{"id":7368,"date":"2016-04-08T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=7368"},"modified":"2023-04-06T20:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T01:18:49","slug":"wide-macro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/wide-macro\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide Macro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased a Laowa 15mm Wide Angle Macro Lens last year to photograph wildflowers. The advantage of this type of\u00a0lens is that you capture the flower as well as\u00a0the surrounding foliage, however, I struggled to get decent results. The issue was that I could not get a good exposure while maintaining image sharpness. This was mostly due to the subject moving in the wind. I decided that the only practical application was to use it on stationary objects (e.g. mushrooms, cactus flowers, etc.), however, I had an idea to use some of the knowledge gained from my recent trip to photograph large birds in the Gulf Coast. I set my camera on Aperture Priority mode (to lock in the depth of field) and set the ISO to Auto (with a range of 100-1600).<\/p>\n<p>I went out to photograph <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/texas-wildflowers\/\">Texas Wildflowers<\/a> with one of my photography friends and I decided to spend some time using the lens with my new knowledge. We chose a day with low winds and went out early to take advantage of the good lighting. I looked for\u00a0flowers that were illuminated by the early morning sun and I tried a variety of aperture settings. My results improved significantly from my early tests. I still need to work on getting softer backgrounds but I like the sharpness of the flower and the bee.<\/p>\n<p>The flower in this photograph is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=THFI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenthread<\/a> (Thelesperma filifolium). I am not sure what the small sweat bee is. If you know please send me a comment and I will update this post. This photograph was taken at <a href=\"http:\/\/tpwd.texas.gov\/state-parks\/mckinney-falls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McKinney Falls State Park<\/a> on one of the picnic trails.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7364\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7364\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7364\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/wide-macro\/greenthread-mckinney-falls\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. 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Kahler 2016&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Greenthread - McKinney Falls&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Greenthread &amp;#8211; McKinney Falls\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Greenthread &amp;#8211; McKinney Falls&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037-500x750.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7364\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037.jpg\" alt=\"Greenthread - McKinney Falls\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160407-McKinney-Falls-State-Park-037-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green thread Flower &amp; Sweat Bee \u00a0&#8211; McKinney Falls State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5ds\/\">Canon EOS 5DS<\/a> using my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/laowa-15mm-f4-wide-angle-11-macro-lens\/\">Laowa 15mm f\/4 1:1 Macro lens<\/a>\u00a0set on. The camera was set on <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/aperture-priority\/\">Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/11, shutter speed at 1\/1250th of a second and the ISO set at 800.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the profile for this flower\u00a0by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/greenthread\/\">here<\/a>. Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1996\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T. 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