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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 753199" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>Nice shot, MrsRobs! </p><p></p><p>The only thing I might do if that shot were mine would be to crop it a little tighter and maybe add a vignette. Both will make a smaller subject (the bee) stand out a bit more:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]352298[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You might want to try this some time: rather than running around after the bee, stay stationary near one or two flowers where it looks like it may be landing. Manually focus on the flower, then put your camera in continuous shooting mode and start firing as the bee approaches. You'll get a lot of shots that are out of focus as it flies towards and away from you, but there will also be some shots where the insect is right on the focal plane and very sharp. (If you use a tripod and remote trigger, all the better!)</p><p></p><p>I use that technique myself, because the auto focus on my D5500 is not always up to the task of tracking fast moving - and small! - subjects. It also has problems with back-focusing when I go for a very shallow depth of field. If your D300 can auto focus faster and doesn't front or back focus, great! Use its auto settings. But if you're still having to around run after the bee in order to get it sharp, maybe try the stationary approach I described.</p><p></p><p>Great job! :encouragement:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 753199, member: 46690"] Nice shot, MrsRobs! The only thing I might do if that shot were mine would be to crop it a little tighter and maybe add a vignette. Both will make a smaller subject (the bee) stand out a bit more: [ATTACH=CONFIG]352298._xfImport[/ATTACH] You might want to try this some time: rather than running around after the bee, stay stationary near one or two flowers where it looks like it may be landing. Manually focus on the flower, then put your camera in continuous shooting mode and start firing as the bee approaches. You'll get a lot of shots that are out of focus as it flies towards and away from you, but there will also be some shots where the insect is right on the focal plane and very sharp. (If you use a tripod and remote trigger, all the better!) I use that technique myself, because the auto focus on my D5500 is not always up to the task of tracking fast moving - and small! - subjects. It also has problems with back-focusing when I go for a very shallow depth of field. If your D300 can auto focus faster and doesn't front or back focus, great! Use its auto settings. But if you're still having to around run after the bee in order to get it sharp, maybe try the stationary approach I described. Great job! :encouragement: [/QUOTE]
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