MF Macro attempts; C&C please!

Shot these today - reversed Takumar 1.4/50 on a Takumar 1.8/55.
Focusing is difficult, so results have been hit and miss.

A couple I liked from today:

1) f/2.8 1/400 ISO200

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Very nice! I like #1 better due to the washed-out effect of your PPing.

Never tried reversing a lens myself, but the shallow DoF is a nightmare isn't it!

Keep at it, and post more....

Both shots have very shallow depth of field (too shallow for my taste).

You probably have some explanation for why you are satisfied with such a shallow depth of field?

skygod44 wrote in post #7739027
Very nice! I like #1 better due to the washed-out effect of your PPing.

Never tried reversing a lens myself, but the shallow DoF is a nightmare isn't it!

Keep at it, and post more....

Robert_Lay wrote in post #7739574
Both shots have very shallow depth of field (too shallow for my taste).

You probably have some explanation for why you are satisfied with such a shallow depth of field?

Like skygod44 said - it is a nightmare working with the shallow DOF with these reversed lenses.

Robert, I'm not satisfied with the shallow DOF, at all, and now that I think of it I think I shot these at f/8, not f/2.8 (m42 adapted lenses so I have no info on aperture there, but it's what I remember). At 2.8 these probably would have been ridiculously impossible I think, especially with my shaky hands.

I wanted to try stacking but it was impossible today, with some very strong winds indeed today. These shots were more luck than anything.