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Your depth of field here is too shallow. You either need to stop down further or change the angle to get more of the beastie to fall within the DOF available.

oh *******, just checked the exif and it was F/8 ... should have been F/16.
What I need is my own setting on the dial so that I can quickly turn it, shoot and not have to look at the F and iso.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Advice required on shooting black at 20/06/2008 - 23:40

Was outside and took a couple of shots of this insect, sort of ladybird thing but longer.
Anyway, this is uncropped and the lens was virtually touching its nose.
Was using the Tamron 90mm with vivitar macr teleconverter.
Question is, how do I get detail in a picture like this .. its a very hot sunny day here, no flash used but it just looks a mass of black to me.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Advice required on shooting black at 20/06/2008 - 15:30

I bought one because I do mainly macro with manual focus lenses and I have to say it was total rubbish. It stayed in my camera for about an hour before the pentax one went back in.
The problem with it is that beyond F/8 half the focus circle completely blacks out making it useless.

If you really want one then Katzeye are apparently the best .. although they cost around 3X as much as the Ebay one for just the basic model.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Split screen focuser at 20/06/2008 - 14:15

Tamron 90mm mf with pop up flash.

And a fly.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Caterpillar at 19/06/2008 - 03:46

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Perhaps a little more contrast might bring out the detailing a bit, but I do think Sockpuppet's gone overboard.

Dan

As I said, it's all a matter of taste ..
I prefer more impact, others will want it more subtle.
I have only been at this dslr lark for a couple of months myself.

Comment by Mike-P posted on My first photo post: Flower Macros for C&C plz at 20/06/2008 - 12:15

I must admit that only once have I used a tripod for a macro shot and it came out terrible.
Perhaps because it is a lightweight travel type .. maybe I should also invest in a decent heavyweight one as well.

Comment by Mike-P posted on My first photo post: Flower Macros for C&C plz at 20/06/2008 - 09:30

To me they seem to lack punch, they look a bit flat. Maybe a bit more contrast when you do the processing in your chosen programme..
Saying that I tend to go overboard anyway.

As a fore instance, I prefer the first one like this .. but im sure others will like it slightly different.

Comment by Mike-P posted on My first photo post: Flower Macros for C&C plz at 20/06/2008 - 06:59

It amuses me, a friend of mine currently has a Canon 400D and is thinking of changing brands to Nikon so he can get 7 fps with the D300. The reason for this? .. he does a lot of air shows and needs the extra speed to capture the planes in flight.

Looking at these I cannot see why he would need a Nikon.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Free Halton Air show! at 19/06/2008 - 10:50

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Nice composition and colours, but looking at the full size version, I can't help but think the quality's suffering, probably due to that teleconverter. Nothing looks properly defined, not from being out of focus, or due to camera shake, but just a bit fuzzy over all.

I'd be inclined to try some test shots with and without the converter, just to see how much it affects the image quality.

Dan

To be honest I don't think I could get that close without the converter.
I will give it a bash tomorrow just to see.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Progressively closer at 18/06/2008 - 19:44

Tamron 90mm macro with Vivitar 2X teleconverter attached.
Starting to quite like this teleconverter thing, all images are manual focus, hand held and uncropped.

I could have got a LOT closer I reckon but he was getting a bit twitchy as it was