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11/07/2005 08:35:38 PM · #1 |
While reading some photography books on "close ups" and "macros" I noticed that most of the sample color photos in the book were taken with slow shutter (less than 1/30) and high Fstop (+10 or over)using a tripod of course. By looking at the shots, it seems that there was more than enough available light to use a normal 1/60 shutter.
I know about Fstop and DOF but how does such a slow shutter speed (sometimes up to 1 sec) benefit a closeup. I would think that the chance of motion is much greater with the slow shutter.
The shots in the book were very sharp. They were usually "film" shots but some were digital.
How does this setup benefit the closeup shot? How would this fly have come out if I had been able to keep him still enough to use 1/30 and say F32 if enough light was available. As he is I used F11 and 1/250 shutter.
Besides DOF, does slow shutter help with color, sharpness and/or any other aspect?
Thanks,
KenSkid
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11/07/2005 08:41:48 PM · #2 |
| Your flys feet are OOF. If your were shooting for a book or a magazine you would want to close down the lens a bit more to increase DOF. But as to your question, the slow shutter speed does nothing to help the photo other then alowing the photographer to close down the lens to a small aperture while still being able to use a low grain ISO. |
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11/07/2005 09:48:22 PM · #3 |
Another suggestion for macros is to utilize the DOF preview mode to see what will be sharp and what will be OOF. I'm assuming that the D70 has such a feature. It may be difficult to see, since the finder will get dark if you are stopped way down, but you can generally see what's going on with your DOF.
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11/07/2005 10:25:22 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Another suggestion for macros is to utilize the DOF preview mode to see what will be sharp and what will be OOF. I'm assuming that the D70 has such a feature. It may be difficult to see, since the finder will get dark if you are stopped way down, but you can generally see what's going on with your DOF. |
The D70 does have it. It's down below the lens on the righthand side. |
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