To me the background is just fine -- quite interesting in fact -- in the
first one. In both the animals are beautifully captured.
Joel W.
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012, at 01:49 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I received some valuable tips yesterday from Dean Hansen, on using
> lighting angles to bring out the texture and details of butterfly wings.
> I tried to round up some subjects today to put them into practice.
>
> Since the sun provides the only light source for my work, it comes down
> to insect angles and camera position. The first was done with the lens
> at f/13 for details. The light brought out the texture of the wings, but
> the background was not as far OOF as I would have liked.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper+14.jpg.html
>
> I opened up to f/5.6 for the second shot, and, although the light angle
> did not pick up the texture as well, the bokeh is better.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper+26.jpg.html
>
> E-1 and Zuiko Digital 35 Macro
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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