The first image is to give you an overall idea of what the butterfly looks like to the average observer, and the second image shows a close up shot to show how things don't always look the same when you get very close to insects.
Image 1:
Canon 40D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM.
Canon 580EX flash.
1/250s at f/8.0, ISO 160
Image 2:
Canon 40D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM.
Canon 580EX flash.
1/250s at f/11.0, ISO 200
They should be called flufferbys I think, because they are covered in fluffy stuff.
Cheers!
Hi Craig,
ReplyDeleteI like this two-shot set better than your other sets. One literal shot of the subject and one much closer and more personal. Perhaps adding a third shot as a pattern study of the vein structure of the with would be interesting.
However the first shot has the main subjects a little too centred for me. The negative space to the right of the butterflies doesn't really add much to the image. All it does is make the overall image smaller. I would have also considered rotating the image 90 degrees so the look like they can move left and right.
The second image is a good close up of the butterfly's head. But again I would have considered a rotation so that the antennae and/or the edge of the wing came into the frame from one of the corners. I probably would have cropped it a little tighter still too.
Brutal Enough?
steve
Hi Steve,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments.
With the first image, I did try to line them up vertically (post processing), but it was cropping off antennae as I was trying to keep a straight edge on the bottom. I should have rotated the camera a bit I suppose to make sure they were lined up nicely before taking the picture.
I see what you mean about having the wing come more from the top corner, and I do wish that the antenna was still in the frame too.
For all of my macro shots at the moment, I'm using the autofocus centre point and then sometimes trying to reframe a bit, but when you've only got a few mm to play with, moving the camera at all makes it hard to still be in focus.
My eyes aren't good enough to see through the view finder and be certain that something is in focus at this range. I'll have to go shopping and see how much different the view finders are in the new model cameras out now. (7D & 5DM2) vs my old 40D. Maybe that would help also.
Cheers!
Craig.
Hi Craig, I like these pictures, the second one in particular. However I would have preferred to see them in a slightly more horizontal plane. For some reason, my brain seems to have trouble with things falling off (even though they're bugs and they can probably hold on upside down).
ReplyDeleteI also find the top image to be a fraction too bright, and that gets in the way of me looking more closely at the details in the wings.
Geoff.