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p.1 #1 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

Hey everyone,

I would like to know your thoughts on this following image. Is it too much? How is the colour? The idea good? How to improve it? Thanks!

EDIT : Reworked the lighting on the ants

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Oct 27, 2009 at 10:31 AM

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p.1 #2 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

You're up late mate... but then so am I.

That's a great idea using those colourful candies but I think you need to work on the lighting and I think the white balance is a little off.

Oct 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM

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p.1 #3 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

It is quite late isnt it..

Thanks for the advice.. tried to fix up the WB but I was going with the warm look. With the lighting.. it was really hard to even get a picture of the ants in focus so I just gave up on the flashes.. lol..
Are the ants easy or do they kind of blend into the background?

Oct 27, 2009 at 11:06 AM

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p.1 #4 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

It's hard to tell until you come up with better lighting. As it is, they do look a bit blended with the background. Was this shot at night?

Looking at the ant, they look like those greenheaded ants which are iridescent.

Oct 27, 2009 at 11:16 AM

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p.1 #5 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

It was in the late afternoon probably around 530ish..

yeah.. I've been trying to get the ants brighter so they dont blend in as much but not have much luck so far.

Thanks for your eye though.. been looking at it for hours and it all looks the same now

Oct 27, 2009 at 11:22 AM

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p.1 #6 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

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Oct 27, 2009 at 12:07 PM

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p.1 #7 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

Love the idea but as commented need some work on the light / lighting angle- a bit high contast at the moment (at least for me).
Brian v.

Oct 28, 2009 at 02:49 AM

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p.1 #8 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

The hard part about a shot like that, from the perspective of the average viewer, is trying to figure out what the subject is.

Oct 28, 2009 at 03:49 AM

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p.1 #9 · Ants and Candy CC Please! [+1] Image

Dalantech wrote:
The hard part about a shot like that, from the perspective of the average viewer, is trying to figure out what the subject is.

I find it hard to tell myself lol.

The photo is for this photo competition btw. Canon photo5 (if you are interested.
I have another photo. Which one do you guys think is better?

The Comp Site

Oct 28, 2009 at 09:15 AM


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