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This is my first two macro shots I have ever made. How did I do? Any pointers?
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TwilightImaging
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Mouse...you did great! The first image really pops, great color and comp...and keeps your attention. On the second, which is a good image, maybe try to get down lower or place the camera below the flowers looking into the sky or level looking accrosss the tops...does this makes sense? Or maybe the same image with your feet at the base...have fun with it, the great thing about photography is that you make the rules!
Play...play...play!
Angles always seem to make the ordinary more interesting.
The below I took a bunch so you could see the whole body and web, but this angle seems to hit a bit better.
Great job, and I'm glad you're out trying new things...the more the better!
Keep going. WooHoo for Mousebaba!
Tomcat
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I think JBR's comments on Depth of field from the other day fit in right here
I always used to use a setting of f4 for flower pictures to blur the background yet still have good focus on the central subject
Couple examples of Depth of Field
This is the time of day to shoot. The hour of light at the end of the day or first thing in the morning is amazing. Prime time light there.
Another tip about backgrounds, they steal away from your subject. take your aperture down to between 2.8. and 5.6 and it blurs the ugly background stuff out. The lower the number the blurrier it gets and the less depth of field or depth of focus your image has.
Enjoy the day!
I always used to use a setting of f4 for flower pictures to blur the background yet still have good focus on the central subject
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Mousebaby
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Mouse...you did great! The first image really pops, great color and comp...and keeps your attention. On the second, which is a good image, maybe try to get down lower or place the camera below the flowers looking into the sky or level looking accrosss the tops...does this makes sense? Or maybe the same image with your feet at the base...have fun with it, the great thing about photography is that you make the rules!
Play...play...play!
Angles always seem to make the ordinary more interesting.
The below I took a bunch so you could see the whole body and web, but this angle seems to hit a bit better.
Great job, and I'm glad you're out trying new things...the more the better!
Keep going. WooHoo for Mousebaba!
Beautiful...uh...spider
Thank you for the encouragement and the tips! I was pleasantly blown away by the first pic! I had no idea I could do that!
Thank you too Tomcat! I am listening and learning I plan on trying a couple more shots in a little while to see how they come out.
Jameo
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Mouse...you did great! The first image really pops, great color and comp...and keeps your attention. On the second, which is a good image, maybe try to get down lower or place the camera below the flowers looking into the sky or level looking accrosss the tops...does this makes sense? Or maybe the same image with your feet at the base...have fun with it, the great thing about photography is that you make the rules!
Play...play...play!
Angles always seem to make the ordinary more interesting.
The below I took a bunch so you could see the whole body and web, but this angle seems to hit a bit better.
Great job, and I'm glad you're out trying new things...the more the better!
Keep going. WooHoo for Mousebaba!
I had one of them spiders in my yard a few yrs ago. I tried to get a good close up picture of it but it kept moving around and freaking me out so I squashed it. 
chipper101
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Macro of Wildflowers
I hope you all don't mind a newbie from North Carolina. I have been reading the forum with interest since the Scavenger Hunt and have enjoyed it and learned a lot.
This is a sample of my macros of wildflowers. I love to photograph the wildflowers and steams in the Great Smoky Mtn. National Park. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.
I hope you all don't mind a newbie from North Carolina. I have been reading the forum with interest since the Scavenger Hunt and have enjoyed it and learned a lot.
This is a sample of my macros of wildflowers. I love to photograph the wildflowers and steams in the Great Smoky Mtn. National Park. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.
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TwilightImaging
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I hope you all don't mind a newbie from North Carolina. I have been reading the forum with interest since the Scavenger Hunt and have enjoyed it and learned a lot.
This is a sample of my macros of wildflowers. I love to photograph the wildflowers and steams in the Great Smoky Mtn. National Park. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.
Wecome Chipper!! Thanks for jumping in...I just got here myself...well...not physically, but soon. The image is very good, like the water drops...color...good stuff, keep it coming!!
EDIT: grab a "reflection" image and toss it into the contest above...
chipper101
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Thanks! I am a little green at all this but am learning, Right now I have an Olympus point and shoot that I am just starting to play with the manual settings but after seeing all the great photography this past week or so, I know I have a lot to learn.
nhboy
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I walked that beach a million times when I worked at CP, and never once did I get lucky enough to find a tooth. I never sat down and dug though, just walked.
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Cowgirl, great subliminal macro image, after seeing this I dove into the cookies!
Jameo
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These are great...had a few moments outside today...an anole struttin' and some bugs playing piggyback, weird...the turtles look like young alligator snappers?
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Inkpen
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These are great...had a few moments outside today...an anole struttin' and some bugs playing piggyback, weird...the turtles look like young alligator snappers?
What kind of lizard is this?
Beautiful photo Mike!!!!!
He was stuck and the other one was just giving him a push. :bugporn:
Oh yeah. I've had a few close encounters with snapping turtles.
Nice pics.
