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Mr. Worker Ant
Mr. Worker Ant
I was out shooting flowers but it was too windy so I decided to shoot some ants. The hardest part of this shot was keeping the ant in the frame. The it was so windy that the ants kept getting blown away. Tough day to be an ant. For this shot I laid on my stomach and hand held the camera. As I mentioned it was windy and I was hand holding the camera so I used a shutter speed of 1/250 second. With all the movement going on I couldn’t use manual focus which I usually prefer for manual and landscapes. I instead had to use continues focus. Luckily the D810’s 3D-tracking focus is fantastic. I knew with my 105m Macro lens the depth of field is very shallow especially when this close to the subject. I wanted the whole ant to be in focus so chose to use f/10 which ended up being about right. This meant I could use my favorite ISO of 64.
Mr. Worker Ant
Mr. Worker Ant
I was out shooting flowers but it was too windy so I decided to shoot some ants. The hardest part of this shot was keeping the ant in the frame. The it was so windy that the ants kept getting blown away. Tough day to be an ant. For this shot I laid on my stomach and hand held the camera. As I mentioned it was windy and I was hand holding the camera so I used a shutter speed of 1/250 second. With all the movement going on I couldn’t use manual focus which I usually prefer for manual and landscapes. I instead had to use continues focus. Luckily the D810’s 3D-tracking focus is fantastic. I knew with my 105m Macro lens the depth of field is very shallow especially when this close to the subject. I wanted the whole ant to be in focus so chose to use f/10 which ended up being about right. This meant I could use my favorite ISO of 64.