Swallowtail

DAMphyne · 25th of August 2007 (Sat)

Photo is soft, possibly motion blur.
Be sure to get your balance, keep your elbows in tight to your body, squeeze the shutter button gently.

Woolburr · 25th of August 2007 (Sat)

Did you try to photoshop something out in the lower left corner?...there is some strange stuff going on there...and the image is a bit soft..Bump your ISO to 400 to improve your shutter speed a bit and also to allow you to go to f/5.6 or so...which will give you a bit more depth of field. If you turn on image editing...I will share a rough edit that helps.

oldradioman · 26th of August 2007 (Sun)

John, the fact that you got this shot in the first place is an accomplishment. They are not easy to catch.

Unfortunately, it isn’t as sharp as it could be. Probably due to a couple reasons.
1. Your shutter speed was only 1/160s, a little slow when using a lens set at 200mm (unless the lens has IS)
2. You used Av with the aperture set at f/2.8 resulting in very shallow DOF at 200mm
Increasing your ISO a couple stops will allow faster shutter speed and a smaller aperture which will improve DOF.
Arvid

25th of August 2007 (Sat)	#1
John Olexa Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7	Swallowtail

25th of August 2007 (Sat)	#2
DAMphyne "the more I post, the less accurate..." Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Indiana, USA Posts: 2,137 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Swallowtail Photo is soft, possibly motion blur. Be sure to get your balance, keep your elbows in tight to your body, squeeze the shutter button gently. __________________ David Digital set me free "Welcome Seeker! Now, don't feel alone here in the New Age, because there's a seeker born every minute." www.damphyne.com

25th of August 2007 (Sat)	#3
Woolburr Mr. PMS Himself Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Tupperware capitol of eastern Oregon...Leicester, NC! Posts: 65,451 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Swallowtail Did you try to photoshop something out in the lower left corner?...there is some strange stuff going on there...and the image is a bit soft..Bump your ISO to 400 to improve your shutter speed a bit and also to allow you to go to f/5.6 or so...which will give you a bit more depth of field. If you turn on image editing...I will share a rough edit that helps. __________________ *People that know me call me Dan* *You'll never be a legitimate photographer until you have an award winning duck in your portfolio!* Crayons, Coloring Book, Refrigerator Art and What I Really Think About Last edited by Woolburr : 26th of August 2007 (Sun) at 12:31.

26th of August 2007 (Sun)	#4
oldradioman Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central Minnesota Posts: 81	Re: Swallowtail John, the fact that you got this shot in the first place is an accomplishment. They are not easy to catch. Unfortunately, it isn’t as sharp as it could be. Probably due to a couple reasons. 1. Your shutter speed was only 1/160s, a little slow when using a lens set at 200mm (unless the lens has IS) 2. You used Av with the aperture set at f/2.8 resulting in very shallow DOF at 200mm Increasing your ISO a couple stops will allow faster shutter speed and a smaller aperture which will improve DOF. Arvid __________________ Canon EOS 40D, EF-S 17-85mm IS, EF 70-300 IS DO Sigma 70-300mm DG Macro Tamron 1.4X TC, 200-500, 180mm DI LD Macro 1:1 Nikon CP5700, Nikon 1.5X TC Paint Shot Pro Photo X2

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