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Today I have a continuation in my series that I am dubbing the Villainous Monstrosities. This will be the name for my macro series of bugs of all sorts. I intend to make a logo for the series and will write about the process of that here on my blog as well. This will be an ongoing series and I will put them into a new subcategory in my portfolio under the Other category in photography.
I will warn you now, there are some pretty nasty fellas in this series including more arachnids. I will put the spiders at the bottom, since I know so many people are bothered by them, that way, if you are, you can avoid them.
On to the creepy crawlies! (If you are ever interested in ordering a fine art print of any of these photographs, please use my print order page here.)
The header image is a really close shot of this dragonfly:
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Tags: arachnid, beetle, bug, dragonfly, fly, insect, macro, photo, photography, spider, tic
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Lighting is really what makes a photograph. And as a subset of lighting in general is directional lighting. The direction your light source comes from makes a big difference, especially in the tone of a photo. So here for you I have a multi-directional example of how light can look. I also did a couple from further and further behind the head to see how the light wraps around to the face.
These are shot with a single strobe in a variety of directions, but a consistent distance from the face. There is also a Canon 580EX II Flash
on camera pointed to the side with the catchlight panel pulled out, just to add some sparkle in the reflection of the eyes. And yes, that’s me making faces for the camera. I removed the color just to put more emphasis on how the light itself is working. Below I will go into a little more detail.
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Tags: chiaroscuro, darkness, direction, flash, lighting, shadow, strobe, tone
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I recently went to the local county fair where I shot a number of photos of the fireworks display. They had an impressive show and I’d like to share some of it and how to take great fireworks photos yourself. Unfortunately, photos never can really give a real indication of not only the scope, but the feeling of a fireworks display.
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Tags: aperture, bulb function, fair, fireworks, ISO, lens choice, long exposure, Minnesota, shutter, tripod, Warren
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This week I have on display a couple super panoramic photographs that I recently finished. These are both available as fine art prints. (available with the 11% off discount until the end of July 2010)
The Photos:
River Pan
This shot is a combined 10 photos and at full print size is over 5.5 feet wide.
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Cloud Panorama
This shot is a combined 16 photos and at full print size is over 13.5 feet wide.
Click here or the picture to see a larger size.
The Method
The way I take these is through multiple exposures as I swing my camera (on a tripod) to the side. I don’t just sweep Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: camera, free transform, Move tool, panorama, Photoshop, stitching tool, tripod
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Here are a few photos of some insects I took with my new Tamron 70-300mm f/4 Macro Lens.
So far I am really liking this lens. It could be faster, like f/2.8 would be great, but was definitely within my budget too. Just to warn you, these images will get really up close and personal with some pretty nasty bugs. And if you don’t like spiders, don’t go all the way to the end!
And on to the photos. (and just to say, some of these are available for prints, if you were really into bugs!)
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Tags: 70-300, arachnid, bug, fly, insect, June bug, lens, macro, mosquito hawk, moth, Phyllophaga, spider, Tamron, wasp, weevil, yellow jacket, zoom
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