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Curiosity

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 11, 2009107 views6 comments

This is one of the first pictures I took as soon as I bought my macro lense. It was a spur of the moment shot but later after I viewed it on the computer I loved the curious connection my three year old daughter had with this fuzzy caterpillar.
Now that I know a little more about my camera I would like to play with this composition next summer when the caterpillars are back.I like the DOF and how the observer is blurred out but still obvious, giving all the attention to the caterpillar.
Camerea info is: Hand held (Next I will use a tripod for sure), 1/125sec, F5.6, Canon 100mm Macro, ISO 400. There seems to be BG noise, too distracting?
The caterpillar is a tent caterpillar Malacosoma species.
I hope I didn't violate any rules of this forum by using a person as a subject element as the BG. Thanks for looking and C&C Welcomed.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on November 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM

Very creative comp, John. I like the limited DOF because it keeps the attention on the caterpillar. You have enough detail in the BG to capture recognition there as well. The noise isn't objectionable to me.

Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on November 11, 2009 at 11:10 PM

Hey John, very cool image and congrats on the new macro lens, we look forward to seeing more of your images. In the future please post this type of image in the "Man & Nature"gallery, as this gallery is just for macro nature without people,buildings, etc.

Registered on October 20, 2004, 892 Posts, 6324 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 12, 2009 at 1:19 AM

Hi John: Great comp and title. Looks like the cat and your daughter are both curious. Is your macro the new one with IS? I am having fun with my new macro and I am sure you are too.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on November 12, 2009 at 6:13 AM

I think the comp is absolutely great! Bg blur is just right, and no noise problems in my opinion. Fabulous shot!

However, I think I'd like to see the whole caterpillar in focus. Granted, it's not that easy when aiming at something that sits on a hand, because a hand always wobbles a little. I'd say increase shutter speed and also the DOF a bit (I still expect the bg to stay nice and blurry, because macro lenses should do that); and do remember that you can increase DOF without stopping down by backing off a little. Or, perhaps better still, place your daughter's hand on something solid for support; you can frame so that the support isn't in view. I really hope we'll see more of these next summer!

Thanks for the gallery pointer Mike, I didn't know that

Registered on August 16, 2009, 28 Posts, 636 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 12, 2009 at 3:13 PM

Nice composition, John. Have fun with the new lens

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by John Kerr on November 12, 2009 at 7:47 PM

Thanks Mike your info noted.

Thanks everyone for wishing me good luck with my new lense, however when I said this was one of the first picture I took with my new lense I forget to mention it was last years picture.

I have really enjoyed it, Macro is by far my favorite type of photographing.

Gary- It's not an IS, I don't think IS was available with this lense last spring (2008) when I purchased it. It's a Canon 100mm macro 2.8 USM. Your right about enjoying it, I'm having a blast.

Registered on October 28, 2009, 111 Posts, 1070 Comments