A Practice Raynox Pic

[NannyFerret]

This was a tiny Lupin plant which doesn't seem to be growing much in the Wilkos compost It's just over a couple of CMs abd I put a bit of water on it so it ran to the centre.

 

Sharpened very slightly and some contrast added. The size is as out of the camera.
CC welcome.

 

[bugmeister]

The very shallow depth of field works both for and against this kind of shot.

On the plus side the shallow DoF draws the eye straight into the centre where the water has pooled. On the other hand the same effect takes a fair amount of detail from the leaves.

On balance I think it works quite well. Great detail in the in-focus bits especially around the leaf edges.

 

p.s. the composition police will be after you for cutting the tip off of the leaf (joking )

[NannyFerret]

Thanks for the CC.  It's being taken on board.

It was mainly the droplet I was trying to get in focus

The plants are in one of those water feature barrels which we turned into a giant tub after the pump broke and I was leaning on the top of the  tap part so must have moved. I have the most un-steadiest hand in the world. lol.

The ones that I framed better weren't in focus. Sods law. It's no good, I will have to use the tripod and not be so lazy. I was also using the 55-200mmm zoom. I think I did better when I used the Bridge camera, so I think I will try that again next time.

[bugmeister]

The bridge cameras do tend to be quite tolerant, and there's also nothing wrong with using any support you have handy, whether it's a tripod, monobod, fencepost or someone else's shoulder

 

That said, it's definitely worth persevering with the dslr, you are probably only going to have one of them with you at any time so being able to use both is ideal.

[annie]

the raynox does have a very shallow depth of field. but I have always liked the effect. like bugs says, the eye is drawn right in to the centre. nice work nanny,,,

[NannyFerret]

I keep trying, Annie.

Maybe a nice cold cider would help to steady my hand