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close-ups with 70-300mm

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close-ups with 70-300mm

Postby aswcheng on Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:36 am

First trial with the Tamron 70-300mm lens. As expected, the images are not very sharp, and were touched up a little in PS. All taken with the SB800 and Diffusion Dome.

Can't find one which is not damaged... (but I think the damages may have made a more interesting subject)
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Dinner!!
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This is just a little fellow (~3-4mm in length). Had to manually focus.
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With the limitation of this lens, what can I do to get sharper images? The option of buying a proper macro lens is not quite on the table at the moment...
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:55 am

Tripod may help you getting sharper pics in macro shoot.
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Postby yeocsa on Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:42 am

Can't agree more. Use tripod. It will make alot of difference especially when using slower shutter speed. Slower shutter speed will bring out the colours in the background.

Use a smaller aperture for greater depth of field.

Use unsharp mask in either Photoshop or Nikon Capture.

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Postby bloop on Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:57 pm

BBQ Pork? FWIW your shots are sharper than anything I've gotten with the Sigma 70-300.
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