Hey thanks! Michael-Ann also possesses a great eye with her photography..must be a family thing. I'm really enjoying it. I wandered into the woods again today to take pictures of a tall stone wall or possibly it is an old foundation, also for the town photos...I hope they turn out well as the light was iffy.
Nice Pics Dad... good DOF in some of these too. In the past when i take macros it seems my DOF is so shallow not even the whole bug is in focus...see these old pics i took: Caterpillar Amazon Eye Spider's lair
One thing i noticed in a couple of your pics is highlights go completely white in some of them (not as bad as my camera seems to do though!)
Does your camera display histogram info? See this article: Using Histogram
It seems with my digital it is fairly easy to blow out highlights or lose detail in shadows - as if the averaging of the exposure setting in my camera is not so great - or maybe it is that it should not be averaging at all.
You mentioned using photo-editing software, does it have an option for adjusting levels? I adjust levels to try to compensate for what my camera (and I) can't do :)
Thank you for the kind comments. Lots of light and running at ASA 400-600 allows me to shoot at F32 on a lot of these pix. Plus I use a tripod when I can so the slow shutter doesn't get in the way.I watch the Histogram when I am working on these pix and try to keep the pix info from running off either the light or the dark end but what I really watch is how the pix impacts me. I think I find that sometimes blowing out the bright spots or going black and looseing detail helps some pictures. The Camera (Nikon D200) is good for about 5 EV so on important shots I ck the histogram as soon as the pix is taken. If it is off, I either shutter or stop up or down and retake. When I get to the computer again I ck the histo again and start with levels, saturation, contrast, focus, hue etc if needed. At least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I am using Nikon Capture DX and like it a lot. It does for me most of what I could do with Photoshop and I don't have to spend months trying to absorb the manual. One final thought on DOF I'm not sure but my first experience in shooting closeups with a macro long lens appears to give me more "in focus" latitude than a standard short lens using either a bellows or a close up ring. Currently I have the following Macro lens in my inventory 55mm f2.8, 105mm f2.8, 200mm f4. If I need something even longer I have a 2x teleconverter that doubles the focal length at the cost of -1 EV stop. Drop by more often and give me your comments.. I need all the help I can get..Now I am off to ck out your pictures../
I couldnt blow them up but that's were the rubber really meets the road. Keep enlarging till you can pick up the noise patern difference between ASA 200 and 400. Then go to work on them. Also people should resort to support (either mono or tripod) more often. I use the old adage of 1 over the focal length of the lens determines the minimum shutter speed for hand holding. ie 200mm lens must be suported at any shutter speed less than 1/200 sec. In any event three great shots but in all honesty I could have lived without the S P I D E R!!
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Great shot of the manhole cover - haven't seen one of those in a long time!
P.S. like the bug in the fancy shimmery green and yellow/black striped Mardi Gras costume ... good going there!
P.P.S. you getting pretty good with all these f-stop thingys, telephoto lens and such ....
So is your youngest!! Thank You!
Hey thanks! Michael-Ann also possesses a great eye with her photography..must be a family thing. I'm really enjoying it. I wandered into the woods again today to take pictures of a tall stone wall or possibly it is an old foundation, also for the town photos...I hope they turn out well as the light was iffy.
Oooh oooh I can't wait to see your pictures Cheryl and Daddio you are quite the photographer!!
Nice Pics Dad... good DOF in some of these too. In the past when i take macros it seems my DOF is so shallow not even the whole bug is in focus...see these old pics i took:
Caterpillar
Amazon Eye
Spider's lair
One thing i noticed in a couple of your pics is highlights go completely white in some of them (not as bad as my camera seems to do though!)
Does your camera display histogram info? See this article: Using Histogram
It seems with my digital it is fairly easy to blow out highlights or lose detail in shadows - as if the averaging of the exposure setting in my camera is not so great - or maybe it is that it should not be averaging at all.
You mentioned using photo-editing software, does it have an option for adjusting levels? I adjust levels to try to compensate for what my camera (and I) can't do :)
Hi Daughter 1,
Thank you for the kind comments. Lots of light and running at ASA 400-600 allows me to shoot at F32 on a lot of these pix. Plus I use a tripod when I can so the slow shutter doesn't get in the way.I watch the Histogram when I am working on these pix and try to keep the pix info from running off either the light or the dark end but what I really watch is how the pix impacts me. I think I find that sometimes blowing out the bright spots or going black and looseing detail helps some pictures. The Camera (Nikon D200) is good for about 5 EV so on important shots I ck the histogram as soon as the pix is taken. If it is off, I either shutter or stop up or down and retake. When I get to the computer again I ck the histo again and start with levels, saturation, contrast, focus, hue etc if needed. At least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I am using Nikon Capture DX and like it a lot. It does for me most of what I could do with Photoshop and I don't have to spend months trying to absorb the manual. One final thought on DOF I'm not sure but my first experience in shooting closeups with a macro long lens appears to give me more "in focus" latitude than a standard short lens using either a bellows or a close up ring. Currently I have the following Macro lens in my inventory 55mm f2.8, 105mm f2.8, 200mm f4. If I need something even longer I have a 2x teleconverter that doubles the focal length at the cost of -1 EV stop. Drop by more often and give me your comments.. I need all the help I can get..Now I am off to ck out your pictures../
Love, Pops
3 great shots Mikie,
I couldnt blow them up but that's were the rubber really meets the road. Keep enlarging till you can pick up the noise patern difference between ASA 200 and 400. Then go to work on them. Also people should resort to support (either mono or tripod) more often. I use the old adage of 1 over the focal length of the lens determines the minimum shutter speed for hand holding. ie 200mm lens must be suported at any shutter speed less than 1/200 sec.
In any event three great shots but in all honesty I could have lived without the S P I D E R!!
Later Gator
Read that last comment as "any shutter speed longer than 1/200 sec"
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