macro help

Kind_Karma · 08-14-2008, 11:34 PM

I wanted to get some feedback on a macro shot I took this morning. I shot it handheld, natural light w/ no flash. I used aperature priority.

I tried to attach it to this message, hope it worked...

Thanks and peace.

*X Man* · 08-15-2008, 12:53 AM

Looks good. What's your setup? DOF is so small it's hard to get super sharpness. I know, because I've been taking some of these with an M42 Vivitar 135mm f/2.8 and some extension tubes. Again, it looks pretty good to me.

Edit: I see from your other thread that it's a Tamron 90mm Macro lens.

*LeoTaylor* · 08-16-2008, 02:05 PM

I like it!

The eyes and legs are in focus. Since the wings have such a detailed pattern I'd have used a higher f-stop to get more of the dragonfly in focus.

Here is a damselfly I photographed in July with a Pentax DA* 50 f2.8 Macro. There are still some spots not in focus at f8.