Coral Swirls (Macro)

[Ausmosis]

Here are a couple of macro shots of coral swirls I took at Darwin High School. (Best viewed large). Hope you like them :)

#1
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/284706948_69db6 eb3bb_o.jpg


#2
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/284706947_f5ed4d 4c79_o.jpg

[orsum]

top work as usual Ausmosis! were those taken with your reverse lens technique?

[Aukiman]

dude very nice - I love macro focus I have a thing for the shallow DOF it brings.

I musn't look at stuff closely enough as I have never seen those flowers up here LOL :p

Is that natural light ?

[Ausmosis]

top work as usual Ausmosis! were those taken with your reverse lens technique?

Orsum... They were taken with my Macro 105mm Sigma lens . ;)

[Ausmosis]

dude very nice - I love macro focus I have a thing for the shallow DOF it brings.

I musn't look at stuff closely enough as I have never seen those flowers up here LOL :p

Is that natural light ?

Dude these things are all over the place. Without delving into the exif data I'm pretty sure these were taken with natural light. I don't like using a flash when doing macro work. :)

[scarlet-rain]

Edit: I didn't check if you wanted critique because I thought it was Auki posting. Lemme know if you do and I'll edit my post to how what it originally was.

[Ausmosis]

Edit: I didn't check if you wanted critique because I thought it was Auki posting. Lemme know if you do and I'll edit my post to how what it originally was.

Scarlet-rain, I'm always open to critique so don't be afraid to post. I'm no professional, far from it, so I welcome anyones constructive criticism. It can only help improve my photography :)

[scarlet-rain]

Ok. First, the photos look too dark. I think it would be best fixed in future by reducing the aperture, or if you want to maintain the depth of field, reducing the shutter speed. I don't think they could be fixed through simply upping the brightness though, as some of the detail in the flowers might be lost if they become too bright. Maybe use curves to brighten up the darker sections only?

[Jewmaster]

The fine details in flowers are a joy to take photos off, Im often suprised about what I can see in the photo after the shot in comparison to what I can focus on natrually.

[Ausmosis]

Jewmaster: Flowers are fun but not a real challenge when doing macro photography. Trying to get a good shot of an insect is fun but also adds challenge to the equation ;)