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<blockquote data-quote="MoreCowbell" data-source="post: 821173" data-attributes="member: 47352">To Clovis, I cosider this a &quot;closeup&quot; in the sense that I cant get any sloser of the image would be completely out of fucus.&nbsp; So it's as &quot;close&quot; as I can get to the subject (in this case, the R. sage blooms).&nbsp; I agree that the DOF seems to be rather shallow.&nbsp; The bee was out of focus because I wasn't really trying to capture it.&nbsp; And since it was only a couple cm behind other parts that were somewhat in focus, it was not b/c shallow DOF.&nbsp; This is my take.&nbsp; But even the parts of the picture that are in focus - I frown at the resulotion !!&nbsp; It's not impressive.&nbsp; Why not??I will try other shots of a single blossom, as you suggest, and also try to use the &quot;half trigger&quot; depresson to help the camera to find the best focus, as you also suggested.&nbsp; (I often forget to do that.)And I'd much rather not have to do post-processing of images (e.g., focus stacking) to get a better picture, though I appreciate what that can produce. MTo BF - Great pictures and comments.&nbsp; Great resolutions in the watch pic.&nbsp; Seems that the lens may have been only 5&quot;-6&quot; away.I will experiment w/ A-priority to see if I get any success.This might be instructive.&nbsp; My photo partner (we go out and ID/photograph native desert plants here in NM) uses this lens on his Nikon D5600:Nikon DX VRAF-S NIKKOR 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3G EDarWith this lens, he kneels down and takes fabulous pics from ~1' away.&nbsp; Perfect detail &amp; resolution.&nbsp; Not as great as Clovis' bee on the sunflower pic but quite nice.&nbsp; So my question:What's the main difference betrween this lens and my AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoreCowbell, post: 821173, member: 47352"] To [B]Clovis[/B], I cosider this a "closeup" in the sense that I cant get any sloser of the image would be completely out of fucus. So it's as "close" as I can get to the subject (in this case, the R. sage blooms). I agree that the DOF seems to be rather shallow. The bee was out of focus because I wasn't really trying to capture it. And since it was only a couple cm behind other parts that were somewhat in focus, it was not b/c shallow DOF. This is my take. But even the parts of the picture that [B]are[/B] in focus - I frown at the resulotion !! It's not impressive. Why not?? I will try other shots of a single blossom, as you suggest, and also try to use the "half trigger" depresson to help the camera to find the best focus, as you also suggested. (I often forget to do that.) And I'd much rather not have to do post-processing of images (e.g., focus stacking) to get a better picture, though I appreciate what that can produce. M To [B]BF[/B] - Great pictures and comments. Great resolutions in the watch pic. Seems that the lens may have been only 5"-6" away. I will experiment w/ A-priority to see if I get any success. This might be instructive. My photo partner (we go out and ID/photograph native desert plants here in NM) uses this lens on his Nikon D5600: [B]Nikon DX VR AF-S NIKKOR 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3G EDar[/B] With this lens, he kneels down and takes fabulous pics from ~1' away. Perfect detail & resolution. Not as great as Clovis' bee on the sunflower pic but quite nice. So my question: What's the main difference betrween this lens and my [B]AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR[/B] ? [/QUOTE]

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