Prickly Dew

[clawz]

With the morning dew, well it was frost but I got up too late! :lol:, thought I'd take a few close-up shots, not sure if it counts as macro thou??
Still getting used to the whole 'macro' thing so C&C welcome ;)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/clawz001/Prickly.jpg

[oldgit]

Not sure what you are trying to depict.
The DOF seems all wrong.... several leaves on different plants are in/out of focus.

[clawz]

I was trying to focus on the dew and where it mostly settled on the leaf, spose I shoulda done some more gardening of the shot before I took it I think. Does the grass take over the shot then?:'(

[Venomator]

I was trying to focus on the dew and where it mostly settled on the leaf, spose I shoulda done some more gardening of the shot before I took it I think. Does the grass take over the shot then?:'(

Ceertainly doesn't add to it Clawz ... but the main problem is the focus ... or lack of ... it is hard to determine what you were focussing on ...imo ... :thinking:





:p

[clawz]

I changed the focus point to centre, I thought that would be enough, is that not enough?
What could I do to improve my future shots in this area of photography? (because I have a feeling that its going to be quite frosty 2mrw morning!):D

[..MD..]

imho i would like to see just one leaf on its own. less to distract the eye i think i can see what you where after but there is to much going on ..:thumbs: if at first you dont succeed blah blah blah:naughty:

[clawz]

So what your saying is the trick with macro shots is 'less is more'??? I'm not sure I could get that close though, I only have 18-55 and 55-200 lenses can that actually be achived?

[oldgit]

Secateurs ?

[clawz]

Isn't that a BIT OTT? surely a set of nail scissors would be more effective? :lol:

[Marcel]

lol Nail clippers :lol:

The trick with shots like this clawz, is yes....less is more (to a fashion).
The way to approach it...is think about what you want the focal point to be...IE the main part of your picture, what people will be mainly looking at.

In the above, it's the dew on the centre leaf.
then you need to work out how to emphasise that dew, by isolating the rest of the 'scene'.

Normally this can be done just by moving around and looking at it from a different angle. Sometimes a little bit of 'gardening' helps, as does using a narrow depth of field (to make the background out of focus).

With something like the above, I would have used a combination of all three.

The end result, you want to isolate your main focal point...and emphasise it....make it the bit of the picture that people notice straight away.

Hope this helps :)