Hey Folks, Ah, now I know what PESO and PAW stand for!
Thanks for the comments on the depth of field. Alas, I have the camera stopped down as much as possible, or maybe just one step away from the max if I'm getting diffraction blur. That's pretty much a standard operating procedure for me. I know that blurring the background is an excellent technique, but for my macro stuff it rarely seems to be needed. I'll watch the excessive sharpening. Oh, for scale, these dried fruit are about 1.5cm in diameter, i.e. about as big around as your thumbnail. The lens, by the way, is the 90mm/2.8 manual focus Tamron with 1:1 without extension. It's my favorite lens. Barry Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. Invasive Species Specialist Global Invasive Species Initiative The Nature Conservancy V: 530-754-8891 http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Rice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:46 PM > To: 'pentax-discuss@pdml.net' > Subject: A photo posted for comment > > > Hey Folks, > > Since it is common for folks to post photos, I've put one of > my own new images up. This came off my first roll with my new > *istDS (ok, I'm still not used to thinking digitally). > > I'm writing a book on carnivorous plants and wanted some > photos of seeds of a Federally Endangered pitcher plant. > Instead of the usual diagnostic photo of seeds on a bit of > paper, I wanted to show the seeds still in the dehiscing > fruit, and also convey the fact the plants make seeds in the fall. > > http://www.sarracenia.com/temp/oreophila.jpg > > *istDS, Tamron 90mm macro, flash. > > So there you go! > > B > > Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. > Invasive Species Specialist > Global Invasive Species Initiative > The Nature Conservancy > V: 530-754-8891 > http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu
