On 6/20/2012 11:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 20, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
First off, apologies for the horrible pun of a title.
Now, onto the photo. I took it today at the mimosa tree in my front yard. I did
some experimenting to see what kind of setup I need. I would've liked the bee
to have been a bit sharper, but I though maybe the blur would lend a sense of
motion. Just not sure if it works.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7412081522/
That is not the worst picture I've seen this week. Very nice.
Thanks, Larry! Can I quote you on that?
K20D, Promaster 70-300/4-5.6, ISO 400, 1/400, f/8
I'm guessing I'm going to have to bump up the ISO and shutter speed enough to
compensate for another aperture stop at f/9 to get a little more DOF.
I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions anyone has to offer.
I don't know how much more you could push the ISO with the K20D. It's probably
worth doing a test series with both the K20 and the K-x bracketing ISO, f-stop
and shutter speed to see where the sweet spot is.
That's a good idea. I was kind of hesitant to go much higher than 400,
but that wouldn't be an issue with the K-x. I'll have to give it a shot
and see how it performs.
The other option would be to try using a speedlight. You won't be able to get
a shutterspeed faster than 1//160 on the camera, but the flash duration will be
a lot shorter. If you were to try ISO 100, f/16 or f/22, at 1/125 or 1/160,
then use the strobe to fill in, you should have enough light from the strobe at
short distances to use the higher f/stop, you'll get an interesting mix of blur
and frozen on the bee, and the background will be de-emphasized by being a
couple stops under exposed.
I do have a hot shoe flash that I can use manually and will see what I
can do with it. I appreciate the ideas and tips. Hopefully most of the
blossoms will still be on the tree the next time I get a chance to do
it. Got a busy, early-starting workweek coming up -- beginning tomorrow.
Thanks again!
-- Walt
Thanks!
-- Walt
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