I am not by any stretch of the imagination an experienced Macro photographer. More of an occasional dabbler. That said, I have a new camera and a decent Macro lens so I thought I would take a couple of quick shots to see what an amateur could do with the combo.
Both were shot JPEG, SOOC, available light, hand held, single center point auto-focus. Coin is about the size of a quarter. (Received it in place of a quarter as change. If anyone can identify it.....)
Stabilization was on.
f/2.8, 1/500, 100 ISO
I'm sure there are multiple technical flaws induced by the triggering device (Me!) but this was just a quick case of curiosity shooting.
Republic of Albania.
Clean, nice shots.
Thank You! I was surprised to see how thin the DOF is. In the first shot the slight relative angle of the coin made a noticeable difference.
Pretty good for quick "I wonder effort." It is an Albanian coin. {edit} Opps, broke my own rule, read other replies before posting, newtoyou beat me to it.
robertjerl wrote:
Pretty good for quick "I wonder effort." It is an Albanian coin. {edit} Opps, broke my own rule, read other replies before posting, newtoyou beat me to it.
Thanks! Maybe you can answer this question for me: Is 50 Leke enough to retire on in Albania?
LFingar wrote:
Is 50 Leke enough to retire on in Albania?
Beats the hell out of me, I ID'd it with a 30 sec google of "Leke coin" from your picture. As of a week ago it was worth 45 cents.
robertjerl wrote:
Beats the hell out of me, I ID'd it with a 30 sec google of "Leke coin" from your picture. As of a week ago it was worth 45 cents.
Darn! Was hoping to speed up the wife's retirement. Guess I'll just have to wait till I hit it big in the lottery!
Using a coin is a good method to learn the basics of macro-photography. Aperture of f/2.8 has the DoF similar to the thickness of a playing card. If you attempt a similar photo in full sunlight, you will discover the advantage of shooting at f/16, or so.
Also, your camera sensor is good enough for you to increase ISO to 400 for indoor available light, which will give you 2 more stops from ISO 100. For sunlight, I recommend ISO 200. You should be able to hand-hold at 1/125-sec, which will also provide 2 stops from 1/500-sec.
Nikonian72 wrote:
Also, your camera sensor is good enough for you to increase ISO to 400 for indoor available light, which will give you 2 more stops from ISO 100. For sunlight, I recommend ISO 200. You should be able to hand-hold at 1/125-sec, which will also provide 2 stops from 1/500-sec.
Thank You! All good info. There was a reason though why I shot at 2.8. Was curious about DOF and now I have an idea of how thin it is at that aperture. I'll have to try more when the weather warms up and the insects thaw out!
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