If you keep the flowers at the same size in the frame, the longer lens will give you a bigger working distance, and less FOV of the background (which might help in case you have a distracting backgroung), however not less DOF, which I assume is what you were referring too.
On Saturday 26 May 2007 14:31, Boris Liberman wrote: > I think the longer lens would have produced better defined separation > between the subject and the background. > > Boris > > Toine wrote: > > Two more shots from the same island, Terschelling. This time two > > different orchids from the same species. > > http://leende.net/galleries/Terschelling%202007/6405.htm > > http://leende.net/galleries/Terschelling%202007/6430.htm > > The first is rendered with a reduced saturation and the second in b&w. > > I like both renderings but I prefer the low saturation. I would like > > to hear your comments. > > > > Didn't bring my macro lens, the 16-45 is also performing very nicely in > > macro. > > > > -- > > Toine > > http://leende.net/peso -- Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net