p.1 #7 · Surprising Small Things This Time of Year
Boy oh boy Roberta these shots are amazing. It opens up a whole world of beauty that the average person does not know exists. Your backgrounds and colors amazing. These would be a great spot for a self printed book for school children to show them the beauty of the insect world. Well done.
p.1 #12 · Surprising Small Things This Time of Year
Always a pleasure to view your work Birdie!
My only .02: In the last frame the depth of field is too shallow. Do not be afraid to stop a lens down to get a little more depth. Focus on the proboscis and while keeping it in focus twist the wrist that you use to hold the camera to lay the area of acceptable focus over the subject's face. The end result is a "magic angle" that creates the illusion that there is a lot of depth. That is how I "cheat" to get the depth in my single frame macro shots.
The light quality in all of those images looks GREAT except for that last frame. What changed?
p.1 #14 · Surprising Small Things This Time of Year
Beautiful photos.
In my area of Prescott, AZ I saw a baby grasshopper climbing the side of the house. I was buzzed by a couple of bees out by a local lake. The hummingbird has made an appearance in my backyard (I put the feeder out every morning now). I saw, sadly a dead, Gopher Snake on another trail.
And I live at mile high altitude with low temps in the teens to low 20's at night. And it doesn't warm up until mid afternoon into the 50's.
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