Studio Harlequin

Hi all

I've being changing my photography recently (again!) and have decided to get the studio out and take some mini-beastie type things.
First up is a Harlequin ladybird which seem to be quite abundant around by me at the moment.
It would interested in peoples thoughts whether this works or not.
I've really enjoyed taking these recently so you might be seeing more in the near future.

Comments and crits welcome.

Regards

Ian

Canon 7D
Canon 100mm f2.8
ISO 100
1/250th sec @ f/10
Studio lighting

Ian,

I like this very much. The framing that the leaf gives the Harlequin is spot on, and curl at the top adds some detail into the image. Nice one.

It'll do for me. !
JohnR

Arty but well presented and sharp where it needs to be. Works for me too.

Rob

Leaf curl and ladybird work for me, but not the big high key expanse of white to the left

The leaf curling to the right draws my eye that way resulting in a cramping of the image - the high key side is just dead space. This may work better in a landscape format so the ratios are not so 50:50 putting the ladybird further left

I've just been doing the same myself today. So I know how difficult they are to get right, which you have IMHO. I like the strands of web inside the curl of the leaf.

Hi Ian,

I like it! The curl of the leaf and oof areas work well. I can see Mike's point, but I don't think there is a great expanse of white on the left, just needs a thin dark border as the bg blends into the web page which isn't doing the image any favours.

Cheers,

Lewis.

Ah, i think I am confusing the wide web page black border with the size of the image, I can now see the size more clearly from the bottom drop shadow, it would help if a black line surrounded the image. My error, ignore my high key comments

I love this shot, but as Lewis says it needs something to seperate it from the page. I thought the same as Mike at first. I couldn't understand why you had it so far to the right until I relised what was going on. That curling leaf is a great idea and the ladybird is pin sharp.

Eric

cracking idea, love it

Paul

Hi all

Thanks for the comments. I agree about the framing situation. I'll remember that in the future when posting white backgrounds.
Thanks for looking.
Ian

Lovely shot Ian

Ladybird is spot on a and sharp nits re framing already covered .

Nits covered, I like this very much. It is a different approach that works well.

Fran

I missed this previously Ian. I like it a lot; sharp where it needs to be; setting the insect within the leaf is great and I also love the high key background. Sot on !
Robert
(ps. I agree it neds a thin stroke line to seperate the background from the page.)

This one works for me.

Tony

I too was working on these a couple of weeks ago. Like you said, they seemed to be everywhere. I'd prefer viewing photos without any framing as I find them distractive personally. Having said that, due to the white BG, you'd need to add keyline to frame it. Nice capture all the same.

Des