/dragonfly-ecomuseum-pic/ http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/05/07/dragonfly-ecomuseum-pic/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 01:17:35 +0000 fmeehan http://blog.francoismeehan.com/?p=106067773 Spotted by a pond at the Ecomuseum (Montreal West-Island). I did this image with a LensBaby Composer and it’s macro kit.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/250
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 200
Lens : LensBaby composer avec Kit Macro
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 andt Adjust 4, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

]]> http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/05/07/dragonfly-ecomuseum-pic/feed/ 0 That face! (part 2) http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/02/27/that-face-part-2/ http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/02/27/that-face-part-2/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:40:12 +0000 fmeehan http://blog.francoismeehan.com/?p=106067673 Here is what happened that night. Toward the end of the meal, I looked at that empty bottle of coke thinking there must be a shot to made here. So I drew a face on a finger, put the “point & shoot” in macro mode and started playing with the camera.

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/200
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 800
Focal length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 et Detail 2, Nik ColorEfex pro

Suddenly, after I put that finger inside the bottle to take some shots, the company phone went off.

I didn’t wanted to lose the call and I had other shots to take with the bottle, so I went on tho answered the call with as I was.

For some obscure reasons, my son thought that was funny…


Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/60
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 250
Focal length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail 2, Nik SilverEfex pro

François Meehan

]]> http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/02/27/that-face-part-2/feed/ 0 That face! (part 1) http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/02/27/that-face/ http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/02/27/that-face/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:35:54 +0000 fmeehan http://blog.francoismeehan.com/?p=106067667 I won’t have my D90 before another week at least. Patience is in order.

In the mean time I continue to use the Old Point & Shoots camera, the Canon SD870 IS in particular, there are some good sides to it.

The macro mode is so easy to use or are some would say, so easy to lose a bit of your sanity with it.

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/200
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 800
Focal Length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail 2, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

]]> http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2010/02/27/that-face/feed/ 0 Variation on a theme: stuck in my faucet… http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/15/variation-on-a-theme-stuck-in-my-faucet/ http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/15/variation-on-a-theme-stuck-in-my-faucet/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:47:17 +0000 fmeehan http://blog.francoismeehan.com/?p=106067315 After 2 long and intense photo sessions in the bathroom, here are 3 self portraits with my faucet.

This idea came to me as I was brushing my teeth, just as this theme stroke so many photographs in the past. Got to give it a shot.

So, here are 3 different approaches:

“Get me out of here!”

* By clicking the image, you will see it in a bigger format…

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/15
Aperture : f/3.5
ISO: 400
Focal length: 105 mm (157 in DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise, Nik Color Efex pro

Must have spent a good 2 hours in the bathroom, all alone, laughing every now and then. In the house, they wonder what was going on, fortunately they are use to these wild photo sessions.

I guess the hardest thing was to wear a toque. Got so warm in there…

“What the…”

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/6
Aperture : f/16
ISO: 800
Focal length : 105 mm (157 in DX)
Aperture Topaz Denoise, Nik Color Efex pro

Flashes on the toilet bowl and on the counter, let there be light!

“What’s up doc?”

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/15
Aperture : f/3.5
ISO: 400
Focal length : 105 mm (157 in DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise, Nik Silver Efex pro

François Meehan

]]> http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/15/variation-on-a-theme-stuck-in-my-faucet/feed/ 0 A hint of rust… http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/04/a-hint-of-rust/ http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/04/a-hint-of-rust/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:03:19 +0000 fmeehan http://blog.francoismeehan.com/?p=106067279 Here is another picture taken with my Lensbaby composer and it’s macro kit.

It was taken on the burnt remains of a stolen car in a trail at Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/250
Aperture : f/11
ISO: 400
Lens : Lensbaby Composer “0.6x Wide Angle/Macro accessory Lens”
Aperture, Topaz Denoise and Detail, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

]]> http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/04/a-hint-of-rust/feed/ 0 Fall leaves, first trial macro kit on Lensbaby composer http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/02/fall-leaves-first-trial-macro-kit-on-lensbaby-composer/ http://blog.francoismeehan.com/2009/11/02/fall-leaves-first-trial-macro-kit-on-lensbaby-composer/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:28:50 +0000 fmeehan http://blog.francoismeehan.com/?p=106067272 Shortly after I bought my Lensbaby Composer, Biguelou, a super user on Flickr, told me about a promotion to get the “0.6x Wide Angle/Macro accessory Lens” for free. I received the kit within 2 weeks.

Ah, another reason to go in the woods with Rubis, let try this thing. The colors are at the rendez-vous.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/750
Aperture : f/11
ISO: 800
Lens : Lensbaby Composer “0.6x Wide Angle/Macro accessory Lens”
Aperture, Topaz Denoise and Detail

Of course, this is not as sharp as my Sigma 105mm macro lens but it does have the sweet Lensbaby effect to it..

Nikon D90
Exposition : 1/350
Ouverture : f/11
ISO: 800
Lens : Lensbaby Composer “0.6x Wide Angle/Macro accessory Lens”
Aperture, Topaz Denoise and Detail

François Meehan

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