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This macro / closeup shot was taken by me of an insect (Name not known?) at Vira, Kachchh, Gujarat. The Guy was very interestingly posing in a macho style - ready to attack stance… on the roadside which caught my attention.
I had to get really… really lower (almost 180°) on the ground to angle it from the front & very closely (about 3-5 inches). It took some patience & some tweaking on the camera to get this correct composition. 2 elements were of prime importance to me: (1) Zoom & Focus. (2) Aperture.
I opened my lens's full focal length to get as close as possible (as I did not have Macro Lens). But as with the Zoom came a difficult task to keep this guy exactly in the centre of frame & avoid any shake. Hence the second thing I did was setting Higher F-Stop (Aperture), which helped me in controlling excessive Day-Light & increase the DoF in macro. Had I opened the Aperture more (Lower F-Stop Nos.) the details could have been blurred & the image could have been softened, which generally is not desirable in Macro Shots.
Another good thing happened with these settings was that; the Subject (insect) is in in tight frame with sharp focus on its front body and the background got blurred ( which otherwise would have distracted the eye from the subject).
- PRABHAT {Lucky}
Shot with: Sony Alpha-DSLR-A350 with 18-200 Tamron Lens .
Shutter : 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture : f/11.0
Focal Length : 200 mm
ISO Speed : 200
Exposure Bias : 0 EV
Flash : Off
Metering Mode : Multi-segment
Light Source : Natural Daylight
Color Space : sRGB
White Balance : Auto
Color Temperature : Auto
Color Mode : Vivid
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Normal
