Fly on a Peony
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Nikonian72 wrote:
Thanks Nikonian! I look forward to your critiques. You have been a wealth of macro information.:thumbup:
Jun 8, 2015 06:27:37 #
waltchilds wrote:
Thank you walthchilds! I appreciate the feedback. I find that there isn't much info out there about macro photography, so I'm just going to shoot, shoot, shoot. :DWell done, excellent sharpness for only two stacked images.
Jun 8, 2015 08:33:28 #
Nicely done GG. Stacking a live subject is a challenge and you have done quite quite well here. An observation: seeing a lot of digital noise, so I took a look at your EXIF as I thought you might have had a high ISO. Not the case, but I did notice you are shooting f/16. Not going to get into the diffraction limited discussion as we each have individual thresholds but would note sweet spot of the Nikon 200mm is f/5.6 with f/8 not too far behind. One of the principles behind stacking is to allow the photographer to use optimal aperture of the lens for best IQ and to help overcome illumination challenges while still retaining good DoF. Aperture f/5.6 is a bit shallow to do stack handheld but f/8.0 is certainly within the realm of most. The increased illumination from the wider aperture is going to afford you more leeway with your exposure settings. Give it a whirl next time.
Jun 8, 2015 09:02:43 #
A-PeeR wrote:
Thank you very much A-PeeR! It is always good to have a second set of eyes to evaluate the image. I will try to keep it near the sweet spot in the future.Give it a whirl next time.
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