Some macro fun

[Rhizo]

Enjoy :rollface:

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[stormbind]

Nice photos.

Why are the colors different on the top two photos?

[Misled]

They aren't. If you look at the lower part of the first pic, you see the second pic. It looks like the lighting is different though.

[stormbind]

They aren't. If you look at the lower part of the first pic, you see the second pic. It looks like the lighting is different though.

They are. Yes part of the frames overlap for the two images, however they are two different images of the same subject. One taken at 800 iso and the other taken at 200 iso. I was wondering why the colors are different between the two images. I am curious to know if this was a white balance issue with the Olympus E-620 or if the colors were tinkered with after the photo was taken.

[Rhizo]

The white balanced was adjusted by me in post processing. ISO was set to auto. When the lens comes in the 1:1 ranges it bumps ISO. I can't explain why though. Perhaps somebody can chime in on that.

#1 has 2800K
#2 has 4000K

[stormbind]

You are shooting in aperture priority mode which tells the camera to preserve the aperture setting at all costs. As you approach 1:1 the lighting requirements go up as well. So if you are not increasing your light then something else has gotta give. In this case it was the ISO.

My suggestion, for static subjects such as your,s would be to use a tripod and slow the shutter speed down. Then you could have a lower ISO and a wider aperture.

[Recty]

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I think I would have adjusted it so that the yellow or green moss, depending on what color you've decided to turn it, was not so blown out and over exposed and then also in focus, since it kind of draws the eye in. The shot, imo anyway, would be a lot more "interesting" if that piece of moss was in focus.