Macro - Would this shot have done well?

08/02/2004 03:23:08 PM · #1

Looking through some of my older shots, I stumbled across this one taken during the DoF challenge. Too bad it's a couple of months old..

What do you think, would it have done well on the Macro challenge?

Thanks,
Ara

GUYinaTIE

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

08/02/2004 03:28:14 PM · #2

it's decent... the focus seems to be on the hand, not the lizard. The head of it is blurry. I'm more drawn to the lines in the hand than the lizard.

VisiBlanco

Canon EOS-5D

08/02/2004 03:29:30 PM · #3

Yea, I'd possibly recommend having the lizard face the camera and have it on your fingertip or thumb. :-\

vtruan

Nikon D5100

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon

08/02/2004 03:57:49 PM · #4

Probably not. Do to being kind of small. A bit more in your face, then yes.

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

08/02/2004 07:07:25 PM · #5

Ok, thanks. Anyone else?

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

08/02/2004 07:11:18 PM · #6

I agree with the others, in that the point of focus seems to be the hand.
At 1/125 sec, I suspect the lizard moved at the point of releasing the shutter, due to the blurring of the head.
A tighter shot would have done much better, or having it on a fingertip for instance.

Just my 0.02¢

08/02/2004 07:21:14 PM · #7

Originally posted by BradP:

Yeah, the little dude wouldn't stop moving. I'd try to compose the shot with my hand stretched out far enough away to focus, hold still and he'd already have moved. I should have brought a tripod for my hand, a tripod for my camera and a bottle of behave-all to squirt on the subject... =]

08/03/2004 02:43:40 AM · #8

BTW, can anyone ID it?

TooCool

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/03/2004 02:48:00 AM · #9

Originally posted by BikeRacer:

BTW, can anyone ID it?

Isn't it the Geiko gecko?

08/03/2004 02:49:35 AM · #10

Originally posted by TooCool:

Originally posted by BikeRacer:
BTW, can anyone ID it?

Isn't it the Geiko gecko?

Well, he was singing Everybody was Kung-fu Fighting, and he did try to sell me insurance, but I wasn't sure.

ScantyNebula

Canon EOS-5D