I like his work -the color and contrast in his photos is getting noticed by people who normally don\'t like insect images. I also think it\'s good that someone, anyone, in macro is getting some publicity. You forgot to mention that he was recently published in the October issue of Popular Photography where the magazine printed one of his spider shots as a two page spread. But it\'s that image that I have the most problems with since it looked \"soft\": Thomas spends a lot of time in post stacking images to get a shot that\'s as sharp as possible at 100% pixels. He then crops the photo to get the composition that he wants, instead of composing with the view finder. So the resulting image, when printed, looks soft. Personally I just don\'t see the point in it...
I am proud of him though -cool that he\'s getting some much deserved publicity for his work, and it looks like he\'s stopped refrigerating his subjects!
As for Macro: All too often I don\'t think that the discipline is taken seriously because too much emphasis is placed on absolute image sharpness and not enough on light and composition. Poorly composed razor sharp photos are, IMHO, still dragging the mean average down. To see Thomas\'s work get noticed does send a clear signal that light and composition are important, even in this discipline...
I like his work -the color and contrast in his photos is getting noticed by people who normally don\'t like insect images. I also think it\'s good that someone, anyone, in macro is getting some publicity. You forgot to mention that he was recently published in the October issue of Popular Photography where the magazine printed one of his spider shots as a two page spread. But it\'s that image that I have the most problems with: Thomas spends a lot of time in post stacking images to get a shot that\'s as sharp as possible at 100% pixels. He then crops the photo to get the composition that he wants, instead of composing with the view finder. So the resulting image, when printed, looks soft. Personally I just don\'t see the point in it...
I am proud of him though -cool that he\'s getting some much deserved publicity for his work, and it looks like he\'s stopped refrigerating his subjects!
As for Macro: All too often I don\'t think that the discipline is taken seriously because too much emphasis is placed on absolute image sharpness and not enough on light and composition. Poorly composed razor sharp photos are, IMHO, still dragging the mean average down. To see Thomas\'s work get noticed does send a clear signal that light and composition are important, even in this discipline...
I like his work -the color and contrast in his photos is getting noticed by people who normally don\'t like insect images. I also think it\'s good that someone, anyone, in macro is getting some publicity. You forgot to mention that he was recently published in the October issue of Popular Photography where the magazine printed one of his spider shots as a two page spread. But it\'s that image that I have the most problems with: Thomas spends a lot of time in post stacking images to get a shot that\'s as sharp as possible at 100% pixels. He then crops the photo to get the composition that he wants, instead of composing with the view finder. So the resulting image, when printed, looks soft. Personally I just don\'t see the point in it...
I am proud of him though -cool that he\'s getting some much deserved publicity for his work, and it looks like he\'s stopped refrigerating his subjects!
As for the Macro: All too often I don\'t think that the discipline is taken seriously because too much emphasis is placed on absolute image sharpness and not enough on light and composition. Poorly composed razor sharp photos are, IMHO, still dragging the mean average down. To see Thomas\'s work get noticed does send a clear signal that light and composition are important, even in macro...
I like his work -the color and contrast in his photos is getting noticed by people who normally don\'t like insect images. I also think it\'s good that someone, anyone, in macro is getting some publicity. You forgot to mention that he was recently published in the October issue of Popular Photography where the magazine printed one of his spider shots as a two page spread. But it\'s that image that I have the most problems with: Thomas spends a lot of time in post stacking images to get a shot that\'s as sharp as possible at 100% pixels. He then crops the photo to get the composition that he wants, instead of composing with the view finder. So the resulting image, when printed, looks soft. Personally I just don\'t see the point in it...
I am proud of him though -cool that he\'s getting some much deserved publicity for his work, and it looks like he\'s stopped refrigerating his subjects!
As for the Macro: All too often I don\'t think that the discipline is taken seriously because too much emphasis is placed on absolute image sharpness and not enough on light and composition. Poorly composed razor sharp photos are, IMHO, still dragging the mean average down in macro. To see Thomas\'s work get noticed does send a clear signal that light and composition are important, even in macro...
I like his work -the color and contrast in his photos is getting noticed by people who normally don\'t like insect images. I also think it\'s good that someone, anyone, in macro is getting some publicity -all too often I don\'t think that the discipline is taken seriously because too much emphasis is placed on absolute image sharpness and not enough on light and composition.
You forgot to mention that he was recently published in the October issue of Popular Photography where the magazine printed one of his spider shots as a two page spread. But it\'s that image that I have the most problems with: Thomas spends a lot of time in post stacking images to get a shot that\'s as sharp as possible at 100% pixels. He then crops the photo to get the composition that he wants, instead of composing with the view finder. So the resulting image, when printed, looks soft. Personally I just don\'t see the point in it...
I am proud of him though -cool that he\'s getting some much deserved publicity for his work, and it looks like he\'s stopped refrigerating his subjects!
Oct 27, 2009 at 01:15 AM
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