sadly I haven't had a huge amount of time to work on my photos recently, but with a mass of images to Go through I though I'd share this one from earlier in the month.
Posted by Brian Davis on June 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Its a lovely shot. I wonder if it would have worked for Phil if it had been the other way up? Would have been better critique if he'd said why it didnt work. My only comment would be could it be a little brighter do you think?
Hi Joe, a very nice shot and one of my favourite subjects. My preference for this kind of shot, is having the butterfly higher up in the frame, recomposing so that the grass is a bit further to the right, this will give you a bit more room. I don't know what type of tripod head you are using, but you could try tilting the lens in the tripod collar so that the grass is more from the top right to the bottom left, this would give you a bit more space for the butterfly nearer the top of the frame.
Joe
It does actually look better flipped the other way up. You could be a purist and say
"but this is how it was "
Good point and a can of worms too !
I can't see a lot wrong with it but it doesn't hit you between the eyes.It lacks a little "punch" and I agree comments like " doesn't work for me" are not that useful sometimes without some helpful reasons. This forum can be hard Joe - Have faith !!
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by eric weight on June 23, 2010 at 11:21 AM
The technical nits have been covered already, but I would just add that I think it would have paid to look for one in better condition. Heath's advice is good advice imo and this is not that far away from being a really good shot, it just needs a little polishing in the technique I'd say.
I have been out with one or two, what I believe to be really good macro photographers recently and the first thing you notice is that they pay very, very close attention to detail and that is what makes the difference between being 95% of the way there and 100%.
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Canon 40D, Canon 70-200 + tube.
ISO800, 1/500th, F8
Phil.
Otherwise nice colours and dof looks good.
regards
Heath
Hi Joe,
You have some good advice there from Heath, don't think I can add anything else to that, like the shot BTW.
Andy...
It does actually look better flipped the other way up. You could be a purist and say
"but this is how it was "
Good point and a can of worms too !
I can't see a lot wrong with it but it doesn't hit you between the eyes.It lacks a little "punch" and I agree comments like " doesn't work for me" are not that useful sometimes without some helpful reasons. This forum can be hard Joe - Have faith !!
Cheers
JohnR
I have been out with one or two, what I believe to be really good macro photographers recently and the first thing you notice is that they pay very, very close attention to detail and that is what makes the difference between being 95% of the way there and 100%.
Joe