MichelinMan

So I went out riding today and snapped off a few photos while I was out and about. I put a little more effort into my subjects today than normal and would like to see what other shave to say about what I think are the better photos from the batch:







and trying my hand at a plant macro:

MichelinMan

I guess they're bad enough to not warrant coments? Yikes!

elDizzle_foShizzle

I'm a noob, so my opinions don't hold a lot of weight, but I like your go at DoF. I like the Bee! Draws my eye immediately to the subject. The mtn range was too obstructed by the fence and flowers for my taste. Were we supposed to look at the river rock on #2? I do like the diff textures on the last one. Hope that helps!

I guess everyone else is too preoccupied with the next ride to offer any critiques? I fuggin hate this weather, man!

jezterr

2 and 4 are a little stagnant as there's not much of a subject - not quite sure what we're supposed to be looking at.

the other two are cool. something about the lighting on the bee is weird, but i can't put my finger on it - was it taken midday (high sun)?

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Motorcycle Man

Too much crap in the foreground, like Jezterr said, you don't know what to look at.

The bee is nice, but it looks 'off somehow.

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All images shot using Olympus E500 Evolt, 8mp, kit lenses.

Bimjo

Okay, I missed these initially, so here goes...

#1- nice use of the fence & flowers in framing the mountain. I'd crop about 1/2" off the bottom so you can't see the grass. The eye naturally wants to wander to see all that's in focus. since the grass is in focus it draws the eye away from the mountain. Great colors in this one.

#2- I love the out-of-focus framing, but you need a bug or something in there as a subject. The natural cover just isn't that interesting.

#3- A nice shot for full & direct sunlight. Pretty harsh lighting, but you've done it nicely. If you didn't shoot this wide open doing that would blur the background more really making the flower pop.

#4- Sorry, but I really can't figure out what you were doing with this one?

hth

MichelinMan

#1 - Was practicing framing. I didn't think the flowers would be as much of a distraction as they are. Grrr.

#2 - Working on taking a macro. I was hoping the blur would provide a forced reference of some sort. Yes, the subject is boring. Just a practice photo.

#3 - The bee photo was indeed taken during full sun.

#4 - Practicing another macro shot. I didn't even know my camera could take photos that detailed. I was going for micro depth and texture.

I need to do a better job of picking photo subjects.

Killermondodude

some secrets of Macro Photog

GOOD TRIPOD
The more adjustable the better
If your really seriose about macro adorama makes a focus rail

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Another is remote trigger

plummy

They're not. Like said earlier, you just need to crop it a little to exclude the part with the grass.