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salmiakki


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Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D
Location: my kitchen
Date: Mar 1, 2008
Aperture: f13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2008

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Comments: 21
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 Struggling to get anything really sharp at the moment. Don't know if it's my eyes :) or the new camera. This is the first time I've used the new camera for macro.

ETA. For macro shots I always manually expose, manually focus and use a tripod. However, I have found out (from reading the manual no less - what an amazing concept!) that I had to adjust a setting on the camera (as well as on the lens) when using manual focus. Let's see if this helps :)

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 12/20/2008 02:36:53 AM
Textbook example of: rule of thirds, proper exposure (love how the petals glow from the inside, it seems), use of a strong diagonal, and appropriate use of a square crop. Simply gorgeous!
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 07/04/2008 02:02:28 PM
Beautiful macro, very well executed.
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 06/11/2008 10:06:43 PM
White is often hard to photograph, but you have done this so well. Very delicate and alluring.....
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 05/06/2008 10:28:20 PM
ooo nice. love it!
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 03/06/2008 04:23:29 AM
Brilliant capture of the water droplets.
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 03/04/2008 08:07:28 PM
Well, I don't think you'll complain about the sharpness of this one: it's sharp where it's intended to be by the DOF!! It is my experience that with a macro lens, even with a fairly small aperture, you'll get a smaller DOF than with a regular lens at the same aperture.
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 03/03/2008 05:12:11 PM
I really like the water droplets on this.
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 03/03/2008 05:07:24 PM
Beautifully done... I too am having a hard time with getting things sharp.
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 03/03/2008 06:35:55 AM
Great image Sarah...you have a great camera/lens combo, so maybe there was movement, but this looks sharp to me
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 03/02/2008 07:46:58 PM
Hey Sarah!

If you're anywhere near 40, it's your eyes. hahaha!!! :op

I don't find this lacks sharpness at all. It's an outstandingly beautiful image. The droplets, and the various whites, the DOF and crop - all stunning.
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 03/02/2008 01:41:27 PM
The softness of the image is what makes this special. The petals are beautiful and the water drops amazing and the POV and DOF are brilliant. Thanks for taking this lovely photo.
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 03/02/2008 12:21:38 PM
Beautiful detail in the petals! Lovely! And water droplets always look so pretty against petals, something I am going to try later this month! :o)
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 03/02/2008 11:11:19 AM
The resulting softness in this image really comes off very nicely. I love the water droplets and the yellow highlight in the center. Nice focal point. Great choice of lighting and detail in the veining of the petals.

edit: VR software needs retraining... removed gibberish.

Message edited by author 2008-03-04 22:58:29.
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 03/02/2008 09:30:22 AM
I agree with the others that say the softness works here and this is a lovely image. However, to answer the question in your post, try turning off autofocus and using manual focus -- I've found that works much better for me for macro shots.

fwiw, it appears the sharpest spot in this image is along a line about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom, and it appears the focus seems to have caught the droplets on the leading edge of the petals. You would expect f/13 to pull everything in sharp here, but macro is tricky that way.
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 03/02/2008 08:22:10 AM
Lovely shot. The softness works well for this subject, but I can see where it would be frustrating. Did you manually set the aperture and shutter? Would it help to use a faster shutter speed and a smaller aperture and perhaps lower the risk of any camera shake?
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 03/02/2008 08:19:36 AM
Soft or not - it's very lovely- I really like the lighting & crop.
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 03/02/2008 08:08:09 AM
Soft seems to work with the photo. Great composition and capture.
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 03/02/2008 02:17:28 AM
I like the sodtness and also the water droplets.....
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 03/02/2008 01:39:37 AM
Well I think you struck the perfect balance between softness and sharp detail here. This is a beautiful photo.
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 03/02/2008 01:21:45 AM
i think this is a really gorgeous shot, i love the water droplets, & also the square crop.
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 03/02/2008 01:13:27 AM
Nice flower and droplet shot. Dew or spritzer? A couple of spots on petals opposite sides of center could have been cloned out. Lovely shot suited for the square crop.
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