I went out and shot some bugs today and the lighting was just perfect. I have been playing with getting the whole body in focus with a better keeper rate. Enjoy.
Two points: Watch your centering (don't do it unless the subject fills the frame) and shoot from lower angles if possible (makes for a more interesting shot).
Two points: Watch your centering (don't do it unless the subject fills the frame) and shoot from lower angles if possible (makes for a more interesting shot).
Well the bugs were big enough that they would have been slightly out of the frame. Thanks for the replies.
Julian what f stop are you using ? you need to be at f11 or so , unless you are going to focus stack. When I shoot rev. lens I shoot at f11 most all the time and f 11 to f13 with the MPE. I haven't posted much and have not been following your progress or even know what setup you are using .
But you should be getting images closer to the ones in my rev lens thread, no matter what lens you are using , rev, mpe , stacked lens , reg macro and tubes, or reg macro and closeup lens . they well all give you equal results for the most part. Like I said haven't been follow much here in the past 8 months so don't let any of my comments bother you . I'm looking in every day just to make sure ya'll are not fighting.
Tom Hicks wrote:
Julian what f stop are you using ? you need to be at f11 or so , unless you are going to focus stack. When I shoot rev. lens I shoot at f11 most all the time and f 11 to f13 with the MPE. I haven't posted much and have not been following your progress or even know what setup you are using .
But you should be getting images closer to the ones in my rev lens thread, no matter what lens you are using , rev, mpe , stacked lens , reg macro and tubes, or reg macro and closeup lens . they well all give you equal results for the most part. Like I said haven't been follow much here in the past 8 months so don't let any of my comments bother you . I'm looking in every day just to make sure ya'll are not fighting.
Julian are these shot on a full frame camera, the DOF look very shallow for f11. I don't know how old you are or the condition of your eyes but these are on the soft side . if you are shooting raw and don't ilk to process this will be part of the problem , shoot jpg and add some in camera sharpening . I just turned 54 and my eye are crap right now . I'm just trying to help. right now your focus is to far back . focus only on the eyes .Your DOF is deeper in the back than the front.
Tom Hicks wrote:
Julian are these shot on a full frame camera, the DOF look very shallow for f11. I don't know how old you are or the condition of your eyes but these are on the soft side . if you are shooting raw and don't ilk to process this will be part of the problem , shoot jpg and add some in camera sharpening . I just turned 54 and my eye are crap right now . I'm just trying to help. right now your focus is to far back . focus only on the eyes .Your DOF is deeper in the back than the front....Show more →
What I was looking for was any chance that you were dialling in an aperture on the body when it had to be set manually on this particular lens. That would have been consistent with the DOF results you are getting. I don't know enough about the hardware to be sure that possibility is now eliminated whereas there was quite a strong possibility with an MF lens.
