Opinions please

[UKBob]

I quite like this photo, although Im not entirely happy with it. Id really appreciate some feedback, positive as well as negative. I found the beetle in a forest in Romania.

[speedychrissie]

do you have the exif data for that? i only ask because the focus is an extremely crisp line across the photo and i think that maybe that distracts from the pic as a whole.

[robdickinson]

Macro doesnt give you that much DOF, especialy if you cant stop down because of the light.

IMO the focus is on the front body section not the head , should have focused on its'face' I think.

[UKBob]

speedychrissie said:

do you have the exif data for that? i only ask because the focus is an extremely crisp line across the photo and i think that maybe that distracts from the pic as a whole.

the exif is the information about the photo, what settings were used, isnt it? (sorry

Im not sure whether I like the sharp focus line.... or not

robdickinson said:

Macro doesnt give you that much DOF, especialy if you cant stop down because of the light. IMO the focus is on the front body section not the head , should have focused on its'face' I think.

I think you're right, if you can call it a face.

[speedychrissie]

UKBob said:

speedychrissie said: do you have the exif data for that? i only ask because the focus is an extremely crisp line across the photo and i think that maybe that distracts from the pic as a whole. the exif is the information about the photo, what settings were used, isnt it? (sorry Im not sure whether I like the sharp focus line.... or not

that is exactly what i was asking (in a round about way). what f value was the pic taken at?

[Podie]

As a novice at this stuff, why is the foreground blurred, as well as the background...?

[Andy M]

Podie said:

As a novice at this stuff, why is the foreground blurred, as well as the background...?

DOF goes both ways

[UKBob]

Podie said:

As a novice at this stuff, why is the foreground blurred, as well as the background...?

From one novice to another ... I found macro mode has a very shallow depth of field, which makes getting the focus right quite tricky, as most of it will be out of focus. I gather the same is true for cameras which can take macro lenses.

I only 30 seconds to shoot. My squad was taking heavy fire from a watermill operator with verbal dioreah. I was the third out of the 4 of us to break free from his onslaught, and when Lyn (who was last) finallly escaped his clutches, we pretty much ran for our lives, leaving the bug behind.

[Podie]

Andy M said:

Podie said: As a novice at this stuff, why is the foreground blurred, as well as the background...? DOF goes both ways

Blimey! (fnarr!)

Ah, that explains it... hadn't realised that

Still, one less stupid question to ask!

[UKBob]

speedychrissie said:

UKBob said: speedychrissie said: do you have the exif data for that? i only ask because the focus is an extremely crisp line across the photo and i think that maybe that distracts from the pic as a whole. the exif is the information about the photo, what settings were used, isnt it? (sorry Im not sure whether I like the sharp focus line.... or not that is exactly what i was asking (in a round about way). what f value was the pic taken at?

Just had a look... F3 at 1/8th