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Old 03-12-2009, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Rickster View Post
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As you said i need to get the fore ground in focus
will try how is this picture is this much better?
Yes, that's pretty close to the traditional sharp subject against a blurry background

The focus is bang on the tip of the grass and concentrates our attention there.

One thing you might like to try is aligning the plane of focus with the subject so you can get it all sharp. If you had selected a slightly lower shooting angle you might have got the whole of the stalk in the foregound in focus. When selecting aperture I'd suggest aiming for the largest aperture you can that allows you to get the whole of the subject sharp - the larger the aperture the blurrier the background but the less DoF you have. I think that challenge of finding the right DoF is one of the joys of macro photography

Just out of curiosity, what camera/lens are you using?

Here's one of mine using the kind of differential focus technique described above:
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