Ed Vatza
09-03-2008, 08:59 PM
Another throwdown concept that I rejected as not quite up to snuff. I saw this series of images as a juxtaposition of life represented by the water droplet and death of the mayfly caught up in the spider's web. I was particularly moved by the way the mayfly appears to be clutching the droplet as well as the earth-like appearance of the droplet.
Conditions: overcast, wet after a nighttime rain and breezy.
Image made with my Canon Rebel XT; Sigma 150mm Macro lens with Sigma 1.4x TC and Kenko 20mm extension tube; and all tripod-mounted with a Novoflex Focusing Rail.
1/15 sec @ f/11; ISO 800; -2/3 EV; Focal length 210mm; Natural diffused light
As a postscript I will add that this exercise was an eye opener as I spent the weekend first looking at flowers in a very different way before moving on to other subjects like this before culminating in the Lilliputian Landscapes represented in the throwdown.
Conditions: overcast, wet after a nighttime rain and breezy.
Image made with my Canon Rebel XT; Sigma 150mm Macro lens with Sigma 1.4x TC and Kenko 20mm extension tube; and all tripod-mounted with a Novoflex Focusing Rail.
1/15 sec @ f/11; ISO 800; -2/3 EV; Focal length 210mm; Natural diffused light
As a postscript I will add that this exercise was an eye opener as I spent the weekend first looking at flowers in a very different way before moving on to other subjects like this before culminating in the Lilliputian Landscapes represented in the throwdown.