ant and caterpillar

[Bill Pham]

ant carrying a live caterpillar. only could get a few shot in focus :( . must have shot over fifty and only got three decent one. how can i get higher keeper rates? aghhhh

Bill:mad:

[Bill Pham]

k last one of this that was pretty clear. i need some tips on how to get more keeper rate here PLEASSSSSEEEE.

Bill

[Action_Man]

Post up the exif details and your setup :) ...

[Bill Pham]

i'm using a 30D with the canon 100 macro. exif are
TV - 100
AV - 2.8
ISO 400
and i had it on sport mode didn't realize it was on that usually i have it set on AV OR TV


Bill

[Action_Man]

Was the aperture set at F2.8 ? (wow) - if it was well you need to get it to at least F11 and above if possible .

Dont you have a flash unit ? .

The exif should look something like the image text below ...

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[Bill Pham]

yea it was at 2.8 i wasn't even looking at it. too busy trying to focus. yes i have the 430 EX. it was sunny out today, should i use it even though it was bright outside?

Bill

[Action_Man]

Well most people use the flash whatever the conditions - it helps you increase the aperture as far as possible.

I assume most people use the flash - at least i do anyway - look at the thread above - about peoples setups :) ...

[racketman]

f2.8 gives very little depth of field so you were lucky to get any detail, f6 is my minimum for 99% of macro work, f8-11 being the norm. It has to be pretty bright outside to be able to use f8 without flash and keeping ISO down to noise free levels.

[Attic]

Hi Bill, you done well with such a large aperture but what RM says goes. I nearly always use flash and setting of iso 200, shutter 1/200, and aperture f8-11. I find diffusing the flash is a good idea also.

[LordV]

Comments as above to increase the DOF, but ants doing things like this are particularly hard- always moving- you did well.
Brian v.