I am almost ashamed to post again, after 'promising' that I would post a stunning image for the painting with time entry, and then never doing it. Like Paul, let me tell a little story too: I had this great idea of getting a model to jog in the evening, and it would run into my 'image' that I was taking with a long shutter speed. Then in the middle of my image/frame, she had to stop right there and then with jogging, and stay as still as she could, and then continue to run. My idea was that there would be motion coming in, then a somehow sharp jogger frozen in mid air, and then a blur again moving out.
If this would work, then I would get the model to dress up in a dress, and run in the surf doing the same thing. But it never worked out... I spend 3 hours actually trying all sorts of things, but they all looked rubbish, blurred or with no 'motion blur' at all. Then tried various other things to come up with at least some image for this entry, from photographing a spinning egg coming to a standstill, to amarula being poured over ice. I can tell you one thing, i had a great evening trying all this and learned loads and drank a lot of amarula, but no shot was even close to being a 'nice image'. Sorry...
The Macro entry brings me back to my favorite subject, being wildlife. Here I post two images, no true macro shots, and not nearly as sophisticated as Paul's image, but I like them nevertheless. Would be good to get some feedback from you guys to improve on these images. For example, I think a little fill in flash would have helped to bring alive the eye of the zebra. The frog image I like because of the soft 'lines' of the leafy background, but I am sure you can come up with something where I can improve.
By the way, I also made a little website for some of my images. If you want you can have a look at www.nuphotography.co.za It is quite a simple one, but I am quite new to making websites. Concerning the images, please keep in mind I am still an amateur! Perhaps you would like to tell me which image you like, and which one you don't.
Hope to hear from you.
Kind regards,
Nick
1 comment:
Nick, wow, another excellent post. The tree frog in particular grabs the eye. This is possibly because I have an affinity with small critters that are 'under' represented photographically. The way he is positioned in the frame is great - leading the eye of the viewer wonderfully into the picture space. Actually it's a little like you were following an 'eye' theme as that is also applicable to your zebra shot. I love the clarity with the zebra shot. it's beautifully sharp with an intriguing composition that focuses (excuse the unintentional pun) on the eyes.
Great post!
E
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