Morning Dew

What I like about the end of summer is that the night get chilly and still the days are warm. A very good weather condition for taking the camera out for a walk in the morning, there are dew drops everywhere. The choice of gear is easy, a macro lens on any camera body is fine. I waited all week to get the time and not having to rush out for work or other business and the weather was gentle, no wind and a clear sky. 

EF 100 f2,8 Macro, 1/250  f-stop 4 ISO 800

 When I shoot Macro in nature I turn of the Auto-focus, to get the focus right where I want it. In the image above and the two below I used a somewhat shallow f-stop so that the back ground would not become too busy but show something of the nature of the plant. I tend to use an ISO between 400 and 800 to be able to use a faster shutter speed when shooting macro freehand.

 For the last two pictures I used an f-5 to get a little more depth of field. I shoot in RAW, so I can choose in post processing if I want to go B&W or use some other presets. Today was a B&W day, and I can always go back to the RAW file for color.