Comments on: Quasi-Macro 70-200 Backlit Dewdrops. On Happiness https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2025/12/30/quasi-macro-70-200-backlit-dewdrops-on-happiness/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2025/12/30/quasi-macro-70-200-backlit-dewdrops-on-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-2621008 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:55:52 +0000 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/?p=96688#comment-2621008 In reply to Cliff Beittel.

Thanks, Cliff. I could have easily used a lot more d-o-f even hand holding.

Bummer on the botch job … I absolutely love getting up early every day and heading out to photography.

much love, artie

]]> By: Cliff Beittel https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2025/12/30/quasi-macro-70-200-backlit-dewdrops-on-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-2618868 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:00:05 +0000 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/?p=96688#comment-2618868 I’m with David in preferring the vertical crop. Not only does it show the detail better, but it features the brighter center of the image, and I love the large drops in the lower left corner that grab my eye and lead me up through the rest if the image. I would almost always shoot something like this at f16 to f22 (assuming no background distraction when stopped down) and more than 100 ISO, but then I’d also usually be using a tripod. But even handheld at 1/2500, ISO 1000 would have done the trick, though I don’t see any problem at f6.3.

On health, seems everyone who’s responded is, like Pat, at least somewhat in the danger zone. I’m “only” 76, but while 75 seemed like never ending middle age, 76 feels distinctly old owing to a botched minor procedure back in March that now requires a different minor procedure every three to four months. Definitely treasuring every outing with the camera as another year comes to an end.

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