Shallow Fly and a Ladybird

[Guest]

The colour/texture of this leaf made this an irresistable backdrop for this common fly





So far there seem to be relatively few ladybirds about - but I spotted this busy traveller, not shot to be specimen ladybirds - but to create a shape around and with the ladybird.





Ah well - hopefully I'll soon drift out of this fallow period

Nick

[Zuiko]

Re: Shallow Fly and a Ladybird

Fallow period???

I wish my productive periods were like your fallow ones!

[Guest]

Re: Shallow Fly and a Ladybird

Fallow period???

I wish my productive periods were like your fallow ones!

Well sometimes it is all relative to expectations and I think that, on the whole, the images still maintain a technical quality that it is acceptable. But I can't help feel that I'm starting to miss something in the composition/colours which is keeping these images away from the WoW I think they aught to achieve.

Maybe I'm reaching a limit in my skill/perception, maybe in the discipline of my approach. Maybe I'm just being unrealistic in my hopes. Perhaps a good drink and some bad women would help?

But with something as subjective as photography how do we evaluate/validate our images - perhaps that is why we 'created' the rules, to give us a mechanistic approach against which to score our images?

Nick

[benvendetta]

Re: Shallow Fly and a Ladybird

I would be interested in knowing what you used to take these.

[Guest]

Re: Shallow Fly and a Ladybird

Sorry - I normally put that info in the gallery - but forgot on the last few posts

E-3, Sigma 150, ec1.4, metz 58

Nick