Activity for User 502 - Murphy Hektner - mhektner@frontier.com

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63 Jul 19 Comment Hi Lisa: The shadow adds interest to an already interesting subject. It is interesting the sand is wet on the top part of the image and dry on the bottom. Hope you were able to get a good shot of the Osprey. Jul 28th
63 Jul 19 Comment Hi Dan and welcome to Group #63. Your image has a lot of initial impact when it comes up on the monitor due to the dramatic lighting. The butterfly really makes this picture. I agree with Lisa that flipping the image 180 degrees with the stem entering from the bottom left so the image reads from left to right is a good idea, it is natural as we read from left to right. As our website has a black surround an image with a very dark background will benefit from using a small border to outline the actual picture area. Nice shot !! Jul 28th
63 Jul 19 Comment Hi Pat: With this picture I was shooting straight down at the leaves, I laid my black fleece jacket on the ground under the bush to create the black background and it worked well. There are also some various ways in post processing too; some photographers use layers, others select out certain parts of the background and darken it. At times I have even used my basic paintbrush to paint an area black. Jul 9th
63 Jul 19 Comment Hi Priscilla: Interesting composition, the small flowers go in various directions without any order. Your flash lighting was the way to go here, the dark background supports the onion flowers well. White flowers against a white background would be difficult to do I would think, however in certain situation could work. Kind of a different perspective and I like to see something a bit different than the ordinary. Jul 4th
63 Jul 19 Comment Hi Pat: A very well done example of a single flower photographed pretty close in. The design of the flower adds a lot to this picture, and then the soft lighting creates a nice mood with some shadow detail. The positioning of the central part of the flower is positioned just exactly in the center of the frame from side to side and this works very well; I like the fact you have biased the center of the flower a little above dead center. Very well photographed !! Jul 4th
63 Jul 19 Comment Hi Neal: YES, I can well imagine the prep work involved to do this type of photography, for certain this is no grab shot.
Positioning within the frame is perfect in my opinion originating on a diagonal from the upper right, your tight crop of just the front portion is well executed and photogenic.
Your focus stacking system allows for extreme sharpness, this kind of sharpness could not be achieved with just one image even shot at f/22 as you could not get the entire wasp in extremely sharp focus front to back at this magnification.
The blue base is a nice color compliment with the warm tones of the wasp, very well done extreme macro photography. Are you using a medium F stop like f/5.6 with your focus stacking method? KUDOS		 Jul 4th
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