Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 17, 20062,494 views13 comments
A Ladybug on unharvested Winter Wheat.
105/2.8 and extension, f/20, 1/4 sec., timer, overcast conditions, focusing rail, close to full frame.
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13 comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 17, 2006 at 1:29 PM
Will, Those repeating lines are just beautiful. The colour on the Lady Bug makes the picture complete.
Regards
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Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on June 17, 2006 at 3:06 PM
Cool patterns!
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Comment posted by W. Tracy Parnell on June 17, 2006 at 4:40 PM
Great photo-good composition!
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on June 17, 2006 at 6:06 PM
I like this! Good framing and pleasing surroundings.
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Comment posted by Mark Plonsky on June 17, 2006 at 9:35 PM
fine background for the pretty lady. nice work.
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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 18, 2006 at 7:00 PM
Fantastic use of lines and patterns Will. This is a real beauty. To me this is true art.
Nathan
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Comment posted by Robert Near on June 18, 2006 at 9:06 PM
Beautifull environmental portrait, great eye in setting this composition up.
Robert
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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on June 19, 2006 at 4:18 AM
Lovely!!
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Comment posted by Maureen McKovich on June 19, 2006 at 7:08 PM
Will, I love your butterflies, you know I do - but, this is my favorite image of yours of all, so far. . .
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Comment posted by Arthur Sevestre on June 20, 2006 at 9:39 AM
Lovely light and colour combination. Goes to prove again that overcast conditions can be great for macro. I like the repetition of shape of the bug and the wheat, and the fact that they are so contrastingly coloured is nice too.
The only bit of critique I have is that I personally would have tried to really apply the rule of thirds here. There are countless examples where deviating from the rule can actually make an image stronger, but in this case I think it might have added even more strength to an already very pleasing image.
Cheers,
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Comment posted by William Brozy on June 25, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Thanks for all the kind words and critique.
Arthur - I have a shots with the ladybug sitting on the upper right and lower right third and decided on this one. I'll take another look again.
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Comment posted by David Senesac on June 25, 2006 at 2:49 PM
Excellent idea and composition, well done. ...David
Last year I also managed a nice closeup of one of those nice red beetles sleeping on a flower:
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13 commentsRegards
Nathan
Robert
The only bit of critique I have is that I personally would have tried to really apply the rule of thirds here. There are countless examples where deviating from the rule can actually make an image stronger, but in this case I think it might have added even more strength to an already very pleasing image.
Cheers,
Arthur - I have a shots with the ladybug sitting on the upper right and lower right third and decided on this one. I'll take another look again.
Last year I also managed a nice closeup of one of those nice red beetles sleeping on a flower:
http://www.davidsenesac.com/wildflowers/ladybug_ttip_w.html