If you take a look at the background you'll see that you've got fairly
good background DOF but little or none to the front. You may have
needed to focus half way into the flower head rather than on the
butterfly in order to make best use of the DOF.
If you know approximately how far away you were a DOF calculator will
show you how much leeway you've got ahead and behind the point of focus
in order to get it all in (assuming that's possible).
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/21/2011 8:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks for looking, Chuck. I agree with you. I don't like the OOF bloom,
> either. I'm just getting accustomed to working around this plant. I need
> to stop down some more, as well as trying to get the axis of the flower
> parallel to the plane of focus. All this, without spooking the insect.
> I'll keep working at it.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Two Images from HOT Tennessee
>
>
>> This is the first one of yours in a long time that I don't cotton to.
>> It brings out my old dislike of foregrounds out of focus. But I have to
>> admit you nailed the focus on the subject.
>>
>> And, yes, I think my electric meter may be burning its bearings today.
>> The thermometer said 103 at peak today. That's even overly hot for
>> Florida but this is New York.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/2011 2:25 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> On a very hot day, we had our first visitor of consequence to the new
>>> Butterfly Bush. I now have to figure out the best angle to use to
>>> capture these "bottom feeders".
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/First+BF+Bush+Visitor+60mm.jpg.html
>>>
>>> The busiest appliances in town are mounted on the outside wall.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Busiest+Household+Appliance.jpg.html
>>>
>>> E-1 with Leica Elmarit-R 60mm Macro
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
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