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Paul,
I know this is what they do and I know this is how it was, but I feel they might fall off so I have cropped some of the left and rotated it into portriat. Also after making a copy in blend options I applied "Overlay" and reduced it to 48% then erased the effect from everywhere other than the Ladybirds. Overlay makes the light tones lighter and the dark tones darker, basically, it softly boosts the contrast.
Martin
I know this is what they do and I know this is how it was, but I feel they might fall off so I have cropped some of the left and rotated it into portriat. Also after making a copy in blend options I applied "Overlay" and reduced it to 48% then erased the effect from everywhere other than the Ladybirds. Overlay makes the light tones lighter and the dark tones darker, basically, it softly boosts the contrast.
Martin
What I would do to improve this is to use a black cloth,paper,bag etc and hide all the fuss that goes on in the background , isolating your subject from all the distractions. Also reduse the contrast by using something like a white naylon , b2in the sun and your subject.
Charles
Charles
Although in many ways I am somewhat inept at providing a critique, but I personally would have liked less detail in the background in order to direct my roving eyes towards centre stage. Some people refer to the 'bokeh' effect or 'blur' which can be achieved by using a larger aperture which will produce less depth of field. A fixed focal length lens who almost certainly do the trick. I hope my advice is of some use. Always remember the Larger the aperture i.e.: f/1.4 equates to less depth of field (dof), and the Smaller the aperture i.e.: f/22 or even higher to f/32 will result in more dof.
Regards Nathan
Regards Nathan
The 150mm Sigma is a fixed focal length lens and the ladybirds are about 3 cm from the background, which is moss! You could set this up quite easily with such insects as ladybirds - just simply move them of course - depends if the result is required natural or contrived.
Paul
Paul
great shot most unusual good colours
