Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 10, 2013103 views4 comments
Folks,
Guess this is a brown paper wasp, and their home is still under construction.
Thought I'd compose something.
7D, 70-200 with Extn tubes
Thanks NPN for your support.
Balan Vinod
Comments
4 comments
Comment posted by John Clulow on February 10, 2013 at 6:25 PM
This is a lovely composition, Balan Vinod. I've tried using extention tubes, and I wouldn't want to risk the time it takes with a wasp unless it was very cold.
I love the balance of complementary pastel colors in this and the balance of the big white bulb against the bee, in roughly rule-of-thirds positions. In the larger view, especially, the wasp is exquisite in terms of form and color and in that crop as it occurs on my monitor, the white bulb on the right is better placed. I think the upper right corner is a bit distracting and would recommend a crop to you for this.
When I first saw this, perhaps because of my current life circumstances, I thought of some caption like "at the end of my rope" realzing that this wasp isn't actually on a rope, though it kind of looks like one. I notice a definite tension in this positioning of the image versus what it might be, for instance, if it were flipped vertically so that the wasp was climbing up. That might feel more comfortable, but the way you have it is more interesting for that difference. And then I thought about how it might look in a 90° rotation clockwise, and then counter-clockwise! That could be cool.
Anyway, nice job and I'm glad you didn't report a sting.
Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 10, 2013 at 6:59 PM
Creative and balanced comp with great interest Balan, I like this overall.
I would suggest using a large brush at the URC to blend the BG there.. It tends to pull ones eye from the subject.
Perhaps a < in the blue channel to improve this one as well.
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 11, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Balan:
A fine composition with nice balance of color and contrasting left and right of the frame. I like how everything is soft and the wasp really pops.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on February 15, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Beautiful shot of this wasp on it's construction! I think I would prefer a vertical shot of the wasp without the white flower...as I find that a bit distracting.
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments
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4 commentsI love the balance of complementary pastel colors in this and the balance of the big white bulb against the bee, in roughly rule-of-thirds positions. In the larger view, especially, the wasp is exquisite in terms of form and color and in that crop as it occurs on my monitor, the white bulb on the right is better placed. I think the upper right corner is a bit distracting and would recommend a crop to you for this.
When I first saw this, perhaps because of my current life circumstances, I thought of some caption like "at the end of my rope" realzing that this wasp isn't actually on a rope, though it kind of looks like one. I notice a definite tension in this positioning of the image versus what it might be, for instance, if it were flipped vertically so that the wasp was climbing up. That might feel more comfortable, but the way you have it is more interesting for that difference. And then I thought about how it might look in a 90° rotation clockwise, and then counter-clockwise! That could be cool.
Anyway, nice job and I'm glad you didn't report a sting.
I would suggest using a large brush at the URC to blend the BG there.. It tends to pull ones eye from the subject.
Perhaps a < in the blue channel to improve this one as well.
A fine composition with nice balance of color and contrasting left and right of the frame. I like how everything is soft and the wasp really pops.