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Snowflakes 3 on a red scarf
Here is a third snowflake on a red woolen scarf. I was pretty lucky with it : the wind blown it away the second after. Fortunately, I had a sharp shot at first try, which was generally not the case. I am pretty happy with the bokeh at f/9 which is quite natural (like with the lens without the extension tubes)
I discovered that it's not necessarily a good idea to slow down the lens to get a wider depth of field. With shutter speed slower than 1 second, even on a tripod and with only a little bit of wind, the vibrations are too important to get a sharp shot.
So I put the lens at around f/8 and put iso at 200, and it was much better (if only I discovered that sooner !!). So apparently with macro technique, the classic rule slow-down-the-lens-to-get-a-high-depth-of-field-and-a-sharp-shot is not always true because vibrations are also magnified ... It's good to learn new things, especially by experience.
This picture was explored on the 25th of January 2016. Thank you very much !
Snowflakes 3 on a red scarf
Here is a third snowflake on a red woolen scarf. I was pretty lucky with it : the wind blown it away the second after. Fortunately, I had a sharp shot at first try, which was generally not the case. I am pretty happy with the bokeh at f/9 which is quite natural (like with the lens without the extension tubes)
I discovered that it's not necessarily a good idea to slow down the lens to get a wider depth of field. With shutter speed slower than 1 second, even on a tripod and with only a little bit of wind, the vibrations are too important to get a sharp shot.
So I put the lens at around f/8 and put iso at 200, and it was much better (if only I discovered that sooner !!). So apparently with macro technique, the classic rule slow-down-the-lens-to-get-a-high-depth-of-field-and-a-sharp-shot is not always true because vibrations are also magnified ... It's good to learn new things, especially by experience.
This picture was explored on the 25th of January 2016. Thank you very much !