Baby blue.

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 13:52

Possibly the best pic ive taken so far imo. Im well chuffed.

I found this little fella sitting on a leaf in the garden. Its a baby I think because it was tiny, and was just warming up in the sun. He sat there for ages and barely moved.

jchiver · 26 May 2007 at 14:07

very nice i like a lot

Amp34 · 26 May 2007 at 14:08

Is the tip of its face slightly OOF? It looks like the focus is just behind its head. :confused:

Other than that a lovely photo.

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 14:13

I don't think the face is oof. Having said that, the dof was silly small. The whole butterfly was about 1-1.5cm across, so im pretty much resting the lens on the poor little thing, so the plane of focus might be a little out.

Zheka · 26 May 2007 at 14:50

Great shot mate. Lovely colors, good dof and composition.
What lens? I'm thinking of doing some macro too.

Irish_Tom · 26 May 2007 at 15:22

Stunning mate

5*'s from me.

Panzer

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 15:22

Zheka said:
Great shot mate. Lovely colors, good dof and composition.
What lens? I'm thinking of doing some macro too.

Cheers. Stock 18-55mm Nikon lens, with a cheap Hoya closeup filter attachment.

Edit; here's another, slightly toned down version.

Tonks · 26 May 2007 at 15:37

Not much to say but to repeat everyone else, tis a Very nice shot, Isay a very nice shot

Just a thought regarding the bokah you have produced, I think on a shot like this it what you have got works well, the bokeh doesn't take the focus away from the subject but rather highlights it. But on a portrait the bokeh would look more pleasing on the eye if it was circular rather than nondescript blur. I am wondering what lens would you need to get 'circular' bokeh. I think it has to do with the shape of the aperture blades, curved blades will get you round bokeh and straight blades will get you hexagonal bokeh, actual shape depends on how many and the shape of the blades in the aperture ring.

Example of 'circular' bokah

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 15:39

Tonks said:
Not much to say but to repeat everyone else, tis a Very nice shot, Isay a very nice shot

You not only seem to be repeating everyone else, but your also repeating yourself.

Cheers.

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 16:55

Heres the rest of this mornings set;

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And yes as you may have guessed, I was on a bug hunt.

Tonks said:
Just a thought regarding the bokah you have produced, I think on a shot like this it what you have got works well, the bokeh doesn't take the focus away from the subject but rather highlights it. But on a portrait the bokeh would look more pleasing on the eye if it was circular rather than nondescript blur. I am wondering what lens would you need to get 'circular' bokeh. I think it has to do with the shape of the aperture blades, curved blades will get you round bokeh and straight blades will get you hexagonal bokeh, actual shape depends on how many and the shape of the blades in the aperture ring.

Example of 'circular' bokah

Can't really help you there im afraid. All I know is that mirror lenses can produce doghnut shaped highlights. Personally I prefer a really blurred, soft bokeh in most shots.

Irish_Tom · 26 May 2007 at 17:04

#1 of the new set is :eek:

<-- that good!

Panzer

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 17:08

Panzerbjorn said:
#1 of the new set is <-- that good!

Panzer

Im happy with it, but its not 100% right. If you look closely, the face is slightly oof.

I only took a few with black felt behind. Should have tried more really.

Scuzi · 26 May 2007 at 17:18

The shot in the OP is excellent. The only thing that spoils it is that the eye (or the bottom of the eye) is slightly out of focus. I find my eye drawn to the wing rather than the eyes and that kind of detracts from the image a bit.

In the grand scheme of things though thats a minor detail, it's a great photograph

I do prefer the composition of the first shot from your second set though.

What lens is that? The bokeh is beautiful.

Messiah Khan · 26 May 2007 at 17:23

Scuzi said:
The shot in the OP is excellent. The only thing that spoils it is that the eye (or the bottom of the eye) is slightly out of focus. I find my eye drawn to the wing rather than the eyes and that kind of detracts from the image a bit.

In the grand scheme of things though thats a minor detail, it's a great photograph

What lens is that? The bokeh is beautiful.

Cheers Scuzi. Its the stock lens that came with my Nikon D40X. Its a AF-S 18-55mm