Macro Day: Pets

This week’s Macro Day Chal­lenge: PETS

Pets

That Nose
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This is some­thing I want to/need to prac­tice; manual focus, bad light and a con­stantly mov­ing tar­get make mac­ros of doggy noses really dif­fi­cult to shoot. The shot is not as per­fect as I’d like, but I see it as a good start­ing point for shoot­ing unpre­dict­able subjects.

I didn’t want to use a flash as the lens has to be really in close and it would com­pletely startle/blind Ziggy. Per­haps I need to sac­ri­fice on noise levels and go for a higher ISO?

Hmmm… This is new ter­rit­ory for me: I’m so used to shoot­ing inan­im­ate objects.


2 Comments

  • Charlie wrote:

    That’s pretty darned good for a photo of him when you’re so up close. I haven’t a clue about cam­era set­tings so I can’t offer an opin­ion there. It’s some­thing I want learn about.

  • Charlie: Thanks, although hope­fully, I’ll work some­thing out — even if it’s through trial and error!

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