ORANGE

webbie, 3 months ago

Very niceee Sean great job :)

Al Bourassa, 3 months ago

Yes Sean, if you are using a large aperture like 2.8 the depth of field will be very touchy for focus distance. If you increase your f-stop to a higher number, you get a smaller aperture, and the depth of field lessens. At your highest f-stop, say 16, there will be virtually none, and everything will be clear as a bell! Cheers, Al

jo beerens, 3 months ago

Hi Sean. Short explanation. Focus or better DOF (depth of field = the part that is in focus) depends on Aperture and also on the size of the sensor (a Point and Shoot camera has a smaller sensor but longer/bigger DOF, a DSLR has a bigger sensor but DOF is more limited). In general: the higher the aperture number the longer/bigger DOF becomes.
You can influence where to put the focus by using 1 focuspoint instead of multiple focuspoints. You have an area before and after the focuspoint that is in focus. Also it is most of the times more pleasing to the eye to have a closer point (in this case the left part of the orange) in focus. You might do some Googling to get a longer and better explanation. Macro is fun but it pays off to know how to DOF works.
Hope this helps a bit.

tomg, 3 months ago

Now you are just being silly Sean, good one …

Amber Elizabet..., 3 months ago

good shot :) glad to see new work hugs friend

jo beerens, 3 months ago

Wiki to the rescue

Brian Beckett, 3 months ago

It’s trick when first starting off with macro Sean but stick with it. The best way to learn is set your camera up on a tripod and take loads of shots with differing apertures of the same subject and write them down as you go. Then when viewing them on your computer you can see the difference in the DOF made by changing apertures. Also on most DSLR’s there is a DOF button which will give you a preview of the DOF before you take the shot but I personally don’t really rate that function, but that’s me, other people swear by this function, I only swear at it :)))

mikrin, 3 months ago

Yep Sean I was having the same problem! There are some good suggestions up above. Thats what I have been working on. It takes awhile to get used to it. Good luck to ya!!

SNAPPYDAVE, 3 months ago

nice one sean … lunch ???

Ilene Brooks, 3 months ago

Still looks absolutely delicious!

Sande Elkins, 3 months ago

Seems like your question has been answered. I still think this photo is just luscious! Makes my mouth water:)

cherylc1, 3 months ago

great capture!

Mia1, 3 months ago

Look yumy yumy. Awesome capture.

phil1950, 3 months ago

Sean for macro shots use small aperture(high f number) and tripod. You’ll get there my friend. :)

kim Davitt, 3 months ago

its wonderful

but then i just point and shoot, this is still all new to me

Steven Agius, 3 months ago

Pretty good shot Sean, I’m still learning as well for closeups the more you try the better they become, great tips from the guys above must try the above suggestions.

Meach, 3 months ago

High Sean – I can’t remember what camera you have – think it might be the A100?
Anyway most DSLRs have a small button on the front, usually just below the lens that gives you a depth of field preview in the view finder – they aren’t brilliant but they do give you a rough idea where your foucus is.
I found with the alpha that for macro it’s best to set it on wide area focus unless you particularly want to focus in on some small aspect of the picture

Antanas, 3 months ago

gret exposure

shallay, 3 months ago

This is really instructive, I’m just a point and shoot too, but it’s marvellous that you’ve posted a question as well as a photo, and received so many useful tips.

brirose55, 3 months ago

nice one

Karl187, 3 months ago

Nice one Sean.

Sean Farragher, 3 months ago

WHAT MORE CAN I ASK FOR,,,,,,,,,,ITS LIKE SITTING AROUND WITH FRIENDS CHATTING,,THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT ADVICE

paul romanowski, 3 months ago

ORANGE, VERY MUCH SO…

Lucindawind, 3 months ago

beautiful shot of the orange …

aphoto4you, 3 months ago

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nice one…wow…sean…

Robyn Lakeman, 3 months ago

A lot have commented on the focus problem so I’ll just say nice shot :)

Aneta Adamkiewicz, 3 months ago

interesting picture

photogenic, 3 months ago

i just wanna eat it

daffodil, 3 months ago

I’m thirsty ! This orange is perfect . Beautiful color and details.

SNAPPYDAVE, 3 months ago

orange porn … hee hee

orourke, 3 months ago

great to see you trying new things , well done. i do like the lighting on this, it looks very inviting. look forward to seeing your macro proggression

orourke, 3 months ago

great to see you trying new things , well done. i do like the lighting on this, it looks very inviting. look forward to seeing your macro proggression

catblack, 3 months ago

wow , brill use of
depth
tantalising mmm

hallucingenic, 2 months ago

mm looks good.. wish i had one right now lol great capture :)

BLYTHART, about 1 month ago

I saw this little fellow having surgery ... looks as though he lived to tell the tale.