Just to add to this, I think the reason they feel unresolved is that the colour of the drupe is so much stronger and weightier than the colours of the fluffy bits that the eye is pulled away from the main subject and this leads me to expect an entire plump little raspberry. I think there are 2 things you could try to improve this. First is to get even closer and right into the fluffy bits, eliminating all but a tiny part of the succulent drupelets. The other is to show the whole fruit, but to position the top part in such a way that it dominates the composition. This is probably more difficult than the first because of the extra problem introduced by the strong colour.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 November 2007 09:01 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: PESO unusual raspberry > > They are interesting, and it's a good project to pursue, but > to me the pictures are compositionally unsatisfying. As they > loaded I was expecting to see the whole raspberry and it took > a while for me to realise that that was all I was going to > get. They feel unresolved to me. > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Igor Roshchin > > Sent: 10 November 2007 04:44 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: PESO unusual raspberry > > > > > > I took some pictures of raspberries. > > (I actually spent several hours trying different light and lense > > combinations.) > > Well, these three pictures do not show just the raspberry, > > but the extra > > "creatures" growing on it as well. > > I was playing with the new D-FA 100/2.8 lens: > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Raspberries/IMGP9428.jpg > > and then the same lens in combination with the 1.7x. > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Raspberries/IMGP9503.jpg > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Raspberries/IMGP9527.jpg > > > > The idea of using a TC for Macro imaging was picked from somebody's > > recent post here. > > I like it! > > > > I also tried to use a monstrous combination of > > 100/2.8 - SMC 2x - SMC 1.7x, but I didn't get any that I like. > > Also, I believe DOF was becoming too shallow, and when I tried to > > close down the aperture, I may have seen some diffraction showing up > > (although I am too lazy to estimate if I should see any noticeable > > diffraction at those values). > > If you are really interested to see some of those, take a look here: > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Raspberries/100-2_0x-1_7x/ > > > > > > Disclaimer: No raspberries were harmed or eaten during the > > photo session. > > > > Igor > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > > above and follow the directions. > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
