Butterfly - EOS 20D Test Shot

Posted by Parrothead Pete on Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:12 am

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I'm still learning this puppy. Stopped by butterfly world to try this thing out.

Shot in JPG High.

Canon EOS 20D, 1/200, F/4; ISO Speed 400, 550ex; 70-200 2.8L USM IS w/25mm ext tube.

Sharpened in photoshop cs. Next time over there, I will try RAW mode.

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by Ken Cravillion on Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:29 am

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Looks good. Needs a bit more DOF though.

I like my 20D!

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by AForns on Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:55 am

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Looks good Mike no color issues!!!!

When you to for the USM might want to view at 100% since it will be easier to evaluate!!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:22 pm

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USM won't correct this too well - the real problem is that you weren't totally parallel to the butterfly so the posterior part of the wings were out of the focal plane. The left wing wasn't in the same plane as the right either as the top left part of the wing is also going soft. F/4 is not a good choice for this type of photography due to the shallopw DOF. In this case, since you were using flash anyway and everything is pretty much the same distance from the camera, stopping down to like f/11 or f/16 would be the proper way to take this photo. you can keep the shutter speed at 1/200 and let the flash do the work. Just suggestions for future photos like this, hope you don't mind.

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by Parrothead Pete on Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:11 pm

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E.J. Peiker wrote:USM won't correct this too well - the real problem is that you weren't totally parallel to the butterfly so the posterior part of the wings were out of the focal plane. The left wing wasn't in the same plane as the right either as the top left part of the wing is also going soft. F/4 is not a good choice for this type of photography due to the shallopw DOF. In this case, since you were using flash anyway and everything is pretty much the same distance from the camera, stopping down to like f/11 or f/16 would be the proper way to take this photo. you can keep the shutter speed at 1/200 and let the flash do the work. Just suggestions for future photos like this, hope you don't mind.

Thanks for the advice. I shot it handheld. I normally don't do these w/o a tripod but you can't take one into butterfly world. I did notice that this lens combo produced a much shallower DOF than on the film camera...I'm so used to the EOS 3 so I have to learn the ins and outs of the 20D and the digital medium.

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