“In Their World” Series – Silhouettes
I decided to take a break from some of the back breaking landscaping being done here at home yesterday, and to grab the camera gear and head out to the ponds late in the evening.
The lighting was wonderful for some macro type silhouettes!
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“In Their World” – Series
Robberfly Silhouette
There were numerous compositions to be found along side the ponds with the hazy late evening sun showing in the waters, presenting silhouettes in the grassy areas and the occasional insect gazing about and into the world in which they live.
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“In Their World” – Series
Dragonfly Silhouette
Using the 100-400mm lens gave me plenty of room to play from the shoreline.
The trick in most cases was to find a appealing composition and to create the right kind of depth so that the detail of the main subject (the insect) would not blend together with its surroundings. To let the drop off of depth to start right behind the insect, … to fall off into a blur.
Only a very slight curves/contrast adjustment was used in both images.
Hope that everyone has been doing well, and that your creativity is always in high gear!
Thanks for visiting everyone,
Michael
Michael Brown – Photographer
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Michael Brown – Photographer
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All images in this journal plus images from other sites, including any writings are © 2002-2009 Michael Brown, and may not be used without permission. Do not download/copy any images!
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This is my blog journal, a journal about the art that can be found in nature, about macro photography, and other topics of interest! I’m just a typical American boy, from a typical American home in South Carolina, and one who enjoys exploring all the possibilities of capturing artistic abstracts in the world of macro. This journal has been created not only as a outlet for my thoughts about the world of nature photography, but hopefully as a place where others may visit, … and maybe learn something from it. Currently I am working with various clients and art buyers throughout the US.
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how refreshing, thank you so much, I am reminded to pick up my camara
Great stuff as usual Mike. Thanks for your recent kind words and comments on my flora posts over at NPN. You continue to be an inspiration to me!
Nathan
Hello Michael,
wonderful blog…
your images are absolutely amazing!
Very nice Michael,you nailed these they have an almost metallic feel to them, well done !!
I especially like the second (dragonfly) and the metallic feeling of the piece. Great use of the whole frame and placement of the insect against the highlight.
Amazing! I like the first. Beautiful composition and tones.
Thanks everyone,
Michael
F A B U L O U S !!!
These are so wonderful. I am envious.
Beautiful!
As always great stuff Michael. Really like the simplicity of the fly on the blade of grass.
I am really liking these darker images of yours Michael. Good stuff.
[...] There is much to be said about “dark” macro photography, or those close ups of various subjects with strong and dark silhouette type areas along with a slight blast of highlights. I love these types of images, and is another area of creativity in macro photography that I am enjoying even more this season. Such as these recent posts; “Late Evening Lily Pads” “In Their World” Series – Silhouettes [...]
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Hello,
Really excellent use of composition and exposure techniques. I know how hard it is to get DOF and overall metering to “sync” in low light without generating artifacts from the sensor or total light input. You appear to have balanced these factors beautifully.