Greetings from the Critique Club.
All right...ants are not domesticated critters, so technically this is a wildlife shot. But it simply isn't a strong entry, and here's why: it's a rather boring shot of an ant poised above the entrance to its nest, shot from overhead. I believe harvester ants are a good size, so why not get down to its level or even below it, and shoot up to make the ant look huge and imposing? Doing so may well have helped improve this image's chances tremendously.
In terms of composition, the lighting is flat and washy (why such a high ISO and fast shutter speed? both nullify the deep dof) the out-of-focus nest entryway doesn't give us much to look at apart from a blurry ant body.The main ant is in focus but that's about it.
All I can really do to suggest improving on shots like these, if ants are going to be *your thing*....go out there every single day and take 500 pics of those ants...and make sure every single one is different. Not just in number of ants but changes in composition, lighting, angle, lens which you use, anything and everything.
Hope this critique has been of help. Feel free to PM me. Susan. |
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