A macro shot...

[phildamb]

just went into the backyard and some of the flowers are still open..



Comments??

 

[CT]

Strictly speaking it's only macro when you're getting a life sized image or greater on the sensor. It's a nice shot but it just doesn't look critically sharp and it's a bit noisy. If you give us some exposure details it might help to put you on the right track.

 

[phildamb]

fair enough heres the details..

Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/60Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F5.6
Metering Modes
Split metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
-
Focal Length
200.0 mm

White Balance
Auto
AF mode
One-Shot AF
Picture Style
Faithful
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 0
Sharpness : 0
Color saturation : 0
Color tone : 0
Color matrix
-
Color Space
sRGB

 

[chase779]

nice photo looks very mono-tone though,

need to get some highlights in there imo, also next time try and use a darker background as that will make the flower stand out,

atm the moment it doesn't really have a main focal point

 

[phildamb]

Cheers Chase the idea about the background makes sense...

 

[CT]

Was this hand held or on a tripod Phil? If hand held, the minimum safe shutter speed to avoid shake with a 200mm lens (with a non IS lens) is 1/200th second.

The 1/60 sec shutter speed could well have been your problem here.

 

[phildamb]

Was this hand held or on a tripod Phil? If hand held, the minimum safe shutter speed to avoid shake with a 200mm lens (with a non IS lens) is 1/200th second.

The 1/60 sec shutter speed could well have been your problem here.

It was on a tripod..

 

[CT]

OK. Well it looks like either it wasn't quite in focus or you still managed to get a little camera shake - even on the tripod which is still entirely possible with a 200mm lens at 1/60. Try duplicating the shot, but put the ISO up to 400 which should give you around 1/250th assuming the same light conditions.

 

[phildamb]

OK. Well it looks like either it wasn't quite in focus or you still managed to get a little camera shake - even on the tripod which is still entirely possible with a 200mm lens at 1/60. Try duplicating the shot, but put the ISO up to 400 which should give you around 1/250th assuming the same light conditions.

nice one mate will give that a go when we next have some good light and post the result..

 

[CT]

There's no reason why 1/60 shouldn't have been fine btw - but that's assuming a good solid tripod and either releasing the shutter via the self timer or a remote release so that you don't have to touch the camera at all.