High Protein diet

Sgt. Pepper · 11th October 2004

Lynx spider with a high protein meal.

f19, 1/30s, ISO200 (Uncropped)

jbma · 11th October 2004

Nice exposure and great details.

mr_jason · 11th October 2004

Extreme depth of field, nice control...

tchuanye · 11th October 2004

EXCELLENT!

Wow, very sharp details! Well done!

Gosu_John · 12th October 2004

can i just ask why f19?

i tht when doing shallow DOF one should use as big an aperture as possible?

geoyip · 12th October 2004

Nice one

megaweb · 12th October 2004

Great DOF , exposure and composition ... prefect !

Garion · 12th October 2004

Great shot!!

Would like to see framing a little tighter, but thats just me. Lovely background.

Originally Posted by Gosu_John

can i just ask why f19?

i tht when doing shallow DOF one should use as big an aperture as possible?

Usually for macro lenses the DOF is very very shallow. Even when stopped down quite a bit. In this case here he used F19 because he wanted to get the spider's legs and the surface of the grass all in sharp focus. If it were f8 or f11 (i.e. wider aperture) there might be a possibililty that some parts of the spider might be out of focus. Of course, it all depends on the subject and how you compose it, there's no fixed rule saying you have to use a certain aperture everytime. It all depends on the effect you want to create.

Hope this explanation helps!

Sgt. Pepper · 13th October 2004

Thanks for all your comments!
Garion, thanks for replying on the DOF.

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Sgt. Pepper Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,149	High Protein diet Lynx spider with a high protein meal. f19, 1/30s, ISO200 (Uncropped)

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jbma Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tampines Posts: 3,315	Nice exposure and great details.

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mr_jason Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,084	Extreme depth of field, nice control...

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tchuanye Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,202	EXCELLENT! Wow, very sharp details! Well done!

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Sgt. Pepper Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,149	Thanks for all your comments! Garion, thanks for replying on the DOF.