1. This little guy made me chuckle out loud today. There he was, just darting around on the fence. I squatted down, put the camera up. He stopped, turned and gave me this challenging, yet cheeky look. I love these guys. Such character!
Thanks gang! I'm not real happy with the photo quality of these, but the colours and content are just so interesting so I went with it. I think I am becoming a lot more critical of my own work.
#1 is the strongest shot by far. If you can, lasso it in Photoshop and move it more to the right, so it's a far more pleasing composition. #2 is poor composition too from a technical point of view and I don't think much can be done to save the image as is. #3 is too busy, and perhaps a bit too harsh on lighting (something I suck at myself). #4 not interesting enough - Insects/Arachnids like people have their eyes as the focal point of interest. Bum shots generally do not hold people's interest. #5 - nice composition, sharp, but a bit too contrasty and harsh to my eyes.
Your macro shots have improved a fair bit since the last time I was on IIS and that's always a welcome thing to see.
Dave
edit: I re-worked #1 to be more pleasing compositional imho but didn't post it up here as I didn't want to infringe on your copyright without your permission. Let me know if it's OK to post my edited version of your shot.
OK, I see where you are going with this, but I think this composition comes down to personal taste and interpretation. I normally leave blank space in FRONT of a creature for it to move into as you have shown, however because of his posture and direction of his head, I think the other way works better in this case.
Thanks for taking the time and effort mate. You have indeed helped.
OK, I see where you are going with this, but I think this composition comes down to personal taste and interpretation. I normally leave blank space in FRONT of a creature for it to move into as you have shown, however because of his posture and direction of his head, I think the other way works better in this case.
Thanks for taking the time and effort mate. You have indeed helped.
Great colours - good work! Ever since getting into macros, I've never been able to put my nose up close to a flower and sniff (i.e. what many people like to do with roses, etc)... I'm too afraid of what might jump up a nostril!
Re composition of first pic (yellow background): when I saw the photo, my first reaction was "hmmm interesting use of negative space since the spider is looking up / arching back" - I like it.
#1 is the strongest shot by far. If you can, lasso it in Photoshop and move it more to the right, so it's a far more pleasing composition. #2 is poor composition too from a technical point of view and I don't think much can be done to save the image as is. #3 is too busy, and perhaps a bit too harsh on lighting (something I suck at myself). #4 not interesting enough - Insects/Arachnids like people have their eyes as the focal point of interest. Bum shots generally do not hold people's interest. #5 - nice composition, sharp, but a bit too contrasty and harsh to my eyes.
Your macro shots have improved a fair bit since the last time I was on IIS and that's always a welcome thing to see.
Dave
edit: I re-worked #1 to be more pleasing compositional imho but didn't post it up here as I didn't want to infringe on your copyright without your permission. Let me know if it's OK to post my edited version of your shot.
I forgot to mention.... I absolutely agree with you on #2,3,4 and 5. Good observations mate.
