Yes boxgirl73 - lovely pics - actually I liked both the lilly & the geranium, lillys narly always look good - the geranium is good particularly as it shows a lot of subtle colours within the petals.
Any chance you could give us some camera details??
Geoff
Sure...the camera I used was my new A95...love it...obviously I used it in the Macro mode. Having fun with it......people now always expect to get their photos taken when i'm around....probably say...is she bringing her camera THIS time too? oh well
Hey I sympathise - I get grief about the camera - yet people are always happy when they see the pics!
That's a great little camera - one of my favorites, takes great pics - in your hands it should reward with some great memories and shots.
Keep posting your stuff
Well, the obvious one: the A200 does pretty good close-ups.
In addition, the image could stand a bit of USM. Once I've resized to web-size I usually do a USM of amount=100, radius=1. That seems to give a bit more crispness. Otherwise a very good pic I'd say. I like the little fly, it gives a nice accent.
OK this is a rose my wife picked - couldn't resist it sitting there in the kitchen
quickly snapped it up.
gstafleu : - Thanks for the comments. As for the USM - it's a handy tool for sure. My version in Serif has Amount, Radius & Threshold. I tend to use it quite paringly when I do use it. The Radius I have found seems to link with the image size - so an 8mp image would require a larger radius for a similar affect to a smaller image with a smaller radius. Amount? I tend to range between 45 and 60 most of the time, then the threshold is a sort of smoothing off at the end and I usually stick with 1 or maybe 2 on a larger image.
Continuing on about the close ups - the A-200 has basically 2 macro positions one at each end of the zoom range. Neither go very close so true close ups are only achieved on the telephoto end ~ that's what I mean by a strange approach to macro. I have to be very carefull about focus because of the reduced depth of field. Quite happy though!
Thanks again for the comments - and to everyone else - keep this thread flying - it's very good!!
Geoff
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