Mantis Kongfu Master

[BJF]

 

[cgipson1]

Need to use flash to even out the highlights where they are fried. A little more depth of field would be good too... looks like you shot these at F8 and ISO160 at 135mm. You could have kicked it up to ISO 400 and used F13-F16 and got the entire Mantis sharp!

 

[BJF]

Need to use flash to even out the highlights where they are fried. A little more depth of field would be good too... looks like you shot these at F8 and ISO160 at 135mm. You could have kicked it up to ISO 400 and used F13-F16 and got the entire Mantis sharp!

Thanks for your kind comments. Very professional and helpful.

 

[cgipson1]

Need to use flash to even out the highlights where they are fried. A little more depth of field would be good too... looks like you shot these at F8 and ISO160 at 135mm. You could have kicked it up to ISO 400 and used F13-F16 and got the entire Mantis sharp!

Thanks for your kind comments. Very professional and helpful.

I hope it was perceived as helpful, as that is how it was meant! I am sometimes terse in my comments... and should probably be less so.

 

[cgipson1]

I did a quick photoshop on this image for you (you have My Photos Are OK to Edit).. just to kill the fried highlights a little.. and sharpened it just a bit more, added some contrast. Just to see what it would look like. What do you think?

 

[BJF]

I did a quick photoshop on this image for you (you have My Photos Are OK to Edit).. just to kill the fried highlights a little.. and sharpened it just a bit more, added some contrast. Just to see what it would look like. What do you think?

Thanks for your edit. Yes, DOF control is the key. The original shot could be better if the DOF was a little bit deeper.

 

[Ron Evers]

I just posted some mantis pics & then found this post.

If you were using a 135mm prime, a set of extension tubes would give you nice magnification & decent working distance.