Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Lessons learnt, it would seem. Superb detail - I see no effects of diffraction even at f13? I would not dare to use my various digital kits over f11 at the best of times, and on the D800E diffraction is apparent at anything over f8. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > I received some valuable tips yesterday from Dean Hansen, on using > lighting angles to bring out the texture and details of butterfly wings. I > tried to round up some subjects today to put them into practice. > > Since the sun provides the only light source for my work, it comes down to > insect angles and camera position. The first was done with the lens at > f/13 for details. The light brought out the texture of the wings, but the > background was not as far OOF as I would have liked. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper+14.jpg.html > > I opened up to f/5.6 for the second shot, and, although the light angle > did not pick up the texture as well, the bokeh is better. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper+26.jpg.html > > E-1 and Zuiko Digital 35 Macro > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >