Hi everyone. I took a few photos of this spider that I found curled up in a leaf on a hibiscus bush. At first I thought it was a dried up flower bud, and actually touched the leaf it was on!!!
I set up my camera with my tripod and used my 70-300mm lens. I cranked the lens all the way out and then used manual focus to try and get it focused properly. I used my remote control to fire the shutter as the camera seemed to move about quite a bit if I manually set off the shutter. I think with the lens out so far, it makes the camera move more on the tripod because of the weight of the extended lens.
Anyway, even after using tripod, remote etc, I have noticed, once I brought the photos up in the computer that the spider is still blurred. Should I have cranked the lens in a bit, and then moved the tripod closer??? what it the secret to really good clear closeups??
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