Then I went out to photograph recently and I wanted everyone to know about the great early morning weather we have been having. The ordinary person would say "No Way," because it has been foggy and the humidity has been up and the temperatures have dropped at night. However, for a photographer this is great because it means there will be dew all over the place and so it was at Chiwaukee Prairie.
Here is what I found:
All the shots were taken with my 100 mm macro lens. With the third picture I added a close-up filter onto the front of the lens so I could get closer and see more detail.
Most people would say it was a "calm" morning, but it wasn't dead still and these things are fragile, so there was slight movement occasionally. I therefore used ISO 400 so my shutter speed wouldn't be too slow. I had it at 1/5 to 1/25 second as it was. My f stops were from f 6.3 to f 10. Not super great for a macro shot, but like I said, I didn't want too long of a shutter speed. Those I tried at a slower speed were blurry. Of course my camera was mounted on a tripod and I used a remote shutter release. I also used fill flash to try to stop the action of the very slight breeze and to add a little vibrance to the subjects since it was an overcast, foggy morning.
I just love "live view" for focusing. I can now get things in better focus than with the old film cameras. I did use the old technique of making sure I was as straight as possible to my subject (and not at an angle) so that I could get as much in focus as possible with these macro shots. In the old days we called this "in the same plane as the back of the camera."
On the whole it was a fun morning.
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