Am I getting better? Please tell me. Photo attached.

I used a tripod on this one.
Scene setting- Flowers/Macro
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f8
iso 100

Perhaps I should have tried to make the whole face in focus? The eyes only seem to be in focus. What would you try to emphasize here?

Thank you

Adam

It is cool pic...
It's great you were able to use a tripod cos these fellas don't really cooperate
The face is in focus, so it's great.
Since you had a tripod you could have tried f/16 or f/22 as they would've given a little more area in focus..

F22 and a flash. Or tell the little guy/girl to stand still and do focus stacking, haha.

I'd say that as far as that pic scaring the crap out of me, yes you are getting better.


Seriously though, shooting a bug like that using a tripod and getting that kind of angle with that kind of depth of field, no small feat. What is interesting is this is almost like a personal point of view of one bug squaring off against another bug.

A much better shot, huge! The perspective, like crycocyon said, looks like you're squaring off with the critter.

You mentioned you could have made the face sharper. However, I think what it needed was a little post work so it didn't have that "haze" over it. The tripod of course made a huge improvement as well.

A quick 5 minute touch-up and your crickets face looks sharper already.

Split screen


Whole image


Thanks again for sharing. I love this shot of a killer cricket!

Moab Man,
Thank you very much for touching up that photo! I am imressed and will save it.
Many thanks,
Adam