Two from my trip to the Bahamas, let me know what you think!

[Turkasaurus]

D3100 40mm 2.8 Macro unedited

 

[TCampbell]

I like your angles, your lighting, and exposures are great, but your depth of field was tragically too thin.

When shooting close-up shots, the depth of field (at such close focusing distances) is deceptively narrow. You end up having to use f-stops that are much higher than you might guess. Don't feel too bad... I personally botched a lot of close-up shots learning that lesson myself. When shooting so close, stay away from the low f-stops.

 

[sovietdoc]

Nice shots

 

[DangerMau5]

I like both shots especially the last one. But like Tim said, watch out for shallow depth of field. I also learned my lesson the hard way with my 85mm 1.8 lens shooting wide open.

 

[Turkasaurus]

I know! I wish I shot at different apertures, its too bad really. What aperture do you think would have been better?

1) 1/500 F8 ISO 100 40mm
2) 1/250 F8 ISO 100 40mm

 

[TheBiles]

I know! I wish I shot at different apertures, its too bad really. What aperture do you think would have been better?

1) 1/500 F8 ISO 100 40mm
2) 1/250 F8 ISO 100 40mm

You didn't change the apertures there. Option 2 is a stop less shutter speed than option 1. Personally, I always shoot at f/16 for macro stuff unless I'm intentionally trying to blur things. The DoF is just crazy thin.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[Dracaena]

Beautiful hermit crabs! nr2 would have been perfect with a bigger aperture.

 

[miguellara78]

very shallow DOF but very very pretty.

Tks for sharing.

 

[msaha]

Amazing shots!
I like them especially the second.