Water Droplets

[dannyrich]

I have lent my D40 to my friend to learn phoography a bit along with the kit lens and 55-200.

Im thinking of doing some water work tonight with my other but i only have a 50mm f/1.8.

Will it do the job or will it be too soft?

Im kind of thinking it might look good with a shallow DOF and only the droplet in focus. Will be trying anyway.

If my remote flash has arrived will be using filters too!

Any tips?

I dont know whether it will be too soft down at 2.8 should i be going for f/8 - f/11 for sharpness?

I also have a fisheye to play with so i might try that too! Although i would have to be incredibly close to the acton and im not that confident!

[private]

Check out this thread most of the photos have been deleted but Snapdragon is an expert on water droplets - her pic was even in Times Square!

[PhotoNewt]

Originally Posted by dannyrich

...I dont know whether it will be too soft down at 2.8 should i be going for f/8 - f/11 for sharpness?...

Anything between f/2.8 - f/4 should provide you excellent sharpness and shallow depth of field.

If I were you (and the subject allows), I would take several exposures from f/2.8 through f/4 and decide later on the computer which one is(are) the keeper(s).