Butterfly Macro

[grandadraymond]

here it is gordon

[Action_Man]

Ray i know this is your 1st insect macro and as such it is a very nice image.

The good things - the colours are great - there doesent appear to be any camera movement -

Things to work on are - the focus is ever so slightly off and if you used auto-focus it may have picked up on the antenna of the butterfly -

For a 1st attempt i would be very pleased with it indeed :D , i`ve been doing macro for several months and havent captured a Butterfly yet .

Tell me what the settings on the camera were Ray please ...

[grandadraymond]

i had the camera on auto
exposure 0.004s (1/250)
aperture f/4.5
iso 100

[Action_Man]

Ok your supposed to be on manual :D.

The F-Stop needs to be higher than this for macro work, as high as your camera will go which is F8, this will get more of your image in focus, try this for an example - take a macro shot of a newspaper at a low angle with with the F-Stop at high and then take one with it low, then check to see which image has more in focus, this should give an idea of what the F-Stop does .

Keep it up Ray - and keep it on manual :) ...

[AndreyD]

Yes, out of focus and .... jpeg compression is bad, could be a very nice shot!

[grandadraymond]

can i improve it in photoshop Andrey

[AndreyD]

can i improve it in photoshop Andrey

Could be done something, but not out of focus part I think.

Try to fiddle with jpeg compression, first resize from original and then prepare it "for the Web" and try different compression ratious, I think this shot is too grainy which could be a compression problem. Will look better aftewards.

Regards

[dawiese]

Ray,

I don't post much here but you've peaked my curiosity. I've done a bit of macro with the G6. Here's what I do... Use natural light if possible, ISO at 50, format at large, JPG compression at super fine, and just play with the shutter speed and f-stop `til I get it right. Shutter speed is almost always above 1/60th. How much should be in focus is up to the photographer.

I'll post a photo I took of an unusually friendly dragonfly when I get home tonight. I took about 15-20 shots before I had a couple of keepers.

Dave

[dawiese]

Sorry for the late post...

I kept about 5 that I thought were decent.