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As I went out this weekend to grab a few final shots for my upcoming book, I ran into my typical macro nightmare - wind. it was probably 5-6mph on and off, but that's a veritable windstorm beyond 0.5x or higher and it never seems to stop moving. I could use a plamp (if I owned one) and shield of some sort (annoying to carry along), or the most obvious thing, flash. I'm not a fan of macro flash, at least in the field, so I try to shoot all my stuff with natural light if possible.
Unfortunately, it was overcast, and even at ISO 3200 on my tripod mounted 5DIII, I was dealing with speeds around 1/20s at f/5.6 and I needed f/16- f/22 to get sufficient DOF.
I decided to try spraying and praying, and was able to nail these two sharp photos (ratio was roughly 1 sharp shot to 12 blurry ones):
f/16, 1/13s, ISO 3200
and even more impressively f/22, 4/10s, ISO 1600:
Why oh why haven't I tried this before??? Obviously it's catching the subject during that imperceptible pause between movements. I will be doing this with windy landscapes in the future, too. Thought I would pass this along...
Unfortunately, it was overcast, and even at ISO 3200 on my tripod mounted 5DIII, I was dealing with speeds around 1/20s at f/5.6 and I needed f/16- f/22 to get sufficient DOF.
I decided to try spraying and praying, and was able to nail these two sharp photos (ratio was roughly 1 sharp shot to 12 blurry ones):
f/16, 1/13s, ISO 3200
and even more impressively f/22, 4/10s, ISO 1600:
Why oh why haven't I tried this before??? Obviously it's catching the subject during that imperceptible pause between movements. I will be doing this with windy landscapes in the future, too. Thought I would pass this along...