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Got any spare bread ?
I was going to say it could use a bit more DOF to get more of the tail and feet in focus. Then I looked at the EXIF data. ISO 800, f4, and 1/30th/sec. Looks like you had challenging light. Great pic under the circumstances.
Posted by Mannesty on 02/07/2009 - 22:49
Got any spare bread ?
I was going to say it could use a bit more DOF to get more of the tail and feet in focus. Then I looked at the EXIF data. ISO 800, f4, and 1/30th/sec. Looks like you had challenging light. Great pic under the circumstances. 1/30th is pushing it at 118mm I think ! I captured a few more interest...
Posted by RR on 02/07/2009 - 23:11
Macro starters, bug experts needed
Never seen them before but they are all over my garden. Have loaded a shot of mine in the gallery. I am told that they are juvenile speckled bush crickets. Mine have only a very short horn on the back but some of these shots show a much longer horn and don't they hop well!!! thoramay
Posted by thoramay on 03/07/2009 - 12:26
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Is this one any better. I have adjusted the curves, removed noise and cropped. Yes OK, just getting a bit demoralised with trying to master anything ther than wildlife. Might just go back to once a year photography :x
Posted by PentaxBabe on 02/07/2009 - 20:11
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Sorry to say but all out of focus or camera shake, have you tried a tripod, here is one I took today with the 35-70 zoom macro lens, I have noticed a lot of your shots are out of focus, there could be a problem with your camera, Jack.
Posted by jackitec on 02/07/2009 - 21:24
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Pentaxbabe, I have the same lens I use on a DS. If you are using the standard Pentax screen, it can be difficult to get the focus tack sharp for some folks. The green " in-focus " light is not 100% accurate when focusing manually. It can be showing green, but be slightly out of focus. That is w...
Posted by greyhoundman on 02/07/2009 - 21:54
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Jeanette, it appears to me as if your MF shots are all out of focus. Have you adjusted your eyepiece dioptre correctly? To check it, remove the lens and fit the translucent body cap that came with your camera (not critical if it's not to hand). Point the camera at a bright'ish light source (no...
Posted by Mannesty on 02/07/2009 - 23:09
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
No, don't give up! If I can add a few points: Taking pictures of flowers outside when it is windy is very hard. You really need to wait for a still day, ideally a bright, slightly cloudy one so you have diffused light. Tripod....you should use a tripod if you want to shoot with the limited ...
Posted by pschlute on 03/07/2009 - 00:09
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Hmmm, the centre of the flower is still not in sharp focus (I've assumed it should be), the top of the upper petal seems sharpest to me. So, . . . . . . are you perhaps using a selected focus point, other than the centre point? Tips: 1: Use a flash, it'll help stop' the motion caused by the...
Posted by Mannesty on 03/07/2009 - 09:02
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Jeanette you almost got it :D It's the sharpest of the bunch. F-number 2 is pretty shallow for this kind of shot. Here to give you an example. the flower was probable 60cm away with f/2 that makes a depth of field (DOF) of 1.06 cm. That 1.06 cm is the width of the field were everything is sha...
Posted by Anvh on 03/07/2009 - 22:46
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
I think you would have been better with a lens with an "A" on the aperture ring and then it would have saved some of the messing. For a flower shot like this, if you set Av on the camera and an aperture of around f8 or f11 then the camera will set the shutter speed. A tripod will make accurate fo...
Posted by johnriley on 04/07/2009 - 13:50
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Thanks John, Please excuse my ignorance, I use my long lens for wildlife and my macro for proper macro. What should the 50mm lens be used for? Maybe I am trying to expand my repertoire too much. It must be the lens as I am just back from my opticians and he says its not my contact lens despite ha...
Posted by PentaxBabe on 04/07/2009 - 14:01
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
The 50mm lens is liked by some as a portrait lens, the theory being that it gives a nice 75mm-equivalent, which is close to the "classic" 85mm lens used for that in film photography. I wouldn't use a 50mm for flower photography as it doesn't focus quite close enough for small flowers. I tend t...
Posted by johnriley on 04/07/2009 - 14:08
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Stefan is quite correct in what he says, 1/500 @ f2 is quite inappropiate for this type of shot. The f2 50mm primes were, I think, budget lenses compared to the 1.4, 1.7 and 1.8 variants but I would have expected it to perform better than this. There is an overall flatness to the image as well as a ...
Posted by gartmore on 04/07/2009 - 14:23
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
I think you would have been better with a lens with an "A" on the aperture ring and then it would have saved some of the messing. For a flower shot like this, if you set Av on the camera and an aperture of around f8 or f11 then the camera will set the shutter speed. A tripod will make accurate fo...
Posted by gartmore on 04/07/2009 - 15:08
Test Shots SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm Lens
Pentaxbabe With the A lenses make sure the lens aperture is set to A and leave it there. Use the camera to set aperture. This way you get full use of the available apertures in all camera modes. Dont use the aperture ring to set the aperture. How far are you from the flower ? I think also you...
Posted by pschlute on 04/07/2009 - 18:36
Chasing the Ladies.
Cool shot! I was chaseing the ladies the other week to but they kept flying away from me :'( The best remedy for that, is to find a comfortable seat near a Budlia and wait.They always come back for the nectar:wink:Tony.
Posted by Tony-O on 02/07/2009 - 21:50
Another Cornish Church
Hmmm curious. This is the DA 12-24mm lens @ f/11 on the K10 using a tripod, mirror lock up and a remote control although the exposures were long (some up to 20 secs) and I am unsure what the impact of the HDR software has on sharpness. Here are two so-called 100% crops from the bottom left and to...
Posted by womble on 03/07/2009 - 14:33
Mia (cat)
Love the last one especially. DOF and focus are both excellent. I find cats harder to film than children! But she should give you lots of opportunities.
Posted by greynolds999 on 03/07/2009 - 09:06
By way of a change
Hi, This is a nice shot, but I have a few comments (if you don't mind): I find that the pink flowers stand out more to me than the bird (this is probably to do with the fact that the background colours are very similar to the bird). The bird isn't in sharp focus, which is a shame - is this ...
Posted by Utopia Poppy on 03/07/2009 - 12:49
