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Old 14th June 2018, 09:43   #194
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Originally Posted by Rocket View Post
Good shots Phil.

You have given me the idea of trying high ISO and high shutter speed on my camera. I started shooting macro a few years back using that method but only on really sunny days did it work well. Then I started using flash, which works really well but has the downside of waiting for the flash to recharge and it can look unnatural. The high ISO performance in modern cameras has improved and I have better gear now so I will revisit the original method.

Just need the rain to stop and the clouds to clear.
Thanks Paul

The butterfly was in constant flutter and would not keep still even for a second. I took 20 of those photos at 1/8000sec and the ISO was set to auto, which came out at 1600. In post edit, the photo was dark, so I had to push up the exposure and twiddle around with the black point, white, black, saturation, contrast and brightness, then noise reduction. The shutter speed: next time, I will try 1/4000 sec for the fast moving subject. There is no TV or radio here, so it gives me something to do and it’s fun.
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