What i am trying to achieve here is to get tghe pin cushion effect of the Bees eye,to do this i managed to get this bee early im the morning before it had warmed up and become more active,i ntried to get as close as i could with a macro lense set at f/5 at 1/320 sec at 105 mil and an ISO of 400.the first shot was nicely poised but looking back now it doesn't really appeal to me but i don't know why.
The second shot has got the eye effect i was after but i still don't like the picture it just seems bland and the Bee is going no where.The settings were the same except i lowered the aperture to f/4.2.
The next three shots are of a different Bee which again were taken early in the morning before it became to active,the setting were this time taken at f/22 to try and get more of the Bee in focus and so i slowed the shutter right down to 1/60 sec with an ISO af 400.i had to slow the shutter down to get the light as i did not want to raise the ISO any higher in case i got noise on the picture,so putting the camera on a tripod and using a cordless shutter release the images are sharp and luckily the Bee kept still because at such a slow shutter speed any movement would of been disasterrous .
Again the end results are not what i wanted but the images are sharp and colours and compositions are half decent
Hi, I love these images. The third and forth are my fav's just for the position of the wasp, They are lovely and sharp and the background colours are great too. Really nice :-) Deb
ReplyDeleteHave had a look at close-up capture in the past and have found that dpeth of field can be an issue as you try to get enough light through the lens.
ReplyDeleteThe May issue of Advanced Photographer had an article about close up photography and a technique called focus stacking - describes it as "the focusing equivalent of HDR" using multiple shots to increase depth of field. As well as the technique involved it identifies some free software that can be used.
Another thing on the list of stuff to try out.
Ian