Monday, June 20, 2011

Don't Forget To Breathe

The lens is amazing and after a full day of taking photos, I have realized there are a few things I need to learn. 1. Need to breathe in sync to pressing the shutter. If I take a breath, the camera and I move just slightly and I can't even see what I was trying to shoot. 2. This Macro world is so seductive; it's a slightly altered universe, a bit what I imagine deep sea diving is like, and all of yesterday I wasn't quite sure where I was in the universe. 3. Need to relearn F stops and depth of field, [ can you hear my teeth grind?]. Every time someone mentions F stops I feel a door in my brain clang shut, but I need to have more of the frame in focus, so please brain give me a break!
Iris

3 comments:

  1. I used to have a macro lens. When I no longer did, I would dream about it! Someday I will have one again. Glorious image!

    Easy hint - if the f stop number is BIG then depth of field is SMALL.

    If the f stop number is Small, the depth of field is Big.

    Easy. If one is small, the other is big. You can do it!

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  2. Makes me want to run out and buy a camera that a macro lens can be put on. What a glorious photo! More please!

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  3. Hi Leslie, Thanks for the great advice, think a small tattoo is coming up for my left hand, always prefer VERY simple, small = big.

    Hi Jennifer, Run out now and get it, I'm loving it, may need to buy another hard drive to store all the images but it's a wonderful way way to look at the word.

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