Mike,
I always enjoy your images - comp is perfect, as is the lighting angle - really brings out the vein details.
BTW I'm about 3/4 into your book, and really appreciate the explanations of the natural conditions that produce the scenes, where and what you look for, and your thought processes on composing the images.
Hey Chris, I'm glad you like the concept of the book. There are enough books on technical issues and not enough on composition and the thought process that goes into finding and composing an image. Everyone gets caught up in all the camera techs and buying the newest, fastest, biggest mega pixel, fix all my problems cameras and photoshop programs, and loses site of the most important part, learning about subject matter, where to find it and how to compose it properly. The equipment we have at our disposal is already good enough now we need to go out and find something cool to shoot and do a nice job presenting it.
Last edited by Mike Moats; 10-28-2008 at 06:12 PM.
I just read about this compositional approach somewhere this past weekend. :D;)
But if the leaf is being sucked down into the mud, why isn't the photographer??? :confused:
Excellent composition and lighting. I also really like the "mudshine" on the leaf. And the veins just set off the entire image perfectly. Very well done, Mike.
Another beautiful image, Mike. For some reason, this tight crop bothers me a little bit but I'm not sure why as I usually like a tight crop. Maybe it's because the colors are so cool together that I want to see more?
Good eye Mike...most people would walk around that and just keep going. It goes to show that one doesn't have to travel all over the world to get fresh and interesting images....they can be anywhere!