Activity for User 212 - Carol Sheppard - carolsheppardphotography@gmail.com

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95 Jan 22 Reply Thanks, Bob!! Good to see you! Jan 24th
95 Jan 22 Reply I may be ultra-sensitive to the graininess of noise. I dislike it intensely. I have the OMD1-3 and the MKIII and don't find either to handle noise well beyond ISO 800 to 1200. IMHO. Jan 22nd
95 Jan 22 Reply Thank you for your input! The difference in background was a piece of molding beneath the bug, and the remainder of the siding (which was further away so came out looking much softer...) Jan 22nd
95 Jan 22 Reply Yes, you are right. I'm a devil for low ISO, but I could have done that. Jan 22nd
95 Jan 22 Reply Keith, I shoot in complete manual, so never worry about exposure compensation. I think it was natural lighting; we may get a lot of rain here, but our quality of light most of the day on sunny days is incredible. Jan 22nd
95 Jan 22 Reply Thank you! Orientation on bugs is hard, LOL!
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95 Jan 22 Reply Thank you!! Jan 22nd
95 Jan 22 Reply Wow, I love what you did with this, Tom! Not sure I completely followed your process but it worked!!
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95 Jan 22 Reply Very good eye, Pat! LOL, he was on my wall just outside my door. No choice on the background, but I felt the white set him off nicely. As you can see from the shadow, the sun was pretty bright still...his shadow was sharp still. There's always a question when using that 60mm lens of whether I take too much time and lose the opportunity, or go in close (as necessary with that lens) and get what I can before he runs or flies off! Jan 11th
95 Jan 22 Comment Keith, this is a beautiful subject, and you've captured the zebra stripes so perfectly. The lighting also feels quite good. I do see that you were at 2.8, which feels not deep enough to my eye. If you used a deeper focus/aperture, the two areas surrounding the in-focus part would also be in focus. When I enlarge your flower, the upper piece is out-of-focus, but right out in front. The piece directly below your lovely yellow center capture is also out of focus, and it is still an important part of the in-focus area. Just a suggestion. Place your focus closer to the front and your aperture at f5.6 or f8 or even f11, and see what happens. I think it would give you a nice out-of-focus background, too, if the focus point was placed right up near the front of the flower. One final suggestion: if you can, remove the dead piece on the left before shooting. Jan 11th
95 Jan 22 Comment Oh, wow! I won't comment on the fact that it was in your apartment, but I love the image. I personally like when the focus is placed on somewhere specific, so long as it is the essential subject like the eyes and head in this one. Love the way his body curves in, leading my eye straight to the head and forelegs. Since you didn't say what you did with the lighting of it, I will say that to my eye there are a couple of blown out highlights, but I do like the coloring and detail throughout. Jan 11th
95 Jan 22 Comment The composition works very well in this, and you've captured a nice depth of field on the one shell, pulling it out from the others that are less in focus. I would have expected the shell to its immediate right to be in focus as it looks like its on the same focal plane. I am guessing that it has to do with where you placed your camera for this shot? This is a great image; maybe try the same variables but place your camera lens on the exact same plane as the two shells? And see what you think of that? Great work!
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95 Jan 22 Comment Stuart, you have done a great job with this, and I appreciate the detailed explanation around doing the focus stacking. The sharpness and texture are exquisite. What did you do on lighting? It looks very frontal to me, but I could be wrong? Jan 11th
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