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Arun Acharjee
19-04-2016, 11:16 AM
After a long I found an Indian Flower Mantis last day. The sky was cloudy and it was 4.50 pm on the Gangetic Plain (Madanpur, Nadia, West Bengal) means that was quite dull light specially when it was a bush. So the light was really a challange to me. Though I have a ring flash it was a bit difficult to focus the subject properly. I tried my best and captured a number of shots of the species. Here is one among them. Wish you enjoy the beauty.

EXIF Info:

Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikkor 40mm f/2.8 macro
Aperture: f/10
Shutter speed: 1/200
ISO: 250
Handheld, Edited, Cropped, Ring Flash fired

Thank you.
Mrudul Godbole
19-04-2016, 05:27 PM
Nice. How big crop is this? There seems to be some noise and loss of details. You could have tried to include less of the out of focus leaf at the bottom with more space at the top. That would have enhanced the composition further. Thanks for sharing.
Sabyasachi Patra
26-04-2016, 03:29 PM
It is tough to shoot with a 40mm. One needs to be very close to the subject and the depth of field is very shallow. Wish there was little bit more light on the mantis. Thanks for sharing.
Arun Acharjee
29-04-2016, 09:58 AM
Nice. How big crop is this? There seems to be some noise and loss of details. You could have tried to include less of the out of focus leaf at the bottom with more space at the top. That would have enhanced the composition further. Thanks for sharing.

Hello Mrudul. This frame is almost 70 percent of the original(As I think. I would be thankful if anyone tell me how to get the cropped percentage). Thank you for your advice madam.
Arun Acharjee
29-04-2016, 10:07 AM
It is tough to shoot with a 40mm. One needs to be very close to the subject and the depth of field is very shallow. Wish there was little bit more light on the mantis. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Sabyasachi da. When I decide to buy a macro kit I hardly had any knowledge of this particular problem of shallow depth of field. It is my first ever experience on shooting with a macro lens. Any way, I think it would benefit me when I get a macro lens with longer focal length in future.:001_smile: