Trigger Happy said:i expected a pic of someone digging his nose... ah.. never mind... pics look excellent!! to increase DOF use a smaller apperture (larger f/ number)
dRebelXT said:Very nice pictures.
I was not aware can get so close to bees, will it sting you?
Trigger Happy said:what was your set up (f/ number, shutter speed, focal length etc) for the bee shot?
satya said:this shot was f8|1/320|ISO400|50mm with 25mm extention tube
for my earlier shots i was using f16.. but DOF still shallow and moreover the bees would come blur.. then i switched to f8 or f11.. had to go for such coz needed atleast 1/300 to capture bee's wings (in case they flew) and i already went up on ISO to 400.. for once i thought of pushing to f16 and ISO800 but was hesitant on image quality
it was my inexperience that i couldnt decide on the best option...im sure there couldve been a better setup.. anything you could suggest?
Thanks
satya said:well depends.. if you dont disturb them and as long as they dont see u as a danger they wont sting but getting them into focus is the real issue.. they wont stay still..
Thanks Trigger_Happy for the tip but i tried that already.. still DOF is really shallow in macro... any other way?
Trigger Happy said:i'm not sure about extension tubes, but you'd probably be down a stop or two - try without it (but yah, it'll mean getting closer to the bees!) ISO800 is still ok, you should get noise only at 1600. if flaring or overexposure is an issue in daylight, the lens hood will come in handy. most of us often shoot without it that we sometimes forget we have that in tha bag the other best thing to do is to use a longer lens then you won't have to compromise so much and compensate for the proximity. i've shot a 1cm-long grasshopper with my 70-300mm telephoto (with macro function turned on) from about 3 feet, no problem with that, except i forgot (yes!) to reduce the apperture.... doh!