City - Bonheiden State - ANTWERP Country - Belgium
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Hi, When I was waking the dogs, me eye discovered this nice wooden pole. It was already late in the afternoon so there was not much light to shoot without a support. That explains the shallow dept of field (otherwise the shutter speed had to drop below 1/60) but I need also some advice regarding the composition and direction of light etc? Al critics are welcome!
I would not call it a macro, but a close-up. If you can go back to the place, try going with dimmer light or carry a semi-transparant cloth to partially shield the strong light. The bottom-left has got a bit too much exposure.
Another thing you could try, is carrying a flashlight so you can control the lighting yourself (a least, for a bit)
hi kurt, well in my opinion, if you want to do a macro, you should find a subject that maybe has some colour and something a bit smaller so that you can focus on it a bit better. this pole seems rather large and i dont think large objects are good macro subjects.
light coming from behind you or from an angle to the side is ok, but that can change depending on what you're trying to achieve. lighting here seems ok.
you may also want to consider photographing something of greater interest.
Hi Kurt - I' absolutley no expert at all, but I've just started messing about with a macro lens and I'm not finding it easy either. You say it's a pole, but you can't see that from the photo - Maybe I'd try almost filling the frame in portrait format from almost directly above with the shadows accross the moss and the pole showing down to the ground - just a thought :=) Looks like you might have some small flowers or something growing on one side too - could get in really really close with the macro on those
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