No - it's not the lens. It's a near-horizontal thin object (perhaps a stalk of grass - perhaps a piece of wire) in the frame, considerably closer to the camera than the barbed wire which is the primary centre of attention.
I see artifacts like this occasionally when I'm shooting cars through a cutout in the catch-fencing and I miss the timing, so I'm quite an expert on this kind of thing :-( I found it too much of a distraction when you first posted the shots, so I didn't make any comment at that time. On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 06:24:44PM +0000, Sandra Hermann wrote: > > It is not the camera, or lens. I shot 102 picts yesterday and that was the > only one with the line across it. The camera is the *ist Ds. The lens is > my Pentax 100 macro that I got in 1998. I did not use a tripod on the > fence line picture. A tripod was just not possible on that hillside. > > I actually have a shot of the maple leaf that is framed better. The > background is, in my opinion, to cluttered however. I will do some > cropping to the maple and see what I come up with. > > Thank you all for your comments. I will try again. > sandy > > >http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/50/extra/new/display/4819298 > > > > > >http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/52/extra/new/display/4819300 > > > > > > > >thank you > >sandy > >======= > >I am not sure what digital camera you are using, so I am making > >assumptions... > > > >Your digicam may not be up to doing good macro shoots, both have funny > >blurring like there is sun on the lens or hand shake or something. The DOF > >is not > >consistent across the film plane (sensor plane) and I, personally, have > >only > >seen that in my shots with a really bad lens. So you need a DSLR and > >probably use > >a tripod to get some good close-ups/macros. And a good lens. You're there > >(in > >picking out interesting things to shoot and composing) but your equipment > >definitely isn't. > > > >HTH, Marnie aka Doe > > >
