gizzy.whicker Loc: Cumberland Co., Illinois

A long stroll out along the edges of freshly harvested fields of corn and soybeans that border long abandoned fence rows; along the edges of the fallow fields that follow the contours of forested hills and creek beds and river bottom lands; these are the long, slow walks that yield hundreds of photo opportunities of nature at its finest. And of the hundreds of photo usually taken only three or four are deemed worthy of saving to the "Best Of The Best" folders. Yesterday afternoon and evening were one such day that yielded four photos. The moon shot was taken using the top of a fence post to help steady the camera.

A Spider Beside Her


Ant Wasp


Honeysuckle


South Side of the Moon

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

Wow, I'll say!
You've got some GREAT shots here, gizzy! :)

gizzy.whicker Loc: Cumberland Co., Illinois

Thanks, Tilde. Your critiques are always appreciated. I have one continuing problem trying to take an extremely close macro in which the object has too great a relative depth of field (like the honeysuckle). The sharpest focus is in an very narrow band usually somewhere close to the middle of the object, but the front and back portions are too fuzzily focused to suit me. The camera is the one I take out in the bush, a Canon SX30 IS, so I have to work with the lens that's there. Any suggestions on how to increase the depth of the field of focus on objects like this?


<<tilde531]Wow, I'll say!
You've got some GREAT shots here, gizzy! :)>>

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

Yep. That happens sometimes to me, too.

In my case (since I don't know much about your specific camera), it happens because I am TOO close with the macro-setting on. Sounds counter-intuitive, but it's the truth.

Other times, there is too much in the background which is competing for my camera's attention... so changing the angle, helps.

I'll do a search of the specs of your particular camera and see if I can offer anything else... but I'm sure others here with a LOT more experience, will chime in.