Confused lilac bud - C&C appreciated

Snowgirl

It is early January in New Brunswick, Canada. Typically this would be the coldest month of the year with temperatures well below zero Celsius. Instead, we are experiencing unseasonably warm days with temperatures above zero and some plants, like this lilac shrub outside my dining room window, seem to think spring is arriving. This is probably not a good thing.

#1 ISO 100, f/8, 1/100, no flash, 1X - sunlight through window, twig clipped from bush and hung in front of white coroplast background.



#2 ISO 400, f/8, 1/100 ring flash fired, 1x


#3 ISO 400, f/8, 1/100, ring flash fired, 2X

GOLDENORFE

Like the second frame, 3rd you missed focus slightly

it seems the weather is odd everywhere,
i have roses,lavender,fuschias and pinks in flower in garden today!

Snowgirl

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

Like the second frame, 3rd you missed focus slightly

it seems the weather is odd everywhere,
i have roses,lavender,fuschias and pinks in flower in garden today!

Thanks Phil. I still can't tell (with manual focus, of course) whether it's my eyes, my glasses or just poor focus. I've tried focusing with, and without, my glasses on (that I normally only need for computer work and reading) but not sure which works better, yet. So much to learn! I love it.

Appreciate the time to look and comment.

Lord Vetinari

First two look good, as phil says the last one is slightly backfocused.
Re the weather - it will be bad for the plants if they really get going but then get cut down with hard frosts.

One thing re the focus- if you take off glasses to focus have you adjusted the diopter wheel by the viewfinder ? This can compensate for glasses wearers by altering the focus onto the ground glass screen. You just need to change it to get the clearest view if the focus point bracket things in the viewfinder (you don't need to focus a lens).
BrianV.

Snowgirl

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

First two look good, as phil says the last one is slightly backfocused.
Re the weather - it will be bad for the plants if they really get going but then get cut down with hard frosts.

One thing re the focus- if you take off glasses to focus have you adjusted the diopter wheel by the viewfinder ? This can compensate for glasses wearers by altering the focus onto the ground glass screen. You just need to change it to get the clearest view if the focus point bracket things in the viewfinder (you don't need to focus a lens).
BrianV.

Thanks Brian. Up until now I haven't worn my glasses at all when shooting and I did adjust the diopter wheel - think I'll try again using a different lens as I find the 65 really hard to focus through.

Despite my less than spectacular images so far, I'm thoroughly enjoying the process - and all the help from everyone.

Lord Vetinari

Snowgirl wrote: »

Thanks Brian. Up until now I haven't worn my glasses at all when shooting and I did adjust the diopter wheel - think I'll try again using a different lens as I find the 65 really hard to focus through.

Despite my less than spectacular images so far, I'm thoroughly enjoying the process - and all the help from everyone.

Main problem with the MPE-65 is shooting above 1:1 results in very narrow depth of field and does take some getting used to.
Brian v.