5 In A Row - David Storm
I love the overall composition and POV, lovely light, the only criticism i can find is the main focus on the fly, i find it a little small in the frame and not very noticeable, maybe something a little larger would have caught my eye, maybe a dog bone because of the way your gorgeous little dog is looking straight at the camera, i know it's easy to put this criticism forward as animals are so hard to capture when and where you want them, i hope i don't sound to critical as it is just my opinion and others may disagree, i have to say i really find the background delightful! this is a great start to your five a day, just hope i can find five to equal!
This sort of picture is ideal for 5-in-a-row providing it encourages honest comment from other members of PUF. Response to the series has so far been limited.
David's first picture may not win many photo competitions but hopefully it will get people thinking about what they are trying to portray in their photographs.
OK its a bit of fun but it raises the question, can you focus on the small details and at the same time see the wider picture? Technically its not easy in photography. In any case do we want all this detail in one image?
No doubt someone will have some answers.
David
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I'm with Maria on this one. The fly is lost in the frame, and was almost the last thing I saw. Perhaps this was your objective - in which case you succeeded. I found that the first things that I focussed in on were the red flowers and the dog's face (once I realsied that it was a dog!)
As it is, I'm afraid that it doesn't work for me. Would it be stronger if the poo and its associated fly were in the line of focus further left on the boards and so further away from the strong highlight?
Phil
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I can imagine this working better at night using a little diffused flash on the main subject
Michael
I wanted to provoke some thought about the different approaches we could take and how a shot like this could work, especially with a larger main subject in the foreground.
Now for the next image. This one is a lot more straightforward but there are a few things worth mentioning before comments are posted about it. Firstly, it's not a studio shot, it was taken in our caravan of all places with just the available light coming through the windows. Secondly, it was shot with a macro lens with aperture wide open, the Sigma DG EX 105mm F2.8 Macro, a lens which is great for portraits with its subtle colour rendering and nice bokeh. Thirdly, it's not a 'posed' shot, it was taken 'as is' in a natural situation. It's a shot of my wife Nicola, which I have hanging on the wall in our living room.
2. My Beautiful Wife
phil
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The portrait is great and I didn't even notice the buckle until it was pointed out. I think small details like that can make a photograph look slightly more natural and that's how I prefer things. Sometimes, the quest for perfection lends photos a slight artificial look. I'm all for cloning out seriously intrusive bits and pieces, but to me this is fine just as it is.
Years ago, when I often used to test and review road cars, I'd head out on a shoot and photographers would remove tax discs because they felt the image's purity would otherwise be compromised. I'd point out that tax discs were a fact of life and that cars looked odder without them, but it wasn't my call. I feel the same way about bits of necklace and suchlike.
Yrs looking forward to Storm Chapter 3...
David
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p.s. i quoted above five a day of course i meant five in a row ... getting my fruit and veg mixed up with my photography
Just a question: Are all those catchlights in her eyes reflections from the windows?
Michael
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1. Focussing on the little things whilst still seeing the wider picture
A lot of you will know that I like my macro! I take a lot of 'bug' shots with all manner of lenses, of late the DA*300 with or without tubes or Teleconverter has been my preferred weapon. I also do a lot with proper macro lenses or 50mm primes on tubes and then there's the butchered zoom! This one is different, it's shot with the Sigma 17-70 F2.8-4 HSM OS which focusses amazingly close for a mid-range zoom. For this shot I deliberately opened it up to max aperture and widest zoom and got as close as possible to the main subject, which is a Greenbottle fly on Chicken Poo! The result is wafer thin DOF and our garden (complete with Tibetan Terrier) in the OOF background, hence the rather long title of this image.
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