Here's a close-up. For these pictures, I used a full-spectrum studio light (was too dark outside to take advantage of natural lighting) and placed the camera on a tripod with it set on a timer. I think this really helped with the lighting and blur issues. Apparently I cannot keep my tiny hands steady with an exposure time of 1/60 seconds (ISO 800), but the tripod/timer combo allowed this picture taken at a 1/15-second exposure and an ISO speed of 400 (no flash) to turn out much better. Why I didn't think of doing this earlier, I don't know! Now to get my remote control working again so I don't have to wait 10 seconds every time I try to take a picture! |