c and c

kitkat1

last of the summer honey photo. Would like c and c please.

pixbyjohn

Beautiful shot,you will get more comments if you can show photo in your post.

Rainbowsend

Nice colours, and composition, but it is out of focus. You need to have your main focal point sharp for this type of shot to work, in this instance I would guess that the wasp was your main focal point, you probably needed a faster shutter speed to freeze the movement of the wasp. A good attempt though

kitkat1

thanks for that I see what you mean about shutter speed and focusing on the wasp:)

oshead

I like it. Nice shot. The shutter speed doesn't seem to be a problem. The DoF is very narrow and thus focus is not spot on due to the little critter moving so fast after attaining focus and shutter being released. But it's not too far off either.

Rainbowsend

oshead wrote: »

The DoF is very narrow and thus focus is not spot on due to the little critter moving so fast after attaining focus and shutter being released.

Would that not indicate that the shutter speed was not fast enough to freeze the movement?

@KitKat......what where your camera settings as a matter of interest? and the focal length of the lens.

oshead

Rainbowsend wrote: »

Would that not indicate that the shutter speed was not fast enough to freeze the movement?

Well, can you see any evidence of movement on the wasp? Take for example the wings. How fast do they move? How many beats per second? Do they look very blurred? The leg on the bottom looks sharp enough.

Rainbowsend

oshead wrote: »

Well, can you see any evidence of movement on the wasp? Take for example the wings. How fast do they move? How many beats per second? Do they look very blurred? The leg on the bottom looks sharp enough.

It is soft, even the leg, the sharpest part is the flower above the wasp to my eyes anyway...which leave a lot to be desired
Anyway I dont want to make KitKat feel bad about the shot, that was just my opinion of the shot. Look forward to the camera settings!

oshead

So what you are saying is you can see motion blur, probably due to slow shutter speed, is that correct?

Rainbowsend

What I am saying is its soft, thats all

kitkat1

Its a very difficult shot to get as the wasp moves extremely fast from flower to flower....an easier shot would be the wasp resting on the flower. Thanks for the replies its great to get c and c in order to learn and improve.

kitkat1

the shutter speed was 1/1000

Rainbowsend

I agree with you, it is an extremely difficult shot to get and at 1/1000s it should have been sharp, but as the venerable mr Oshead has pointed out depth of field is important also as is focusing, just as a matter of interest what was the aperture and focal length?