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starykocur In reply to MundM1 [2016-09-10 18:34:36 +0000 UTC]

No. In order to reduce effects of camera shaking, this shot has been taken with a monopod. The RAW file was given the standard procedure of image development (without sharpening). Afterwards, a smart blur filter has been applied to the background of the resulting JPEG wheras the butterfly and the already sharp part of the flower have been additionally sharpened in the editing tool of ACDSee.

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MundM1 In reply to starykocur [2016-09-10 18:51:12 +0000 UTC]

Ah ok. I should stop to zoom into pictures ;-D the wings have such a crazy texture, that it almost looks to weird to be real, nature is still the best painter, I guess. May I ask what lens you took that with, and if the settings where intentional, and if, what was your thought process behind it?

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starykocur In reply to MundM1 [2016-09-11 08:56:59 +0000 UTC]

I took this shot with the Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di USD MACRO 1:1 lens mounted on Sony A550 DSLR. Yes, the settings were intentional. A low ISO value (200 - the lowest one for this DSLR) allows for reducing the noise, and the shutter speed of 1/200 s (or faster) practically elliminates any undesirable camera shaking. Of course the image stabilization can compensate for this but only to a certain degree.

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MundM1 In reply to starykocur [2016-09-11 12:26:23 +0000 UTC]

Ah, well, you have a very capable lens for such a shot, but your camera is holding back the possibilities of it. Imagine an iso of 100 and so being able to get one stop faster shutter speed...

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