Project 366 2012 Day 297 Silver Lizard

[Heather]

[stevedevil]

Image is a little soft??

??? is it a reflection ??

Im not sure what equipment you use, but for me with a still life image, I would hope to get full focus on the whole of the image,

As said I use DSLR so have the luxury of holding focus through the whole image

Cheers

Steve

[Heather]

Thanks Steve

i probably should have said that its a raynox image which means it has a very narrow DOF to work with, hence the tail being out of focus

the image is a brooch and its reflection if thats what your asking

i used a canon 400d with a 55-250 zoom lens and the raynox DCR250

[stevedevil]

Thanks Heather,

Yes have seen a lot of these images using the Raynox on here..

I dont know the glass, also dont understand the glass either, as adding space and more glass to a dedicated lens ???? the results must be uncontrollable..

Sorry but a little old school here, where you could use tubes to get the same, if not more controlled results ???

[Heather]

each to their own i guess :)

[stevedevil]

Deffinately, your using what you have and posting :-)

and pushing your equipment to all boundaries..

Hence you know exactly what it does...

Thats never a bad thing :-)

[NannyFerret]

I think the Raynox is ideal if you only have a limited time to photograph what you want to.

I tried to shoot a small silver dragon pendant a couple of weeks ago with mine, and you have done far better than I did, Heather.

I

[Heather]

thanks nanny i found it just takes practice so please dont give up, would love to see your dragon !

[Barbara]

Just noticed.........Only 69 more to go Heather..... I can only admire your dedication and the diversity of your subjects

:bow:

Will there be a PARTY!!!!!

[Heather]

Thankyou Blackrox ! i must admit its been a lot harder than i thought it would be but the finish post is in sight now !

there will most definatly be copious amounts of champagne drunk me thinks lol

[Barbara]

Well I will certainly raise a glass to you, not forgetting Richard and Annie when it's her turn

[NannyFerret]

thanks nanny i found it just takes practice so please dont give up, would love to see your dragon !

I wasn't happy with the dragon but gradually learning to move the camera back and forward to get focus, and managed to get the star of pips in the middle of half an apple which spurred me on.

I found it easier to use it on the Panasonic bridge that on the dslr, probably because I don't have a very steady hand and the Pana is lighter and smaller to hold and I really wanted to practice handheld shots with it.

I have never taken so many shots of one subject. lol

[NannyFerret]

Whoops! my keyboard is going quite mad today. Everything is posting twice.

[Heather]

lol I know what you mean about handheld im still practising on that one.... most of mine are taken using a tripod and slide rails at the moment !

[NannyFerret]

I have a little Mini Slik and thinking of using that for table top shots.

I would have to move the tripod back and forth as I don't have a slider.

I've posted my apple pips in the Close up and Macro forum.

I daren't say how many shots it took to get that one, but I did have fun trying.