Pussy Willow: My Wife and I bought this small tree to transplant later this spring, and it is blooming after being home just a couple days. Canon 6D with Canon 50mm FD 1.8 lens with...

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

My Wife and I bought this small tree to transplant later this spring, and it is blooming after being home just a couple days.
Canon 6D with Canon 50mm FD 1.8 lens with 68mm of ext. tubes, Canon 430exII speedlight with soft box and reflector under the lens.

f 8, 1/60, iso 200, cropped

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f8, 1/60, iso 200

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f5.6, 1/60, iso 400

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Macronaut Loc: Redondo Beach,Ca.

Considering what lens set up you are using, these are really nice :thumbup: This is also a great candidate for stacking ;)

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

Flyextreme wrote:

Considering what lens set up you are using, these are really nice :thumbup: This is also a great candidate for stacking ;)

Thank you, Bill, I agree on the stacking, just haven't gotten there yet.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

I concur with Bill.

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

Nikonian72 wrote:

I concur with Bill.

Thank you, Douglass.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I am glad you explained the situation - I was going to be very envious that you were having springtime already! Nice photos!

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

sb wrote:

I am glad you explained the situation - I was going to be very envious that you were having springtime already! Nice photos!

Thanks, Spring is starting to tease us here, but not quite here yet.

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

I like the set. Especially the first one, and yes, it's saying "stack me" :-)

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

Muddyvalley wrote:

I like the set. Especially the first one, and yes, it's saying "stack me" :-)

thanks, Muddyvalley, I agree.

BobR Loc: Norwalk CT USA

Very nice! As for the dof you could always try a higher fstop. Bob

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

BobR wrote:

As for the dof you could always try a higher fstop. Bob

Apertures (f/stops) are not measured as high or low, but rather small or large. Yes, a smaller aperture will provide a miniscule increase in DoF, but at the sacrifice of overall resolution. The sharpest aperture of any lens is usually two stops closed-down from wide open. For many lenses, this is about f/5.6. Most of us shoot at f/8, f/11, or f/16, to increase DoF slightly without too much compromise of resolution.

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

Nikonian72 wrote:

Apertures (f/stops) are not measured as high or low, but rather small or large. Yes, a smaller aperture will provide a miniscule increase in DoF, but at the sacrifice of overall resolution. The sharpest aperture of any lens is usually two stops closed-down from wide open. For many lenses, this is about f/5.6. Most of us shoot at f/8, f/11, or f/16, to increase DoF slightly without too much compromise of resolution.

:thumbup:

BobR Loc: Norwalk CT USA

Nikonian72 wrote:

Apertures (f/stops) are not measured as high or low, but rather small or large. Yes, a smaller aperture will provide a miniscule increase in DoF, but at the sacrifice of overall resolution. The sharpest aperture of any lens is usually two stops closed-down from wide open. For many lenses, this is about f/5.6. Most of us shoot at f/8, f/11, or f/16, to increase DoF slightly without too much compromise of resolution.

Got it. Not to highjack a thread but I see no reason not to shoot at f/22(heck even f/29) with my set-up. I'll say no more here.