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Sea Urchin Skeleton
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I’ve been trying to photograph this urchin skeleton in a way that does it justice for the last week or so. None of my other attempts were really doing it for me, so I decided to try something different – I lit the urchin from the inside with a small LED. I think I’m on the right track as I wanted to emphasise the fine detail, but the ‘wow’ factor is still eluding me.
C&C welcome :)
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It looks a bit soft, with the low light you are using shutter speeds will be slower, so
you will need to use a tripod I would say, the close up version is better but I think that
the colour is nice and would be better on the close-up also. I just think it needs to
be super sharp to give it the impact.f/32!
The only thing I can think of is that I’ve stopped it down too far and it’s beyond the limits of what the lens can do. (Canon 60mm macro).
I’ll try it at a larger apeture tonight…maybe trading off some depth of field will improve the sharpness where it matters most.
Great idea. The close up black and white looks like something out of a Ics-fi movie. I agree with Jenny about the images being too soft. Don’t know why. Try moving the lens further away from the subject and then cropping back the frame later. If you increase the camera to subject distance you will probably be able to get a deeper focus, with a faster shutter. Also are your using a cable release or timer to fire the shot? This can help.
Love the idea. Good luckThanks for the comments!
I used the self timer for these shots with mirror lockup. I’ll give your suggestions a go later on and see if they work :)
I would try it around f11 and see what that gives you, you seem to have
done everything you can possibly do to get it right, so it must be down to
settings, just another thought is manual focus? I am sure you thought of
that also :DI usually find the Canon 60mm to be very sharp at f/11 to f/16. I wouldn’t normally use it above that. If you have a UV filter attached, it maybe effecting the sharpness of the lens. Some types of lighting can also effect the sharpness as it may be causing a halo effect & appear soft. I found this when using leds before. Try using flash (on & off camera) to see if the result is any sharper. Also try not to use the minimum focusing distance for the lens. Backing away slightly might help. I normally use manual focusing for my macro shots as it prevents any searching by the lens. You could also try using liveview (zoomed in) for fine focusing.
Thanks again for all the advice guys. Here’s the result of it all!
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Lovely idea,well done. Have you tried going closer and B&W on no.3 ala the last one ya did of the first bunch again..that was already a great image for me too.
joe
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