First attempt at macro

• Alfamale

  Participant

  August 23, 2011 at 5:31 pm

  Here are some shots from my first attempt at macro … please give me some feedback, what you like, don’t like, what worked, what didn’t, etc.

  

  

  

  

  Thanks, Alfa
  shutterbug

  Participant

  August 23, 2011 at 5:46 pm

  Hi Alfa, the first shot has very shallow dof, not sure where the point of focus
  is on it, as my eyes are not the best it makes me a bit dizzy as I am trying to
  bring it into focus…..so I wont dwell to long on that one, the next three are
  very similar and a strange colour, I am wondering if you used a filter or warmed
  it up a bit? I like the second shot composition wise, but I think they are all a
  bit on the soft side, maybe you intended it that way?

  Anyway keep shooting and posting :)
  Alfamale

  Participant

  August 23, 2011 at 6:14 pm

  And once again, thanks for the feedback Shutterbug!

  No, no intention for soft focusing – I think I probably was a bit too ambitious with the close focussing and ended up with an extremely shallow dept of field as you point out.

  These were shot by natural sunlight and a white reflector and no filters were used – AFAIK, this is the actual colour of the flower – I remember it being a muted orange colour – the last three are all the same flower by the way!
  jodal1975

  Participant

  August 23, 2011 at 6:22 pm

  i agree there is a focus issue with the 1st shot. shots 3 and 4 are nice… but for me the 2nd is by far the best . sharpen it up a bit and increase the contrast , bring out those shadows ! maybe play around with the levels/ curves .stick a white and black border around it and hey presto :)