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It's slightly confusing but stopping down would be taking it to f11 and vice versa. It will give you more depth of field giving you better subject detail. Im no expert but I,m sure there will be some tutorials on this site that would explain it better than I could.
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Hey Ian, as mentioned elsewhere, very good attempts.
Photography is a bit backwards
Make the aperture Larger by going for a smaller number
Make the aperture smaller, by going for a larger number
So when stopping down, you go for the larger number. F11, is my favourite aperture for macro. Gives me the right amount of DoF and allows for a lot more of the subject to be in focus.
If my memory serves me right you're using a kit lens with ext. tubes? If so, try shooting at 18mm with the tubes on. I could have swore this gave more magnification (again, the back to front thing of photography). Someone will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong. I never really used tubes on the kit lens apart from to test something out a while back
Incidentally, as your name is Ian, I hope you realise you have a rather large expectation upon your shoulders!. you have to find and photograph a Dragonfly hehe
Have a look through the posts here. 3 of us called Ian have all posted Dragons.
Photography is a bit backwards
Make the aperture Larger by going for a smaller number
Make the aperture smaller, by going for a larger number
So when stopping down, you go for the larger number. F11, is my favourite aperture for macro. Gives me the right amount of DoF and allows for a lot more of the subject to be in focus.
If my memory serves me right you're using a kit lens with ext. tubes? If so, try shooting at 18mm with the tubes on. I could have swore this gave more magnification (again, the back to front thing of photography). Someone will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong. I never really used tubes on the kit lens apart from to test something out a while back
Incidentally, as your name is Ian, I hope you realise you have a rather large expectation upon your shoulders!. you have to find and photograph a Dragonfly
heheHave a look through the posts here. 3 of us called Ian have all posted Dragons
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thanks adam for your comments mate took on board
and thanks Ian for your helpful posts on both boards ian .. as for lenses ian i just ordered some tubes not come yet but i have been using a sigma 70-300 and the bog stranded 18-55 lens with a raynox 250 which i am not that impressed with it was hoping for so much more from it i have a zeikos 52 ml attachment for wide angle -macro that i got with the camera that i think is just as good as the raynox tbh ..
as for dragonfly saw one fly by but it buggered off so next time your going give us a bell and see what comes of our shots lol
and thanks Ian for your helpful posts on both boards ian .. as for lenses ian i just ordered some tubes not come yet but i have been using a sigma 70-300 and the bog stranded 18-55 lens with a raynox 250 which i am not that impressed with it was hoping for so much more from it i have a zeikos 52 ml attachment for wide angle -macro that i got with the camera that i think is just as good as the raynox tbh ..
as for dragonfly saw one fly by but it buggered off so next time your going give us a bell and see what comes of our shots lol