Want critique Face to face with my beaty , Ephemera vulgata

[nataliaflejszar&Photo]

Ephemera vulgata - with help of MinitecaPhotographie I know , what this my beauty is
Now I want to your opinions about this photo , ho you like it
I used manual focus for this shot, after lot of tryings with focus stacking.. - was very windy!

Do you have good tricks how to shoot insects in windy days?



Another one picture from the sarja :
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[Ron Westbroek]

Beautiful photo, only a little too dark I think but that is personal.
Photographing insects above wind force 3 or 4 is actually not possible and so stay at home or something else.

 

[nataliaflejszar&Photo]

Beautiful photo, only a little too dark I think but that is personal.
Photographing insects above wind force 3 or 4 is actually not possible and so stay at home or something else.

Danke je wel Ron Westbroek for your opinion .
And maybe you are right here . Wind is always bad friend of macro photographers . But maybe any tactic are possible here, by evening

 

[Jack]

You need to improve here the sharpness and details nataliaflejszar&Photo , it’s a bit out of focus the subject. Try higher f stop.

 

[nataliaflejszar&Photo]

You need to improve here the sharpness and details nataliaflejszar&Photo , it’s a bit out of focus the subject. Try higher f stop.

Thanks for your comment Jack .
I tried to find this beautiful insects yesterday again on the river, but didn't find them any more . But some of anothers insects..

 

[Masterjohn]

Natalia, indeed i agree with Ron Westbroek that the picture is too dark wlth shallow depth of field. A higher f stop means less light and longer shutterspeed. To solve this you need a flashlight.
A trick i use is To take the camera in one hand and take the branche of leave in the other hand an try to focus bij moving the subject untill it is in focus. Wind is the biggest enemy by taking macroshots.
another possibility is waiting the wind falls. Wint often comes in waves.

 

[nataliaflejszar&Photo]

Natalia, indeed i agree with Ron Westbroek that the picture is too dark wlth shallow depth of field. A higher f stop means less light and longer shutterspeed. To solve this you need a flashlight.
A trick i use is To take the camera in one hand and take the branche of leave in the other hand an try to focus bij moving the subject untill it is in focus. Wind is the biggest enemy by taking macroshots.
another possibility is waiting the wind falls. Wint often comes in waves.

Dank je wel Masterjohn for your comment and your good advantages

 

[Jack]

I forgot to mention as well, that the image is to dark too, but this already has been mentioned by Ron Westbroek and Masterjohn

 

[nataliaflejszar&Photo]

I forgot to mention as well, that the image is to dark too, but this already has been mentioned by Ron Westbroek and Masterjohn

Yes I know . Just hardness of windy night on the river

 

[Helix_2648]

I prepare a tool to clamp the leafs if it's to windy. Maybe you can try to build something similar nataliaflejszar&Photo?



It's made of a steel bar and some clamps from a soldering station (e.g. Link). You can also use a plastic stick or something like that.