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12/05/2005 08:09:26 AM |
lovely pictures using your 70-200mm how did you get so close. I have found mine to be very lazy when it comes to fast shooting. Are you using a teleconvertor of sorts. Also may I ask where you shooting in AF-C mode.
I have found that a lot of my shots seem to have a fuzzy line around the subject, like camera shake. Thanking you in advance |
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11/09/2005 05:49:14 PM |
::: Critique Club :::
Good quality nature photography, especially macro, is a pleasure to view.
First Impression - the most important one:
Stunningly clear and interesting. The whole package is strong and draws you as viewer into the image to learn more. Even though I hate bugs, this is a cool photo. I didn't see it as transparent.
Composition:
Normally, one is obliged to point out the thirds rule and suggest that a centred image, as this one is, can be less powerful than on off-centred one. I'm not sure that is the case here since it looks balanced and well composed just as it is. Part of that perception of balance may be because the subject itself has formed a leading line which then determines the point of interest at the head rather well.
Subject:
I don't really see this as a record of transparency, which is probably where it lost most of its voting points. Getting away from the challenge and concentrating on the photograph, it is a powerful and well crafted image of a praying mantis. I could see that as an illustration in a book quite easily.
Technical (Colour and light):
The real power of this image is in its colouring. Image how it would have looked if there'd bee red or yellow flowers behind the mantis. It is the green subject on green background (the same greeens too) which give it such a significant look.
Your lighting, focus and DOF are superb. I'm drawn to the little folds on the lower neck. The 90 deg to the left lighting is just perfect for this. The shine on the foreleg gives us a feeling for the texture of the skin yet the parts in shadow are still quite clear and detailed.
The light catching the eye is just plain spooky. When you look really hard, you can see the transparency of the eye, it's just not expected or believable at first glance - which is a shame.
To get a Ribbon?:
This is a fine bug shot. Bug shots don't get ribbons, they're not meant to. They are there to inform and involve, which is an entirely different brief. As an insect study its a 10. To get closer to a transparency ribbon then I suspect you have to go for the drama and impact of the transparent eye.
I don't know how much is cropped already or how many megapixels you have to work with but a head-only crop would be pretty scary and interesting. It would have serious drama and would meet the challenge in a way that few other submissions did.
Summary:
I didn't 'like' this image when I was voting, I only gave it a 5. I didn't see the transparency of the eye, even though it was in the caption. Without the ability to zoom in and have a look or darken the room, I missed the most important point of it. Since it has come to me for critique and I have had the chance to work with it as an image outside of the challenge as well, I have come to really appreciate it.
You did well
Brett
Message edited by author 2005-11-09 18:03:05. |
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11/06/2005 10:17:21 PM |
Returning for comments:
A very intriguing and ever so delicate capture with great beauty. Good work. |
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11/03/2005 09:33:14 PM |
| Incredible macro and capture. |
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11/03/2005 10:26:53 AM |
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11/02/2005 07:56:12 PM |
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11/02/2005 06:41:23 PM |
| fantastic macro - but where's the transparency??? |
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11/02/2005 06:00:25 PM |
| More reflective than transparent |
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10/31/2005 10:22:38 PM |
| Great capture. I love mantises (manti?). I'm not sure how transparent it is, but I'll let others worry about that. It's a little overexposed. 6 |
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10/31/2005 08:48:03 PM |
| Wow - really freaky eyes. Good bug macro though. I like the composition and lighting. |
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10/31/2005 07:51:01 PM |
| is it me, or can you see through that eye to the back of its neck? trippy!! |
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10/31/2005 02:39:53 PM |
| A lovely macro shot, although the lighting might be considered just a little harsh on the foreleg (if one were to be that picky). I always want more DOF in a macro, even though it is almost always impossible. In this case, I feel that it would be nice if the antennae were in focus. |
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10/31/2005 02:04:20 AM |
| GREAT Macro.. what eyes... wow. |
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10/31/2005 01:14:19 AM |
| Great shot, fairly good DOF well framed/cropped |
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