I did have a couple other lenses with me, including a 80-400mm long telephoto, a 24-105mm zoom and a 17-50mm wide-angle zoom. I wanted to have the dew drops as sharp as possible but blur the background to keep it from being distracting. I choose the 17-50, set it at 50mm, f/2.8. The wide angle let me focus reasonably close and the wide open aperture blurred the background. Typically, short focal length lenses will have a larger depth of field and in this case, even at f/2.8 the background was too distracting.
I decided to crop down as much as possible to see if I could eliminate the background distractions. This is an extreme crop of the same picture.
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You can see that by compromising the end result is just not sharp. If I had my macro with me I would have gotten a much sharper image of the dew drops. Oh well.
Right now I am studying a book by Warren Wiersbe on the Book of Exodus. In it he says "most people in our world are being crucified between two thieves: the regrets of yesterday and the worries about tomorrow. That's why they can't enjoy today." What a waste. I made a choice when I packed my camera bag and got on my bike that morning. I could regret not having what I needed, or I can be happy I got to enjoy God's String of Pearls. Next time I go out to take photos I can worry about having to leave some piece of camera gear behind or worry about not being at the right spot at just the right time or I can enjoy the moment and be glad I'm there.
Later that morning I got to spend about an hour using my long telephoto lens to shoot deer and black bear in the Cove. You can bet I wasn't worrying about not having my macro lens then! God's creation is all around us. We'll miss seeing much of it because we are so busy running around. If we slow down and look God will provide the Wow moments for us.
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