Your Best Macro Flowers

[minoltaman]

Bored with winter and cold weather like I am?

Buy some flowers (of course tell your wife you bought them for her!) and then when her thrill is over, bust out the flash and macro lens for some indoor sport!

I obtained a bellows attachment for my Minolta recently from that auction site and had a go at my first attempts in macro photography.

Careful attention to focusing, metering flash, and flash placement is ubelievably critical.

Minolta X700, Minolta Bellows III, Minolta 360px flash with Stofen Omni bounce off camera with Minolta OC 1100 cable, reflector (gold and white), flash meter, Kodak Elite Chrome 200 film.

Soligor 135mm lens @ f/16


Soligor 135mm lens @ f/11


Rokkor 50mm lens @ f/16


Rokkor 50mm lens @f/8

[davesworld]

Stunning Stuff Tommy!
My favorite is the 2nd one, such great detail and beautifully composed.
A bellows set is top of my list, but allas, so far no luck. Out of interest, what did you pay for yours?

Keep shooting, luv the macro stuff
Dave

[minoltaman]

davesworld said:

Stunning Stuff Tommy!
My favorite is the 2nd one, such great detail and beautifully composed.
A bellows set is top of my list, but allas, so far no luck. Out of interest, what did you pay for yours?

Keep shooting, luv the macro stuff
Dave

Thank you Dave, I appreciate it!! I had alot of fun shooting these pics. As for the Minolta bellows III, I paid a total price of $36.16 but the shipper was right here in NYC so shipping was like $5. I think it was a pretty decent deal. Came in the original box with the instructions.....and of course, I didn't read them.

I hope you find one in the Land Down Under. I know shipping from the US to AUS can be pricey, but you'll have a ball shooting with the bellows attachment and a sharp Rokkor-X!!