Simply pick a different day. or use a shield of some kind...

Try a faster shutter speed. Widen your aperture accordingly, and increase the ISO if all else fails, until you can get a speed that lets you get the shothttp://www.instantphotos.co.nz..

Isaac4130 wrote:.

Try a faster shutter speed. Widen your aperture accordingly, andincrease the ISO if all else fails, until you can get a speed thatlets you get the shothttp://www.instantphotos.co.nz.

More or less what I did in the 2nd shot... Ok, since my camera has no real manual mode what I really did was -1.5 EV bias and ISO set to 400. Aperture was already f/2.8, no cranking up room....

Maybe I was too agressive... Is there any rule of thumb for motion blur/shutter speed?.

Waiting for a better day is an option of course, but macro is very opportunistic thing, those flowers and critters just may not be there when conditions are 100% right. And we here are bit short on any sort of sunny days. If they're still as well, that means thunderstorm real soon, not again something you want to be caught into...

Http://www.wading-in.net/Easiermacro.html.

About half way down the page you'll see an item that you can get from Radio Shack. It's designed to hold small wires and electrical things but can be perfect for stabilizing the flower so that it doesn't move much in the wind..

Or alternatively take the flower inside, unless it's not your garden or your flower.A member of the rabble in good standing...

Alligator clips would probably damage flower's stalk..

But that device is nice starting point... Something to think about and experiment with.....

Targeted at macro photographers. Haven't used one, but the design may be less destructive than standard alligator clips...