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07/21/2004 11:26:51 PM · #1 |
I would appreciate some critiques on my photos. I have been working with macro shots and think I'm improving. Most of these (except the first two) are "as is", that is no alterations except cropping and resizing.
  
  
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07/21/2004 11:28:45 PM · #2 |
Unless you add a link to a larger version - it will be really hard to dig into these.
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07/21/2004 11:35:19 PM · #3 |
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07/21/2004 11:45:25 PM · #4 |
#1 - excellent butterfly shot with great colors. My only complaint is that it is so centered. I'd suggest you move thge butterfly so that there is 1/3 or so of the space behind him and 2/3 of the space in front.
#2 - Link did not work.
#3-6 - all have great subjects but suffer from TOO MUCH DoF. For most flower shots - you'd be better served to have the subject in focus - but the backgrounds totally blurred out. These background are very busy.
#3 - The coneflowers are nice but you don't seem to have a main one on which you are calling attention.
#4 - may be a bit overexposed.
#5 - Nice lilies - but it would be better if the one right behind the front one wre bent down temporarily so they did not compete.
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07/22/2004 12:02:45 AM · #5 |
Thanks. Most of the flowers were shot at the Belle Isle Conservatory and there are a lot of difficulties. Bent some rules to get some of these shots, but didn't bend any flowers. Couldn't have reached the orchid to bend it out of the way even if I had the guts.
Reposted the second
//www.imageuploader.net/images/445182Pollinating.JPG
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07/22/2004 12:25:40 AM · #6 |
My take: (Pretty close to Photom's)
1: Very nice butterfly, needs to be cropped as there is too much open space, I might adjust the contrast as well. Seems a little flat to me.
3: As Photom stated no real focal point.
4: I don't know how you metered this but I would Spot Meter on the center of the flower to darken it up a bit and draw a little more detail out.
5: I'm not too crazy about the crop, as it is it seems to overwhelm the frame. Nice details though.
6: Definately too much dof. Nice clear flowers, and good lighting.
My thoughts on Macros is: Get right the heck in there. Too many times people are worried about getting an entire flower (or entire group) centered in the frame. Get close, don't be afraid to cut parts of the flower (subject) off. You are going to crop the detail later.
If your camera's macro mode is working properly dof will naturally be shallow. If you don't have macro use zoom get as close to the subject as you can (and be in focus on the subject) and use Av mode or If you have manual focus try that.
Get in Close on your flowers.
Get in close on your bugs and blur the background
Just my thoughts
Edit: Typo as usual
Message edited by author 2004-07-22 00:33:54. |
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