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Sally Morgan
{K:9219} 4/23/2007
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It's huge...and sharp - with lots of detail!
Nice wasp :)
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Martin Halley
{K:580} 4/19/2007
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Adrienne,
Thank you for your kind comments. It's always a trade-off, depth of field against speed against chroma noise. Her wings are still beating, although she is begining to fold them having made contact with the wood. Even at 1/500th they are still too quick to freeze. Using flash is not an option with bees and wasps as the body hairs end up looking like polished fuse-wire due to their very high reflectivity.
At f8 (the best this little camera can achieve) the wings would still have been out of focus as the depth of field is just 3.4mm at this magnification (about 3:1 equiv).
Having said all that, yes, I agree - frozen wings in sharp focus would have been ideal but this is not realistically achieveable outside of a dedicated studio set-up. I reckon to achieve the ideal would require 1/2,500th, f64 and a very co-operative insect - none of which is available to me.
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Adrienne Baxter
{K:656} 4/19/2007
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Excellent image, Martin! Such good detail and color of the wasp's body. I would like it better if the wings were in sharp focus also but I'd be darn proud to have this photograph in my portfolio the way it is! Well-done.
Adrienne
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 4/18/2007
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Excellent macro, Martin! Very well done, although I hope she didn't stick around and start her colony!
Dave.
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Dan TDFoto
{K:8618} 4/18/2007
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Martin...nicely exectued MACRO...love these...you can always be amazed if we just stop to notice the small things....nice colour...composition and clarity..>Cheers DAN :)
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