Three Quickies From Today
Matthew
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
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"Every artist, was once an amateur"
Thank you for furthering my inspiration in this area with the very nice images.
Well done! “Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
Shadowfixer1 wrote:
Trudehell wrote: Beautiful macros!
The first one looks almost fake - have you blurred the area around the bug? If so, my tip would be not to overdo it - and also to extend with feather one or two pixels to make the "border" less obvious.
If you haven't done anything, it's still a little strange to look at, as if a crisp clear bug lives in a blurry world. But maybe that's so.
Wind must be a pain when trying to photograph bugs. Cross my fingers for better weather for you and your camera so that we get to se more shots!
No blur filter was used on these. They might look fake, but they are what they are. You learn how little DOF you actually have when shooting these little guys.
They are great photos especialy if it was very windy, I can see blur in the insect on the first one so its obvious nothing has been done, its just great DoF in my opinion.
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One comment on feathering an edge. I don't think a 1 or 2 pixel feather would eliminate a visible line from an applied affect. My experience has been it takes a much larger feathering amount to make it non detectable.
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