That is not the worst picture I've seen this week.
Sounds like a MARK! to me.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Mimosa Buzz
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.
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.
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.
Thanks!
-- Walt
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