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ghanley1
27th of June 2004 (Sun), 14:23
greetings! I am new to the D10 world, and macro photography in general, and need to take lots of photos for a future North Dakota beetles publication. these are a few pics that I have taken with my camera and a cannon 100mm macro. any suggestions or comments? I did not use a tripod on any of these, and was wondering what I could do for greater depth of field, if anything. These were taken in the auto setting, as I am still learning the camera controls. will the A-dep setting help? thanks for any suggestions!

http://web.ndak.net/~cbr/beetle1.jpg
http://web.ndak.net/~cbr/beetle%202.jpg
http://web.ndak.net/~cbr/beetle%203.jpg
ghanley1
27th of June 2004 (Sun), 17:23
typing fingers got ahead of me, I have the 10D camera!
PhotosGuy
27th of June 2004 (Sun), 17:31
Colorful shots!
Re: "will the A-dep setting help?": It might be fun watching you try to make it work with the wind blowing the blossom, the little bug racing around!

1st: Learn to use M so you can control what the cam is doing.

2nd: Forget AFocus, too! Focus on your subject at the distance you wish to shoot at. Then refine focus by moving the cam in & out. You'll go nuts if you try to do it with AF, or the focus ring.

Good luck! :)
LightHunter
28th of June 2004 (Mon), 12:48
PhotosGuy already gave you the right tips for focusing when shooting macro. If you intend to use a tripod very often you might consider to buy a macro focusing rail, a simple but effective tool to move the camera in the horizontal plane.

Regarding postprocessing: Your pictures lack color saturation, brightness and some sharpness. Shoot in RAW mode and apply the actions "EOS 10D Finishers.atn" you can download for free on my web-site:

http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/11/wo/rmKcHaCr7iTdd5kr.1/0.2.1.2.22.31.97.1.35.0.1.1.1?user=ffack1&fpath=Ph otoShop%20Actions&templatefn=FileSharing15.html

Finally I would suggest to avoid putting your subject right in the middle of the picture.

http://homepage.mac.com/ffack1/.Pictures/Animals/4758-Ant.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/ffack1/.Pictures/Animals/4280-Bumblebee.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/ffack1/.Pictures/Animals/4593-Insect.jpg