Jeffrey gunning insects in AH (01 Feb 08)

[Goondoo]

Billy

I have never shot raw before..

I would normally shoot in RAW as it have a high tolerance for mistakes I had made during the shoot. Maybe you should try too.

[hwchoy]

and I thought it is adjustment, right? even on the 40D you can set it to sync at a fixed 1/250s or otherwise

precisely what I am trying to say, it is in aperture mode so how come shutter was 1/60s only?

[Simon]

ok, confirm with choy, he meant why the shot was taken at a slower shutterspeed when he can shoot at a faster one just increasing the ISO.

sometimes, it is to achieve a better background, but in this case, doesn't matter because the background is messy

[Goondoo]

Billy

I have never shot raw before..just send the orginal file using yousendit.com

Abit hard to crop big amount from JPG files... I add blur to front and back ground for the macro effect. About best I can get liao... (of course there are better PS experts here )

[hwchoy]

actually you should make this an impetus to go out and reshoot

[wasabi8888]

Well... indeed....

going out to re-shoot is a must... the only thing that I am afraid of.. is not being able to know what mistakes I made... for now, the only thing that gets into my head is that some of my shots are not clear. Other than that, I still need time to analyze especially the butt comments. My Butt shots looks symmetrical to me leh.... sorry guys.. I know it's tiring to teach me over the net... don't give up on me hoh...

[luenny]

Wah, D3, no play play man. Nice pictures. So how do you feel about your 105mm macro now? Still want to upgrade? Anyway, I agree with Simon, need to work on the focus a bit to get them sharp.

[wasabi8888]

Wah, D3, no play play man. Nice pictures. So how do you feel about your 105mm macro now? Still want to upgrade? Anyway, I agree with Simon, need to work on the focus a bit to get them sharp.

ya.... still not so clear why the focusing is not sharp.. loks sharp on my D3 though.... maybe i cropped too much.....

may get the tamron 180

[Goondoo]

ya.... still not so clear why the focusing is not sharp.. loks sharp on my D3 though.... maybe i cropped too much.....

may get the tamron 180

Jeff,
The key is practice, practice and more practice la... Next time we exchange some pointers lo... or we exchange camera also can

[wasabi8888]

Billy

Thanks for the advice.... I know.. i may just be too hard on myself... go practice loh.. or else i sell my D3...

[benny]

or else i sell my D3...

Please don't forget me when that happens. I'll take it with the 105 mm macro and the R1C1 set please.

Cheers,

[luenny]

Jeff,
Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm sure you'll improve with more practice. Anyway, for the sharpness thing, if it looks sharp when you're looking through the viewfinder and it always does not look sharp on the image, you may want to check your diopter setting on your viewfinder. Another thing I know about D3 is that it is able to store tuning parameters for up to 20 lenses. So you can actually mount your macro lens and tune it at home to make sure it is sharp and safe the information in your camera. That next time you change lens the parameters can be loaded and you should be able to get sharp results when you do autofocus.