macro: spider

SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
edited March 23, 2005 in Wildlife
A couple of spider shots with a canon 100 macro lens. I would appreciate any hints or help on how to use this lens.

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Exif: Date Taken:2005-03-23 15:26:25Date Modified:2005-03-23 15:37:26Make:CanonModel: Canon EOS 20D Size: 614x491 Bytes: 215932 Aperture: f/2.8 ISO: 400 Focal Length: 100mm Exposure Time: 0.002s (1/500)Flash:Flash did not fire, compulsory flash modeExposure Program:Shutter priorityExposure Bias:-0.67ColorSpace:sRGB



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exif:Date Taken:2005-03-23 15:25:07Date Modified:2005-03-23 15:30:55Make:CanonModel: Canon EOS 20D Size: 941x753 Bytes: 422665 Aperture: f/4.0 ISO: 400 Focal Length: 100mm Exposure Time: 0.0062s (1/160)Flash:Flash did not fire, compulsory flash modeExposure Program:Shutter priorityExposure Bias:-0.67ColorSpace:sRGB

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    shay wrote:
    A couple of spider shots with a canon 100 macro lens. I would appreciate any hints or help on how to use this lens.

    Hey Shay,

    Not too bad. Your aperture settings are too wid eopen for a macro lens. Macro lenses have a very shallow DOF starting out so you want to step down your aperture settings. The last time I shot macros I was at F/14 and F/16 most of the time.
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  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Harry wrote:
    shay wrote:
    A couple of spider shots with a canon 100 macro lens. I would appreciate any hints or help on how to use this lens.

    Hey Shay,

    Not too bad. Your aperture settings are too wide open for a macro lens. Macro lenses have a very shallow DOF starting out so you want to step down your aperture settings. The last time I shot macros I was at F/14 and F/16 most of the time.
    Thanks Harry, the spider was quite high up so I stood on a chair with the tripod to get the shot, this photography thing gets ridiculous at times :): .

    At least with a macro lens insects are no longer liable for immediate execution:gun2 :splat

    Shay.
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited March 23, 2005
    That looks awfully noisy for a 20D at ISO 400 headscratch.gif
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  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    That looks awfully noisy for a 20D at ISO 400 headscratch.gif
    agreed, probably my photoshop processing, I shot in raw, contrast and saturation added afterwards and sharpened. could have overdone the sharpening??

    Shay.
  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    That looks awfully noisy for a 20D at ISO 400 headscratch.gif
    I noticed that as well. Not sure whats going on there. I agree with Harry about a smaller aperture to help with the DOF. If the spider isn't moving I would put it on ISO 100. The first one looks a little overexposed. Cool looking spider though.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    headscratch.gif Is there a reason yer shooting in shutter priority? I'd either do manual or aperature priority. Smaller aperature for greater DOF. And the first one is blown out on the back of the spider. Tons of noise - did you have to mess with the Exposure slider much on the RAW? Both Contrast and Sharpening will add noise and can blow out parts of an image.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Wow, that 1st shot is cool, but like Harry said DOF, I would forget to trying to focus close to that sucker :uhohthumb.gif

    Really like the perspective (the way the web travles inward thumb.gif) hope you can reshoot.
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  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    tmlphoto wrote:
    I noticed that as well. Not sure whats going on there. I agree with Harry about a smaller aperture to help with the DOF. If the spider isn't moving I would put it on ISO 100. The first one looks a little overexposed. Cool looking spider though.
    This is why I posted, feedback is great thumb.gif .

    Thanks for the feedback, hopefully the next one will be better.

    shay.
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    headscratch.gif Is there a reason yer shooting in shutter priority? I'd either do manual or aperature priority. Smaller aperature for greater DOF. And the first one is blown out on the back of the spider. Tons of noise - did you have to mess with the Exposure slider much on the RAW? Both Contrast and Sharpening will add noise and can blow out parts of an image.
    The reason I'm shooting in av at iso 400 is I forgot to check the settings ne_nau.gif

    I started using raw today and this is the big advantage of raw, I can go back and start processing again. Thanks for the feedback,

    Shay.
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Wow, that 1st shot is cool, but like Harry said DOF, it forget to trying to focus close to that sucker :uhohthumb.gif

    Really like the perspective (the way the web travles inward thumb.gif) hope you can reshoot.
    He is stuck to my patio door, I am going to watch him get bigger over the summerrolleyes1.gif . I don't think he will ever match Gus/skippy's monsters though rolleyes1.gif

    thanks for the feedback,

    Shay.
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