Re: speaking of shallow DOF, how should I have shot these?

2009-04-02 Thread Luiz Felipe
Larry, I like the first - the others are almost there or not so interesting, for me. The first could have still less DOF, or perhaps a different point of view to avoid the bright spot on the left. Wind and background are my worst problems with macro. As I live near the sea, the wind is very

speaking of shallow DOF, how should I have shot these?

2009-04-01 Thread Larry Colen
Last week I took a break from work to try to shoot some blossoms. It was too windy to get those shots, but in the process, I got some shots of a snail on the truck of a tree: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616063827912/ Which feel like near misses to me. I wasn't going to post