Mr TiIwari: You are right as far as theoretical knowledge is concerned, but practically ... what you describe is not practical...
In the field its not possible to lug a tripod along with a ball head, quick release plate, and four-way focusing rail along with one's 100 to 200 mm macro, various ND and enhancing filters and a flash or two on a DSLR with the batteries.... these small flowers would need to be in perfect focus and so a focusing rail would be a must ... I should know because I have done it...and still do when I am in a protected safe environ with friends when I have the luxury of spending up to an hour or so on one small group of flowers and take competition quality pictures.... but for the botanical survey or documentation or even for ID purposes .... or when in the filed when I have to take lots of pictures .... or I have to be nimble and be on the lookout for the local rowdies, (( too tiring by far, and unwieldy... I did it a few times and stopped...))...now I just carry (not even my DSLR) but the smaller/lighter prosumer... SONY DSCH5. *and Gurchrranji is right*.. hand-held DSLR with the new fast macro lenses do a good job.... ask Dinesh , Satish , Prasad Dash etc and you'll get very similar response... and as we have seen from Gurcharanji's recent pictures he is doing quite well holding his DSLR and the macro lens... Pankaj Shahni does well with his DSLR Macro set up with two smaller flashes that he uses instead of a ring flash ... I believe he uses them hand held when needed... RULES ARE GOOD TO TEACH AND LEARN... but once you master the art of knowing what you want to grab/document and/or show to your audience... hand held does very well , indeed. On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Satyendra ji > Tripod is recommended for macro photography, but during last three months > that I have used it, I find it difficult to spare so much tome when you are > in field and have to grab more than 100 plants or so in different angles. I > manage (canon 550d and 100 mm macro) with holding my hands as stable as > possible to click close ups. I take multiple photographs, so that one or > two in focus can be short listed. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:45 AM, satyendra tiwari <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Ushadi, >> Infact that's the right way to photograph on Macro mode. >> If all the pictures are taken in field then pl see the flower close up. >> Background is completely blank. In small objects to bring out the details >> this is the best method. On 400 ISO with 200 shutter speed photograph taken >> with the use of flash on F 32. F 32 providing very good depth of field so >> most of the picture is in sharp focus. >> most of the pictures published in Macro Photography teaching books are >> taken with the help of Tripod to get the maximum depth of field. >> Regards. >> satyendra >> >> >> On 9 June 2012 23:38, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Satish Cant help you with the ID but must tell you love your pics >>> very well done >>> one of the technically better ones this week >>> USha di >>> -- >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:43 PM, nitesh joshi <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> like the last one more >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 7, 2012 7:57:19 PM UTC+5:30, Satish Phadke wrote: >>>>> >>>>> These herbs were shot on the edge of a cliff in Mahabaleshwar.. >>>>> What can this be? Adelocaryum.....sp? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Satyendra K.Tiwari. >> Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader >> H.NO <http://h.no/> 129, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. >> M.P. India 484-661 >> Park Entry fee is constantly under revision since last one year. We take >> no responsibility for any changes in park rules / fees. We will endaevour >> to let you know as soon as we know of such changes. >> To know more about Bandhavgarh visit following links. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography >> http://tigerdiaries.blogspot.com >> http://skayscamp.wetpaint.com >> SKAY'S CAMP is awarded QUALITY rating by Tour Operator For Tigers (TOFT). >> http://www.toftigers.org/accommodation/Default.aspx?id=15 >> Review Skay's Camp on TripAdvisor >> 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209 >> >> > > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
