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Rob Barron · 27-10-2006, 15:10

Can't agree with you on that one Danpen, remember I was not taking a photo of a statue but of a moving object. When a wasp is working its way along a branch like that, it uses its feelers constantly twitching all the time. Getting a smaller aperture would have meant using a slower shutter speed so the increased DoF would have been countered by more blurring from the moving feelers.

No matter how much we aim for perfection, we must always accept that every picture has limitations and I personally feel what you have suggested is a nice 'ideal' but impossible in practice. Had the light been strong enough to reduce the aperture and slow the shutter down but still high enough to 'freeze' all movement then that would be different but I am not convinced that this picture would even benefit from such pin sharpness. The slight softness shows this is a living, breathing and moving piece of wildlife.

What do others think on this point? I am not arguing the feelers are pin sharp, just that I don't feel they should necessarily be so in every case.

Cheers,
Rob

27-10-2006, 15:10	#10 (permalink)
Rob Barron Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 5,386	Re: Wasp up close Can't agree with you on that one Danpen, remember I was not taking a photo of a statue but of a moving object. When a wasp is working its way along a branch like that, it uses its feelers constantly twitching all the time. Getting a smaller aperture would have meant using a slower shutter speed so the increased DoF would have been countered by more blurring from the moving feelers. No matter how much we aim for perfection, we must always accept that every picture has limitations and I personally feel what you have suggested is a nice 'ideal' but impossible in practice. Had the light been strong enough to reduce the aperture and slow the shutter down but still high enough to 'freeze' all movement then that would be different but I am not convinced that this picture would even benefit from such pin sharpness. The slight softness shows this is a living, breathing and moving piece of wildlife. What do others think on this point? I am not arguing the feelers are pin sharp, just that I don't feel they should necessarily be so in every case. Cheers, Rob __________________ Rob Barron robbarron@aol.com If you look down on other people, don't expect them to look up to you!