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What do you think, lavender and a wasp/bee


3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #684495 by suzievt
Lavender and a bee. 
I need to improve on the sharpness I think. 
What do you think?
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 1200D
Lens: 70-300mm
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Captured: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:11pm
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 1200D
Lens: 70-300mm
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Captured: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:08pm
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3 years 11 months ago #684511 by garyrhook
That's a bee.

Unfortunately, the focus is off on both of them. On the first, the leaves on the left are sharp; the flower and bee are not.

On the second, great composition, but the trick is (IMHO) getting the bee in focus. And it's hard; I've yet to accomplish that.

Check your lens for focus accuracy. It may need adjusting (if that's possible on your camera body).

PP wise, color is good, but could be brighter, and the shadows opened up.

I'll bet you had fun capturing these.
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3 years 11 months ago #684515 by suzievt
Thanks! Im really struggling with the focus..
Im going to ask some help to see if my camera needs adjusting.
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3 years 11 months ago #684516 by suzievt
Is the focus on the second photo on the lavender flower? Because I can't get it sharper then that I think..
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3 years 11 months ago #684529 by garyrhook

suzievt wrote: Is the focus on the second photo on the lavender flower? Because I can't get it sharper then that I think..


Not visible anywhere, as far as I can tell. So I think the plane of focus is farther away than the camera thinks it is.

Your first step is to figure out whether your camera body provides for focus adjustments (micro-adjustment, micro-focus adjustment, something like that). If not, the lens may have to be tuned to the body. Or you have a bad copy of the lens. So, a few things to look into.
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3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #684593 by Shadowfixer1
First question. Did the camera actually give you focus confirmation before you pressed the shutter? Second question. Do you have the camera set to focus priority release? Third question. What focal length was used? The shutter speed may need to be faster if you were at 300mm. When I get out of focus images like this, it's not the camera that needs adjusting, it's me and my settings/technique that need adjusting. 
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3 years 11 months ago #684596 by Steve Rodriguez
They said it all. Keep trying. 
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3 years 11 months ago #684604 by garyrhook

Shadowfixer1 wrote: First question. Did the camera actually give you focus confirmation before you pressed the shutter? Second question. Do you have the camera set to focus priority release? Third question. What focal length was used? The shutter speed may need to be faster if you were at 300mm. When I get out of focus images like this, it's not the camera that needs adjusting, it's me and my settings/technique that need adjusting. 


Right. The EXIF says a 70-300 at 1/250s. And these were likely shot at the minimum focus distance, guessing 5 feet-ish. So the DoF would be less than one inch, but that would encompass a significant portion of that bud. While one might guess camera movement, the first photo shows the stem almost in focus, and the nearby leaves in reasonable focus. There's no indication of movement in either image, so I ruled out motion.

She keeps going back to technique, which is a good thing. But we also want to rule out / address equipment problems.
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3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #684620 by Screamin Scott
If the intent was to shoot macro, then she should be focusing manually anyway as the camera's AF doesn't know where to put the focus as you get closer in. The shot with the bee flying in would be pretty much impossible to get both the bee and the flower in focus due to the narrow DOF in the scene...Oh, and it's a bee, not a wasp...
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3 years 11 months ago #684624 by Shadowfixer1
Scott, I agree with you and Gary, I was trying to get some information so we would know where to begin with providing answers. 
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