Black Swallowtail Butterfly

[albert]

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Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes)

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[albert]

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Could use some help, please. I took 28 photographs and this is the only one that is in focus. The other 27 were not even close to being in focus. My CL was set on P, spot focus, auto iso, standard setting.......I used the EVF. After the first 19 I took off the hood and removed the UV filter. Any thoughts ?  I even redid the diopter. 

 

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vor einer Stunde schrieb albert:

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Could use some help, please. I took 28 photographs and this is the only one that is in focus. The other 27 were not even close to being in focus. My CL was set on P, spot focus, auto iso, standard setting.......I used the EVF. After the first 19 I took off the hood and removed the UV filter. Any thoughts ?  I even redid the diopter. 

 

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• Turn off auto focus, messes up macro work, have a rigid tripod or copy stand, doesn't take much with a CL. What lens are you using? Use LED lights at 45 degrees from the subject, or take it outside where you can get some light. Tell you the truth I would turn off P and auto ISO. Set the camera to ISO 200, I'd use manual exposure but apeture priority would work.  
• Using these parameters with a 105 micro Nikkor. This was on my porch open shade, no support at f4 1/160 (well ISO 400). Not nearly as nice a subject as you had though. It isn't as sharp as I'd like a little shake, just had a cup of coffee and I was at 1:2 mag.

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Edited June 10, 2020 by tommonego@gmail.com

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The thing I didn't say in this post, I would crank the lens to the closest focus, leave it there and move the camera into focus. How I did my nickel. 

[stuny]

In the out of focus photos was there something else in frame that was in focus?  That may point to the answer.  The one you posted is terrific.

[albert]

2 hours ago, stuny said:

In the out of focus photos was there something else in frame that was in focus?  That may point to the answer.  The one you posted is terrific.

Yes, their was a basil leaf upper left that was always in focus. Four times larger than the other plants. 

[stuny]

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Perhaps the camera's focal point shifted to there.  If it works like on the Q it's possible to inadvertently move it when touching the view screen or touching the four arrow keys..  Have a look at the view screen and see where the focus rectangle is, and see if it's possible to move it either via screen touch or the arrow buttons.

[fotografr]

On 6/11/2020 at 10:00 AM, stuny said:

Perhaps the camera's focal point shifted to there.  If it works like on the Q it's possible to inadvertently move it when touching the view screen or touching the four arrow keys..  Have a look at the view screen and see where the focus rectangle is, and see if it's possible to move it either via screen touch or the arrow buttons.

That was a frequent problem with my D Lux 7. The focus area was constantly moving when I'd inadvertently brush against the touch screen. I finally dug into the menu and turned the touch screen feature off. Much happier now.