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Snug as a bug

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 14, 201145 views6 comments

Found this segmented worm on a leaf while doing other macro shots of flowers. Its kind of funny when I am out looking for stuff to shoot I can never "see" anything that catches my attention. But once I stop and start shooting all of a sudden it seems like there is all kinds of stuff to shoot and I end up staying in one spot way to long. That's what I like about macro vs landscape, there are so many things to shoot within a very small area.
I took this photo through my typical Nik software and Lightroom to adjust contrast and color.
Canon 7D
f/16
125 sec
Didn't have my tripod so I had to bump up the iso to 1600 on this one.
Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Varina Patel on May 14, 2011 at 2:57 PM

I like the rule -of-thirds composition and the analogous color scheme. The curling body of the worm is a really nice contrast to the diagonal lines in the leaf. Neat shot, Todd.

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Comment posted by Des Ong on May 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM

This has the potential to work but the processing and perhaps capture has let it down a little. The image looks unsharp to my eyes. Is this full-frame and what focal length was used? Difficult to give constructive suggestions with only half the tech.

Registered on July 12, 2007, 23 Posts, 234 Comments

Comment posted by Todd Bielby on May 15, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Des, this is not a full frame camera. If you mean did I crop this, no I didn't. The focal length was a Tamron 180mm. I didn't have my tripod that day so Im guessing that's where the softness may be coming from. I like the image but I wish I would of picked up the worm and moved him so the veins in the leaf would of lead to the worm and not out of the frame. Thanks for commenting.

Registered on March 10, 2011, 169 Posts, 392 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 15, 2011 at 10:51 PM

I like the composition but the quality has been compromised

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Comment posted by Des Ong on May 16, 2011 at 3:54 AM

Todd, when I asked about full-frame I was referring to cropping. Now that we have the full picture (pun not intended), it seems that it might be the capture that is making the overall image soft. 1/125s at 180mm can cause this. As you're already at ISO1600 on a crop-sensor body, perhaps this one was just not meant to be. The comp is good, irrespective of the direction of the veins, to me anyway, and the colour palette is very complimentary also. So for me is the overall sharpness that lets this one down.

Registered on July 12, 2007, 23 Posts, 234 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on May 16, 2011 at 8:09 AM

Hey Tood, like the positioning of the main subject, and like the interesting looking leaf.

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