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Grasshopper in my yard

zwalkzwalk Registered Users Posts: 20 Big grins
edited October 2, 2014 in Holy Macro
One of the first I've taken with my Nikkor 40mm f/2.8.

Any tips, I've been looking at quite a few of the shots on here such as that Acorn weevil I would love to achieve that much detail... Was that with a more closed aperture and flash?

Looks darker after the Flickr upload for whatever reason...

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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2014
    Good capture- slightly missed clean focus on the grasshopper's head/eyes. Guessing you had a fairly wide aperture and hence narrow DOF.
    Yes the acorn weevil shots were with diffused flash with the camera in manual mode.
    My macro hints and tips

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    zwalkzwalk Registered Users Posts: 20 Big grins
    edited October 2, 2014
    Awesome thanks Brian...your shots are amazing man i spent like an hour going through them. The depth of field definitely suffered in this pic, something I'll be avoiding in the future.


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    zwalkzwalk Registered Users Posts: 20 Big grins
    edited October 2, 2014
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    Closed up my aperture and got some better shots of another one.

    Thanks for the tips man, I'll need to invest in a flash next


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