hi all, i am new to macro. i have a canon 60d with a canon 100mm f2.8 i've bought some extension tubes by andoer with a yongnuo flash ring.
and the resualts im getting are spot on. heres a couple of pics of a fly i took yesterday. there not 100% but for a first time im happy.
first couple of pics
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Paul, a belated welcome!
From the fairly large DOF and limited sharpness seen here, I'm thinking that these were shot with a pretty small aperture.
One of the wrinkles in macro is that the tradeoff between limited DOF and diffraction blurring is a huge problem. In single-shot macro you're always trying to find some best compromise between more DOF with a smaller aperture versus more sharpness with a wider one.
The "short stack" that ChrisR mentions would be a focus stack, shot with a wider aperture to get more sharpness, and making up the lost DOF by stacking.
--Rik
From the fairly large DOF and limited sharpness seen here, I'm thinking that these were shot with a pretty small aperture.
One of the wrinkles in macro is that the tradeoff between limited DOF and diffraction blurring is a huge problem. In single-shot macro you're always trying to find some best compromise between more DOF with a smaller aperture versus more sharpness with a wider one.
The "short stack" that ChrisR mentions would be a focus stack, shot with a wider aperture to get more sharpness, and making up the lost DOF by stacking.
--Rik
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