This image continues my occasional series of shots from our crop of peonies this year, as well as my ongoing discussion and mild obsession with depth of field for macro work. I shot this at f/29, which created a deeper DOF than my previous 2 peony macro images, but still only about one-half inch of full focus. To facilitate the very closed aperture I also shot at ISO 3200, which was more than I needed for this shot but I was moving in and out of shade and the shots with a bit less light needed that ISO boost to allow for a reasonably fast shutter speed. As a result, I had to impose some noise reduction at the computer, but otherwise I’m very pleased with the result. Even the noise that did come out of the D700 camera at 3200 ISO was not too bad.
And for those of you who care not about such technical minutiae, please enjoy the image. I’m trying to get my head back to a space where it’s that simple.
Jim Denham
11 Jun 2012Love the tones Mark – they really shine nicely!
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Chris Frailey
11 Jun 2012Love the lighting here Mark.
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