Onionized (14)

TA DAAAA! The last in the series! Now, I have to think of another boring series 🤔😛
Just to recap, this series was shot using Voigtländer 20mm lens in reverse, which should provide about 3.2:1 magnification factor, for onion flower (or flowers since these small buds open up showing smaller flowers later).
Most of the shots in this series were made with max aperture (f/22) and ISO on Auto mode (but most shots were around ISO 400). Lighting was done using a single speedlite first then two of them.
In this shot, I've tried to save the image by some excessive selective sharpening and by suppressing the background colors a bit (which with layer masks somewhat produced a tiny halo effect) - I like it personally though it wasn't intentional!

#onion #flower #bloom #nature #natural #macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #goodmorning

Onionized (13).

I did it again, skipped a number, for the same reason. Told you from the very beginning this series would be so boring 😬
With this post, there is only one left in this series. If I don't get the chance to make a 3D anaglyph by tomorrow, then I'll be posting it tomorrow and end this series for good.
As an update, though, I'm trying to work on 5.8 magnification but I didn't find good targets yet 🤷🏻‍♂️

#macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #onion #flower #bloom #nature #natural #goodmorning

Onionized (11).

OK, maybe you noticed that I've skipped a number here. It's intentional. I've realized that actually "9" (yesterday's post) and "10" which was supposed to be today's shot are actually almost identical. Not the same shot and not exactly the same but they don't bear a lot of differences so I thought maybe I shouldn't post it because it would look repetitive.
So, here I'm posting "11". Nothing special about it, again, but maybe the lines on the surface would add some interest. I've sharpened the image in these areas specifically to make some attention here. I have to say though, one thing I do like about this shot is the fact that the background is dark and completely black. Such look is typically what you want to get when using a ring macro flash (but here I was using 2 speedlites).

#nature #natural #flower #bloom #bud #macro #extrememacro #macrophotography #onion #goodmorning

Onionized (9)

Another shot in the series that screams "BORING!". I tried to make it interesting by editing the colors and tone-splitting, but... meh.

#plant #flower #onion #bloom #macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #nature #natural #goodmorning

Onionized (8)

I like the curves in this one, but the composition is meh. Anyway, it's extreme macro, so probably we can ignore the composition a bit at this level. I think here at this level I've started using 2 speedlites (430EXII) to light the subject. It's ironic that I have a ring flash specifically dedicated to macro work but I can't use it with this settings *sigh*

#flower #onion #bloom #macro #extrememacro #macrophotography #nature #natural #goodmorning

Onionized (7)

Another "bud" (is this what they call it?) and done here with tone-splitting; so I ditched the original color here (which was white) in favor of something warm. Unrealistic, but otherwise it would have been so boring for sure (well, I already think it is boring anyway).

#onion #flower #bloom #plant #macro #extrememacro #macrophotography #nature #natural #goodmorning

Onionized (6).

OK, to be honest... I'm not sure what I was trying to do here, but it's part of the same bundle of small flowers at 3.2X. Maybe from now on I should write the magnification factor as X:Y to avoid identifying the text as a website; so, the magnification factor here is 3.2:1. Hmm, I've been trying color grading here for sure (via tone-splitting); other than that, it's beyond my memory.

#onion #flower #bloom #nature #natural #macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #goodmorning

Onionized (5).

Since I have no 3D anaglyphs for today, why not finish up as much as possible with this series 😬
I tried to salvage and save this shot by means of controlled contrast and controlled sharpness, yet I think the dull head of this thing still ruined it. My cropping seems troublesome here too!

#onion #macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #flower #bloom #nature #natural #plant #goodmorning

Onionized (4).

So, it's Friday and I usually post something from my projects, but since everything is hold still since last December, why not post from this series to finish it up!
As a reminder, this series is a set of macro shots made at 3.2X magnification factor, using a reversed Voigtländer 20mm lens, and a handheld 430EXII speedlite (and later 2 of them).
Here, you see the little bud or whatever is called not open yet. Unfortunately, the flower was sabotaged before I could take pictures of the open little flowers (but I shot it with my phone and posted it in 3D already). I was hoping to do some macro job on these open little flowers, specially that I got a new Tokina 11-16mm lens, which when reversed, supposedly it would yield 5.8X (so close to 6X) magnification. There is a new set coming up slowly, and let's hope the kids don't touch as well. I'm growing sick here...

#flower #plant #onion #bloom #macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #green #nature #natural #goodmorning

Onionized (3).

Uh... I did excessive sharpening here in hope to save the shot, and not sure if I did 😬
I'm not sure what this part is called but probably it's the "stigma" - notice that at the time of shooting this, the little flowers didn't open yet, so I'm not sure if this is really a stigma part.

#onion #flower #bloom #nature #natural #macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #goodmorning