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Photography Area~Our Photos => Flora/Trees/Fruit => Topic started by: BigSkyKen on August 18, 2014, 03:08:10 PM

Title: Flower with a Fly
Post by: BigSkyKen on August 18, 2014, 03:08:10 PM
Now this is one where I would agree with Jeanne Lee's previous assessment, "EEEWWWW!  What an ugly bug."   ;D :thumbsup:

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Title: Re: Flower with a Fly
Post by: Jeanne Lee on August 18, 2014, 05:09:23 PM
 :lol:  Good catch, though, Ken. 
Title: Re: Flower with a Fly
Post by: buddywoods on August 18, 2014, 05:38:12 PM
Great shot, Ken!  I hear that EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens is very sharp.  You did a great job with it.  I like how you used f/11 with aperture-priority to get the flower and fly in focus.
Title: Re: Flower with a Fly
Post by: BigSkyKen on August 18, 2014, 07:11:15 PM
Thanks Jeanne Lee ;)

Buddy, it is a great lens, and if I wasn't so lazy I would use a tripod and make much better photos with it!  The DOF is paper-thin, so stopping down is required to get more than a sliver in focus.  I find f/11 works pretty sweet when hand-holding and shooting in close quarters, but even then I will often shoot three or four frames and choose the best.  And I am almost always an Av shooter...and sometimes that is not a good thing :-[
Title: Re: Flower with a Fly
Post by: BigSkyKen on August 19, 2014, 12:23:27 AM
Buddy, as good as the lens is for close up shots, it can still do a nice job on portraits and landscapes...

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