ThanksWell a lot of Numbers in the info of this shot Scott, you got some great detail in it too
I think thats going to be a theme of my submissions trying to stay away from the obvious. It was taking in the blue hour.A very informative shoe horn Nice detail and a perfectly black bg.
Cheersshoot the moon ... I've never done it but I think it can get addictive. I know some people who can't stop.
Cheers, another test with the 300 f/4 plus 1.4 tc on a tripod.Haha Foggy, great horned shoe there. Clever.
Excellent crisp shot. Far better than the ones I took recently on my 7D and 150-500 @ 500.
I need to take a picture of a shoe horn for a future themeShoehorn, what shoehorn? I thought it was a big fat zero
No flash, just very bright morning sun. I forgot how hard macro was hand held, as soon as a got focus I machine gunned a few shots.Two great macro shots, having had a go a few times myself I know how hard it can be to get these. Did you use a flash for them both?
You have got good focus and DOF on both of them and the colours in the ladybird shot are beautiful.
Certainly hits the brief, but the photo doesn't work for me I'm afraid. Maybe if you had brought in the horizon as a reference.
I think it needs 'grounding', or to be of a particular constellation, or include the moon.
Not asking much am I
the universe and everything
I guess if you're into night sky shots and spotting constellations then its a good one.
When I first saw this on my phone it was just a black rectangle, wasn't until I got to the pc that I could see the stars. I'm sure there is a constellation in there somewhere.
Love looking at stars and often wish I lived in an area with lower light pollution, as others have mentioned I think it could do with something else in the shot to keep your attention, maybe a silhouette of a building or the horizon.
I love star watching, but think you would of nailed the shot if you`d had some ground in view too
Thanks for the info, it will come in handy for a later date.Surprisingly little noise for iso 25600, I guess that's Nikon's latest generation of sensors for you...
I understand the rule of thumb is 600/focal length = number of secs before stars become trails.
I'm not sure if you need the crop factor too, assuming you do you could have had 1.3 secs, let's say 1and a bit stops of light, and let's say that dropping from f5 to f4 gave you 1/2 a stop, you've got around 2 stops of light more you could have gathered, so iso 6400 may have been achievable (or maybe denser stars).
One for the 're-shoot' almost straight away?
Dark - Damn, I wish I had thought of that, such a great idea, a real nice clear sky with corner to corner darkness and no distractions, nice
A focal point would be nice...but it works for the theme - perfectly sharp stars, too.