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

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95 Jan 24 Reply Okay, my two cents on the Olympus and Zuiko lenses. I liked the 30mm best of all! I am really struggling with the 90mm, and I just got the AK Diffuser and...it is even more cumbersome. The weight handheld is nearly impossible, and a video I watched showed the guy right on top of the bugs. I don't know about other places' bugs, but ours won't stand for that! Even early in the morning! Jan 15th
95 Jan 24 Reply Actually, it is a flatter plane OR a focus stack. So with focus stacking, you would have been able to use the same perspective--a very attractive one. Without focus stacking, your best bet would have been a parallel plane to the lotus head. Also, I just realized you used the 70-200mm. This lens has a very nice ability to soften background, with a smaller DOF. So if you had increased from f8 to f11 or f16, it might have worked as shot. Jan 15th
95 Jan 24 Reply Thank you! Great information. And thank you for sharing the results of this boring carpet test so I didn't have to do it, lol! I am considering what lenses to take for a trip involving both macro and bird photography--I find the 100-400 so heavy. But I find the 75-300 to not always have great clarity (or maybe it's just me!). I am still getting comfortable with the 90mm macro...I am just so surprised at the tiny working distance in Macro. I almost prefer my 60mm to be honest. Jan 13th
95 Jan 24 Reply Thank you, Stuart! I normally detest those high ISO's because I ALWAYS see too much noise. These butterflies are so beautiful; the flash was necessary to bring out some irridesence. Jan 12th
95 Jan 24 Comment Nice shot, Keith. I am okay with a sharper back focus (I know some won't like it), but the foreground of the subject is showing artifacts around the edges, probably from the increase in contrast. This would be one where changing your angle (the angle of your focal plane) would have really helped the top, but you would then have lost some of the stalk. I hate to keep suggesting focus stacking, but you were right in your comments--this is definitely a candidate for focus stacking. I wonder what would have happened if same photo was taken at a lower shutter speed and a larger aperture? As long as you didn't go below 1/200, you could still handhold, so maybe a compromise of 1/400? Jan 12th
95 Jan 24 Comment You did very well with the stacking! The crop works well, and I might want to see that blurry area on the top left removed--even at the cost of taking part of either the orange or the purple with it. I guess you could AI it and it might work to fill in the blur with more of the surrounding color and weave. Tricky. The lighting works well for revealing texture, but maybe lower the highlights even more. I think you are really improved on your focus stacking!! Jan 12th
95 Jan 24 Comment Insects are always such an interesting subject. I particularly like the clarity you've included in the leaf it is perched on. Seems this would have been a great subject for focus stacking--in order to get the wings, rear, and back leg into focus. You've captured what I think are eyes, but it's unfortunate that they are pointed away from me as a viewer. Instead of feeling like there's room to breathe in front of him, I feel like my eyes keep sliding off the image at the top. Maybe same subject, little change of angle. Jan 12th
95 Jan 24 Comment This image really appeals to me. The crop is great, the curvy lines and intersections lead my eyes comfortably through the image, and the purple easing in from about a third--all this works so well together. A pleasing image to view and interesting as well. Jan 12th
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