Begonia Macro

Gallery: FloraPosted December 5, 201060 views9 comments

Shot this in difused natural light coming thru a window. I took a couple longer exposures but noise was a problem. This one at ISO 800 was the best of the group. Also the shallow dof is a departure from my usual attempts at wall to wall sharpness. Is the center soft? Slight crop to 8x10. Comments always welcome, thanks for looking.

150mm Macro
f/5.6 @ 1/25 sec
ISO 800
tripod, cable release

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bob Duff on December 5, 2010 at 6:22 PM

For the overall feel of the image and pastel colour palette I think the center is perfect in terms of sharpness. Great job on this one Bruce.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 5, 2010 at 6:31 PM

It all looks good to me Bruce. I wish I could see radiating lines in the upper orange polygon but still like the image very much. Sharpness in the center is just fine for my tastes. Beautiful work and image.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 5, 2010 at 6:36 PM

Bruce: This looks pretty good to me. I am curious as to why you would get noise at ISO 400 at 1/10 or even ISO 200 at 1/5. I routinely shoot at these SS or slower and don't run into any problems. I wonder if it was the sharpening settings that brought out the noise, especially in the large relatively smooth areas. >=))>

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Comment posted by Bruce King on December 5, 2010 at 6:39 PM

I hear you Pat. In the spirit of full disclosure The upper petal was slightly wilted and discolored in some areas so I cloned those parts out.

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on December 5, 2010 at 6:45 PM

I don't have an answer to that Bill. I have noticed when shooting macro's in low light I often get better captures with a higher ISO and faster SS than vice-versa. However I find the opposite to be true when shooting landscapes.

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 5, 2010 at 7:53 PM

Bruce:
Looks good to me. The center is sharp and the shallow DOF works well here. I wonder if the image can be improved if you blur the sharp patches on the petal at 3 and 9 o'clock and just have the center as the only focus area.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on December 6, 2010 at 5:23 AM

Very good POV Bruce but like Bill i too have never faced problems of noise in slow SS 1 more thing i wud like to ask, if u were shooting this in controlled environment y didn't u choose for longer SS & lesser ISO??

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on December 6, 2010 at 9:48 AM

I really like the soft overall feel of this. The soft colors are great.
Bob

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM

Hi Bruce

Like Bob said "For the overall feel- The center is perfest in terms of sharpness" Love the soft color and lines

really nice work.

As krunai said" in a controlled invironment,Why not choose low ISO (no noise)slower speeds???. Naturally a tripod is required
Albert Darmo canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments