Alastair, I like 146 best, and the 150's are good too. Sometimes the pose is better but DOF is worse. Keep after them. Regards, Bob S.
On Jan 10, 2008 12:19 AM, Alastair Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the comments and sorry to the arachnophobes - I will put a > warning on the next spider pic I show. > The background is a little distracting and since it didn't often pause > on top of the stones which would have allowed blurred background, I > had to live with this. Forgot to say that this is a very small spider > - 3-4mm body width. DOF is an issue here F22 is sometimes not enough > though of course going to F27 would worsen the background distraction. > > I have several other shots taken the same afternoon here > http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/te_horo_salticid. Arachnophobes > aside, is there a favourite amongst these or did I get the pick right > the first time (http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/91472265)? > > In answer to Igor - yes the -1.5 EV for the flash is to keep a more > natural look and avoid overblown highlights etc. As to the to the > +2EV on the body - I do find that the camera and flash combo tends to > underexpose - quite badly sometimes, and I need to pump this up to > avoid having to do it PP which tends to cause bad artifacts including > the notorious banding issues in dark subjects. Even so I still had to > add another 1.33 EV in lightroom! In fact, this is the biggest > complaint I have with the system - chronic underexposure with the > flash and K10D. > > Alastair > > > On Jan 9, 2008 11:38 PM, Alastair Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.pbase.com/image/91434888. Well 8 actually but 4 big ones - > > nice eyelashes too. > > > > An afternoon potter on one of the local beaches turned up this little > > fellow. > > K10D FA100/2.8 AF540FGZ F22 125th ISO100 +2EV Flash EV -1.5 Handheld > > These types of shots are my typical fare but mostly I have posted > > PESO's that are a little different and perhaps less successful. > > I am interested what people think of these macro nature shots. Not > > many on the list post those types of image it seems. > > > > Comments & Critiques welcome > > > > Alastair > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
