Sorry for empty reply. Bret, the subject is terrific. The capture
leaves a whole lot to be desired. You are one stubborn Southern
S.O.A.B. Yeah, it (the subject) was active. But how about a mono
instaed of your committed adversion to the use of a tripod. It would
be a giant improvement. P.S. If you are fervent in your determination
not to use "manual" IS (a tri/mono/pod), than get a real IS lens.
On Apr 2, 2:08 am, "uw wayne" <w.milcza...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 6:29 pm, "Annika1980" <annika1...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, Macro Maniacs, the bugs are out
> > and they are already very "active."http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76510467
>
> > These are a little more decent, I must say:
>
> >http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76510469
>
> >http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76510470
>
> >http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76510472
>
> Sorry for empty reply. Bret, the subject is terrific. The capture
> leaves a whole lot to be desired. You are one stubborn Southern
> S.O.A.B. Yeah, it (the subject) was active. But how about a mono
> instaed of your committed adversion to the use of a tripod. It would
> be a giant improvement. P.S. If you are fervent in your determination
> not to use "manual" IS (a tri/mono/pod), than get a real IS lens.
You do realize that this is Macro photography. DOF is very shallow,
especially when up this close. He focused on the eyes/face and that
is what is sharp.
Helen
On Apr 2, 6:57 am, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> You do realize that this is Macro photography. DOF is very shallow,
> especially when up this close. He focused on the eyes/face and that
> is what is sharp.
I don't believe he understands that.
A tripod would have made no difference.
Not to mention the fact that the photo was taken on top of my deck
railing.
Think of taking a photo of a bug crawling across the top of a wall.
Now how are you gonna position your tripod when the camera lens must
be an inch or two from the bug (directly over the wall)?
I may get a Gorillapod for just that situation, however.
Annika1980 wrote:
> On Apr 2, 6:57 am, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>> You do realize that this is Macro photography. DOF is very shallow,
>> especially when up this close. He focused on the eyes/face and that
>> is what is sharp.
>
> I don't believe he understands that.
> A tripod would have made no difference.
Now that depends on the lens you're using. Some macros will stop down
into the f/40 range but I don't recommend that handheld unless the
subject is a light bulb.
> Not to mention the fact that the photo was taken on top of my deck
> railing.
> Think of taking a photo of a bug crawling across the top of a wall.
> Now how are you gonna position your tripod when the camera lens must
> be an inch or two from the bug (directly over the wall)?
A tripod with a center post that can be aligned horizontally may help in
a situation such as that. Manfrotto has several models that allow that.
Gitzo has some that allow it to be set at any angle from below
horizontal to vertical. Pro4 Imaging does the same and seems to carry
it a little ****her.
> I may get a Gorillapod for just that situation, however.
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