Macro Shot of Watch

[Blairc]

Hi all,

Here is a macro shot of my Mum's watch in Jimmy Chung's restaurant in Edinburgh. Taken with a Sony W-50 at the 'P' setting with the colour B&W.

All CC welcome!

 

[Olympus8MP]

Some more DOF to show the hands would be nice

 

[AUZambo]

Can you get that much DOF with a macro lens? I thought that was one of the disadvantages of having a true macro.

 

[Blairc]

Sorry to sound newbish but what is DOF?

 

[AUZambo]

Sorry to sound newbish but what is DOF?

Depth of Field...and if that's doesn't mean much it refers to the amount of depth you have in focus.

A greater DOF can be accomplished by decreasing aperture and decreasing (slowing) shutter speed (or decreasing iso...but I think people generally accomodate changes in aperture with changes in shutter speed.).
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I originally said increase shutter speed...what I meant was increase the amount of time the sensor is exposed. Oh well!

 

[Olympus8MP]

yeah just close your aperture a little bit. So instead of f/2.8 or something make it about f/8 or larger (depending on the lighting conditions; a smaller aperture requires a longer shutter speed)

 

[RedDevilUK]

Some more DOF to show the hands would be nice

why do you want to see his mums hands???

:lmao:

sorry.... ill get my coat :blushing:

 

[Olympus8MP]

why do you want to see his mums hands???

:lmao:

sorry.... ill get my coat :blushing:

hehe I had thought of that pun once I posted... :lmao::lmao:

 

[Blairc]

Almost forgot about this thread, sorry.

The picture was taken with a compact so I can't decrease the aperature, but I will try to get another picture of said watch when I get my shiny new EOS 350 in a couple of weeks.

Cheers,

Blair