Macro Day 12
by socalsteve

Comment by hajeka:
Wished you added some comment. Think it's a wonderful photo and (reading the comments) I assume it's a kind of plant in combination with paper, but what's the bottom part? Overall, well done, you raise a some questions! Personally not too happy with the dark and dusty right side.

Ribbon Chaos
by socalsteve

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Macro Day 12
by socalsteve

Comment by one2one:
I have nothing to say about this except that it's well done. What is it though? Did you mount it up like that or does this whole ornament come like that?

Very artsy macro.

Macro Day 11
by socalsteve

Comment by one2one:
Too bad there's not more colour to those pedistrscils <--- I know, I forget what they're called. Getting more dof at that angle is dreaming with a reversed lens.

Macro Day 11
by socalsteve

Comment by JMart:
Well, regarding the DOF issue, if you can't beat it, join it. I like the oil painted look of this shallow DOF type of shot. Otherwise you may just have to keep your eyes open for subjects whose petals come back up to the focal plane.

I tried the reversing thing briefly last week and found it very tricky to control, so I have all the respect in the world for what you & other reversers are achieving.

Macro Day 12
by socalsteve

Comment by JMart:
The side lighting creates a really interesting negative space border. If it was possible to diffuse the light on the leading left edge to keep it from blowing out I think it would be all the more captivating. Hard to do I know. This is a really cool image regardless.

Ribbon Chaos
by socalsteve

Comment by Melethia:
Colorful and chaotic. I find myself trying to figure the dots in the distance.

Macro Day 12
by socalsteve

Comment by ZeppKash:

Originally posted by socalsteve: Where do you see fuzziness?

Sorry, i don't mean the picture looks fuzzy, i meant the texture of the plant looks fuzzy. :)

Macro Day 12
by socalsteve

Comment by chalice:
I really like the composition of this image. True, it's a bit dark, but that sets the stage for what's going on to the left side of the photograph. This almost looks like a mixed media image. Very interesting and well presented IMHO.

Macro Day 12
by socalsteve

Comment by socalsteve:

Originally posted by ZeppKash: Hmmm... its very dark. I think I'd like to see it cropped to only the green leafy (it is a plant, right?) top. seems like this has some potential as it looks very fuzzy. Have you got a longer macro lens, or reversing ring to get in tighter?

This looks very sharp to me. The white background is a soft-ish paper. It was taken with a flash pointing from the left to give side-lighting.

Where do you see fuzziness?