Macro Portraits

I am often inspired by some of the top underwater photographers and the portrait photos they do of fish and other sealife - so I thought I would try the same - unfortunately the fish wont stay still long enough for me to get close enough to them

With that in mind I tried my hand at macro potraiture - so what do think?

Also I am still getting use to my new Sea & Sea 125mm Close Up wet lens - but I think I am improving.

Karl

A Chromodoris reticulata

Ceratasoma brevicaudatum

A Dumpling Squid

I prefer the composition of the last image. I feel it draws the viewer more into the frame than the side views. Maybe try a combination of the upper images and the last one coming in somewhere in between the angles shot. I think that would give more impact.

IMHO

Cheers

Todd

beautiful photos of nudis!

Karl,

try getting a even lower angle if you can and reduce power strobe or use a snoot to avoid lighting the distracting background ..... What camera strobe combination are you using ??? Are you shooting manual ??? Which f/stop and shutter speed do you use ???

All the Best .... Francesco

Karl,

 

try getting a even lower angle if you can and reduce power strobe or use a snoot to avoid lighting the distracting background ..... What camera strobe combination are you using ??? Are you shooting manual ??? Which f/stop and shutter speed do you use ???

 

All the Best .... Francesco

Francesco,

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I couldn't get any lower as I was already laying in the sand and was shooting at eye level to to them. I use two Sea & Sea YS27 strobes with them level to the lens and both were at 1/2 power (from memory) and I try and use the 'Edge' lighting technic. I shoot in Av mode as the DX-1G has an issue when shooting in manual mode in ambient light the LCD screen goes too dark to see any image until you press the shutter, therefore you can't compose your shot

The F stop is around F7.2 - F8 (bearing in mind it is a compact camera) and from memory the shutter speed was around 1/30th of a second.

I will try and reduce the power of the strobes and whilst I have a basic idea of what a snoot is I haven't seen one being used but I will try and make up a couple to use.

Thanks for your input.

Karl

I prefer the composition of the last image. I feel it draws the viewer more into the frame than the side views. Maybe try a combination of the upper images and the last one coming in somewhere in between the angles shot. I think that would give more impact.

 

IMHO

 

Cheers

 

Todd

Thanks for that - I will give it a go.

Karl