Last week I took a break from work to try to shoot some blossoms. It was too windy to get those shots, but in the process, I got some shots of a snail on the truck of a tree:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616063827912/ Which feel like "near misses" to me. I wasn't going to post them for not being up to the quality of shots posted here, but as such, they're probably a better opportunity for me to learn. I know that one thing I could have done to make them better is not to try to shoot something that is both in sun and open shade. I tried going back a day or two later, but the snail had moved. Don't you hate fidgety models? In addition to the obvious of lighting, what else should I have done differently? Used a tripod so I could get enough DOF in the shade? Is there a rule of thumb for setting up the plane of focus? Or did I just not choose a workable subject. If you don't want to scan the whole series, perhaps the nearest miss is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3394815820/in/set-72157616063827912/ -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
