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Postby greencardigan on Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:05 am

I had seen a few lady bugs around the yard so decided to get the camera out. I got back outside and there were none in sight. :(

Ended up taking a few flower shots instead. If you remember last sunday it was quite windy. Had trouble getting sharp shots.

Taken with the Sigma 105. Any hints/suggestion on improving these are welcomed.

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Postby Glen on Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:10 am

GC, the softness suits in the last image :)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:27 am

I like the last to shots alot, nicely done! The first two... are missing something (or are maybe just too soft) for me.
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Postby Mj on Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:33 am

We might be able to provide some more useful feedback if you provide some exif data with each shot.
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Postby greencardigan on Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:46 am

Mj wrote:We might be able to provide some more useful feedback if you provide some exif data with each shot.

1. 105mm, F5.6, 1/250

4. 105mm, F13, 1/125

Not sure about the other two. I resized them at work and lost the exif data.
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Re: Flowers (4 x 150Kb)

Postby johnd on Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:31 am

greencardigan wrote:Taken with the Sigma 105. Any hints/suggestion on improving these are welcomed.


GC, I'm hardly qualified to provide suggestions, having only just started this macro thing myself. What I have found that improved my shots so far was:

Going for a high fstop. f22 worked much better than f8 or f11 where I usually tend to stay. Stuff falls out of focus really easily with a macro lens.

Manual focus is working better for me than AF. Also, on AF, the lens was hunting a lot.

Take the SB800 off camera. Haven't actually tried this yet, but will this weekend. With the front of the lens very close to the subject, it may be too close for the SB800.

Just what I've worked out so far.

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