My wife spotted this growing on a barbed wire fence across the road. I took 86 shots, hand held, I was standing on an embankment, and didn't fair too well in getting the depth of field I desired. I will return tomorrow and see if I can set up my tripod and get a sharper image.
So pretty and delicate and perfect against the dark background. (you sound like me I always take loads of shots just to be sure then end up with loads the same when I upload them!) Thanks for the follow too, very happy to follow back.
@paulaw - Thank you very much Paula! It had been cloudy and rainy most of the day. The sun finally peeked out briefly so I thought I'd try to get a picture of these, but the sun retreated behind the clouds again. I used my extension tubes and between no sun and loss of light from the extension tubes I turned the ISO up to 800 and still couldn't manage a decent DoF. I even shot in Program and the no flash setting and let the camera set the ISO, but nada! And because I've been burnt before thinking I had a sharp one looking at them on the small live view screen only to find out when I got home and looked at them on the monitor they weren't I kept snapping away. The dark background is a tree trunk.
@soboy5 - years ago there was honeysuckle growing along this fence line and then I thought it go choked out by poison ivy. But it looks healthier then ever now!
@lynnb - I went back today and tried with the tripod and you are right. I wasn't any more pleased with it then I was with these. Thank you for the kind comments and the fav!
@danette - No you are not :) I have gotten burnt before thinking I had a nice sharp image by viewing it on the live view. Some I could tell by looking at it that they were fuzzy, but I didn't take the time to delete them then.
Nice job. The focus is sharp and the composition is lovely. I checked your exif data and noticed you shot at f 11 which worked really well to allow both blooms to look sharp, then I went and checked your previous honeysuckle shot and saw it was at f 5.6 making it more difficult to get the whole flower in focus. Always a trade off between focal length and shutter speed though, especially if the wind comes into play.
@gardencat - Okay I switched your comments :)
I believe the one shot at f/5.6 I shot in either Program Mode or No Flash Mode. Either one lets the camera set the settings. But one interesting l thing I have noticed, at least with my camera, is that if I allow the camera to set the ISO, I can get away with higher ISO numbers without noticing a lot of noise as when I set the ISO above 400. I don't know why.
@karenmatthews - You are very kind Karen! But I wanted both flowers to be in focus not just the one in the foreground.
@kerristephens - Thank you Kerri!
@sassik - Thank you Sassik!
@paulaw - Thank you very much Paula! It had been cloudy and rainy most of the day. The sun finally peeked out briefly so I thought I'd try to get a picture of these, but the sun retreated behind the clouds again. I used my extension tubes and between no sun and loss of light from the extension tubes I turned the ISO up to 800 and still couldn't manage a decent DoF. I even shot in Program and the no flash setting and let the camera set the ISO, but nada! And because I've been burnt before thinking I had a sharp one looking at them on the small live view screen only to find out when I got home and looked at them on the monitor they weren't I kept snapping away. The dark background is a tree trunk.
@mittens - Thank you very much Marilyn!
@soboy5 - years ago there was honeysuckle growing along this fence line and then I thought it go choked out by poison ivy. But it looks healthier then ever now!
@lynnb - I went back today and tried with the tripod and you are right. I wasn't any more pleased with it then I was with these. Thank you for the kind comments and the fav!
@fueast - Thank you Alison! They have such a beautiful fragrance for all the bigger they are.
I believe the one shot at f/5.6 I shot in either Program Mode or No Flash Mode. Either one lets the camera set the settings. But one interesting l thing I have noticed, at least with my camera, is that if I allow the camera to set the ISO, I can get away with higher ISO numbers without noticing a lot of noise as when I set the ISO above 400. I don't know why.