Guys, this is my first few tries at taking close ups at flowers in my neighbourhood. For your kind comments pls. You may also want to gues what lens I used
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stougard said:It's a little bit too much saturated. Isn't it ?
By the way, maybe use a flash, close the apperture to get more DOF.
Stephane
yehosaphat said:And btw, what sort of setting do you pple use when taking close ups?
The above pics i used was mainly 1/200s f3-4
yehosaphat said:Thanks for your comments
Sorry newbie qn: Shouldn't you use bigger apertures (<f5.6) for macro so that your subject will be in focus while the background can be nicely blurred?
For example, if I use f8 or higher for pic 2 shot, does that mean the whole flower including the petals will be sharp in focus?
Clockunder said:I think understanding depth of field (DOF) is very important in macro photography because DOF determines how much of the subject is in focus and appears sharp.
Play around with the calculator below and you will get a good understanding about the impact of focal length, aperture and distance to the subject on the DOF.
If you use very long focal length and shoot from a very short distance to get your subect to appear large in the frame in macro photography, your DOF is extremely narrow, especially if you use larger aperture (i.e. smaller F/ numbers) to allow more light.
Hopes the above help.
DOF calculator : http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/guides/dof/hyperfocal2.html
yehosaphat said:
Erm... so say for pic 2, should the petals be in focus or not. My aim is to only get the stigma in focus... is this way of thinking wrong for macro?
yehosaphat said:
Erm... so say for pic 2, should the petals be in focus or not. My aim is to only get the stigma in focus... is this way of thinking wrong for macro?
yehosaphat said:So my pic 2 composition wrong?
Clockunder said:There is no right or wrong. It's all about what you want to show.
As long as you like what you've shot and composed, then it's ok. However, always open up to alternate views and see the pictures taken by others to determine whether you actually like those better.