Flower

[Jasii]

long FL with big aperture has caused very thin DOF. rest already discussed :-D

cheers
Somnath

+1
Also just for my learning curve, why were you shooting at ISO 400 Anil ji?

[theqca]

The ISO doesn't really matter on a full frame (in most of the pics) Jasii unless you've pushed it way too high - I've been leaving my D700 at ISO 800 to get faster shutter speeds for macro's / flowers etc as well as for pics with long lenses - the photos look the same as shots taken at ISO 100 with a crop sensor.

[n_deb_click]

Hi,

Nice try 
Follow the suggestions suggested by others, specially take more shots per subject and also see the pics of others and you are good to go for better shots.

[Hankosaurus]

long FL with big aperture has caused very thin DOF. rest already discussed :-D

cheers
Somnath

I think so too, Somnath.

And improving that will translate into a smaller aperture and longer exposure time, which in turn will probably drive the need for some additional stabilizing influence.

The ISO doesn't really matter on a full frame (in most of the pics) Jasii unless you've pushed it way too high - I've been leaving my D700 at ISO 800 to get faster shutter speeds for macro's / flowers etc as well as for pics with long lenses - the photos look the same as shots taken at ISO 100 with a crop sensor.

It is amazing, Ayaz, how that we can use ISO 800 today like we used ASA 64 a generation ago. 

One of the nicest surprises when I got my D700 five years ago was that with a 50mm f1.4 I could shoot darn near anything in any light bright enough to see, and get an exposure that was at least somewhat useful.  Nowadays I leave mine at ISO 800 a lot too.  The resulting faster shutter speed lends a bit of additional "stabilizing" quality to my old, all-mechanical glass.  But at 1600 and 3200 I can expect some "grain-like effects" that remind me of the "high speed" ASA 400 and ASA 800 films we shot back in the 70s and 80s.

[Jasii]

The ISO doesn't really matter on a full frame (in most of the pics) Jasii unless you've pushed it way too high - I've been leaving my D700 at ISO 800 to get faster shutter speeds for macro's / flowers etc as well as for pics with long lenses - the photos look the same as shots taken at ISO 100 with a crop sensor.

Gracias Man!