Common Blue Damselfly

[JemC]

Or at least i think it is,
not as sharp as i would like, but was quite difficult to take as they were quite skittish,

Taken with

Canon 600d, Hand held,
Tamron 90mm macro lens,
f/11
1/250 sec
iso 400



thanks for looking

[Wavelength]

i think it is sharp enough to hold one's attention and make him/her say 'beautiful'....

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Geoff F]

Nothing wrong with sharpness on the main subject.

I would selectively tone down highlights on the background and maybe add a bit of noise reduction or a little bit of blur to parts of the background; otherwise this looks fine.

[billtils]

Good one James.

I don't think it is a focus problem, so much as one of depth of field. You can close the Tamron down a bit from f11 to f18 or thereabouts which will help, and the soft area is localised to the tail, which suggests perhaps the orientation of the body was not entirely parallel to the sensor.

[IzzieK]

Good one James.

I don't think it is a focus problem, so much as one of depth of field. You can close the Tamron down a couple of stops from f11, and the soft area is localised to the tail, which suggests perhaps the orientation of the body was not entirely parallel to the sensor.

Not that I will encounter this kind of shooting (not yet...) but this is good to remember...

[JBW]

Or at least i think it is,
not as sharp as i would like, but was quite difficult to take as they were quite skittish,

Taken with

Canon 600d, Hand held,
Tamron 90mm macro lens,
f/11
1/250 sec
iso 400



thanks for looking

I use the Tamron 90 on my Sony Alpha a58. I find there is no image deterioration up to F/16. My sweet spot for sharpness with a decent depth of field is F/14. It just might be the same with a Canon?