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Some new macros
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Re: Some new macros
Those photos are crisp and clean, but how about posing your prey on something like a stick or a leaf? To be honest, your fingers don't exactly make the shots. You'd be surprised how easily you can fake a natural backdrop in a macro setting, since the DoF is so small. You obviously have the ability to take good photos, and I think that you would be even happier with them if you took the next step to put them into natural context.
edit: a good backdrop doesn't need to be natural looking either, a piece of uniform cloth or a tile from home despot work pretty well. My favorite unnatural backdrop is fake leather, works nicely with the textured skins of bugs and herps.
erik.
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Those are tiny! Found myself looking at my fingers to imagine how small these are :p
Yeah, not too fond of the fingers and black background. But, at the same time, difficult to express their sizes without a recognizable reference point.
Erik's advice on backgrounds are good. I can't add any to his as I don't shoot any macros in controlled situations.
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Agree that without the fingers you will really never know how small they are, of course there are other props which can be used too. Great shots.
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Wow, finger or no finger, they are incredible shots. Very well done.
:thumbsup: <--- there's a finger for ya :D
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Thanks y'all!
I think I need to change the crop on #s 1 & 2 so that there is less of my finger visible. I kinda like a black background as it really makes the subject stand out. Not always, of course, but on these pics I thought it worked well.
Thanks again for the feedback,
Blair
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