After Radical brother, i also get myself a Hoya +4 filters yesterday... i was shocked to the macro improvement to the kit lens!

the focal distance has been reduced about half the distance and i can use full zoom and close to subject... very shiok!!

here are some test pics to share:

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quite close for the close up....hehe

but i was wondering how far can the +10 macro be.

here's your answer
http://azone.clubsnap.org/insectguide/page01.html

though its a combination of two +10(for some pics)

Today adding one more macro shot:



Sifu here please see whether the pic quality is OK? since my filter is different from Radical and both also stated Hoya, i am afraid i got the fake one.... because my one is cheapo...

Don't worry...
Ur pics no problem...
Just the colour not fresh enough...

yeah, just saturate it a little in photoshop then it should be ok

Hoya +4 close- up filter is around RM40-50???

wow.. close up filters do work well hor...
wad was the zoom range u used on ur lens? 70mm???
oni RM40-50 ar... nice nice
wad bout those +10?

artistic

yeah.. mostly used full zoom at 70mm, some lesser...
the problem encountered is sometimes so focus and need to use manual focus...

not sure about +10, not cheap though i believe....

Can i put the close up on tele lens like 75-300? what will be the outcome?

After receiving comments from tai lous... i did more on saturation... and it turned out nicer feel, like Henry mentioned -- "Fresh"

Here comes 2 more pics on this creature... a bit scary like the aliens....

thanks... any comment is welcomed.

hm, okay, now you need a little bit more contrast,



or is my monitor not working properly,.....

Update some shots using the kit lens 18-70 and tele 70-300 on Bridal fashion show....

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To me...the composition need to work out more....feel like imbalance for the bridal shows series.....

maybe a little bit of colour enhancing from photoshop??

1st time to shoot this kind of event.... can illustrate more how to improve?

For this, I think I'm not the best person to answer....maybe you will like to refer to ac or shinchan....they should have better elaboration on compo.....try them... I might also need to learn from them or other sifuss as well...

WB seriously screwed up. Composition needs tune-up and series needs to be more consistent.

The stage covered by big Yellow sports lights, that's why most of the pictures looked yellowish...very difficult to fine tune WB, dunno what color should it be?