[Paulie-W]

Saw this critter in the garden this morning, basking on my chair Thankfully he was only small.

I can see some fun is going to be had with this lens



As usual, any and all comments welcomed.

[jomike]

Hi Paulie

You got some nice colours and bokeh there

You could maybe try and compose the shot with the subject not quite as centered.

At this distance, Depth of Field becomes minute, as your shot demonstrates. I would never go below f8 at 1:1, usually I shoot at f16, to maximise DOF. Over f16 diffraction starts lessening the sharpness.

Always try and get the eyes in focus with living things. This gives the viewer eye contact with the critter.

This macro thing is very addictive, keep shooting and posting.

Mike

[Paulie-W]

Originally Posted by jomike

Hi Paulie

You got some nice colours and bokeh there

You could maybe try and compose the shot with the subject not quite as centered.

At this distance, Depth of Field becomes minute, as your shot demonstrates. I would never go below f8 at 1:1, usually I shoot at f16, to maximise DOF. Over f16 diffraction starts lessening the sharpness.

Always try and get the eyes in focus with living things. This gives the viewer eye contact with the critter.

This macro thing is very addictive, keep shooting and posting.

Mike

Hey Mike
Thanks for the tips mate Duley noted.

[johnaalex]

I think I would have rotated the shot through 90 degrees to a horizontal view.

[onefivenine]

Nice bug. Wrong focal plane though. That's what I'm finding hard work too! HAve to move round bugs to get the right focal plane and compose them. It's totally knackering after a while!

[Tobers]

I'm amazed that the colours on the bug and the background are the same. How wierd. Might be worth cropping in a bit tighter to make the beastie larger.

[Paulie-W]

Originally Posted by onefivenine

Nice bug. Wrong focal plane though. That's what I'm finding hard work too! HAve to move round bugs to get the right focal plane and compose them. It's totally knackering after a while!

I had my knee in my damn ear getting this first thing in the morning Thats about all the bending i can do that early

Originally Posted by Tobers

I'm amazed that the colours on the bug and the background are the same. How wierd. Might be worth cropping in a bit tighter to make the beastie larger.

The pic is straight out of the camera, so it can be cropped a lot. The colours of it were amazing.