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Feb
11
Photo of the Week 51 – Marsh Willowherb
Filed Under Photography on February 11, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I’m a little bit late again this week, though I’m a day less late than I was last week … so progress at least 🙂
Anyhow, the photo I’ve chosen for this week is one I shot last autumn along the towpath of the Royal Canal near Maynooth, or, to be more precise, between Pike’s Bridge and Deey Bridge. This is a closeup of a single Marsh Willowherb (Epilobium palustre) flower.
- Camera: Nikon D40
- Lens: Nikon DX AFS 55-200mm
- Exposure: 1/200 sec
- Focal Length: 200mm
- Focal Ratio: F8
- ISO: 800
- Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
- Exposure Bias: -0.67
Nice! I’m wondering whether it would have looked better or not if at least some of the stalk had been in focus.
I’m trying to improve my own understanding of depth of field lately, and found a really neat tool which you might find useful. http://www.dofmaster.com/iphone.html
Thanks Allister, that’s a great tip!
As it happens I really like the dreamy look here having nothing in focus but the flower, but it would have been worth trying.
Bart.