Macro Series, Part VI: Composition and TipsGreat macro images do not become great simply because of being macro images. Yes, the details and often never seen before (for most people) intricacies of an insect or flower petal does command the viewer's attention but that is not enough. If the image is not a great image, people will look at the image for the intricacies' sake rather than because it is a good photograph. Their comment will often revolve around the subject of the image rather than the photography thereof. You know that you have a good image if people start to ask photography questions such as, "how did you get that image?" or "you must have some specialized equipment." What makes for a great macro image then? Just like any other photograph, composition matters, background matters, angle of view matters, and color matters. Let's look at an example: This image is not staged. It is not taken indoors or using a studio type setup. Everything about this image is natural, even the background. But the way the image turned is no accident. Everything about this image was intensionally orchestrated to come out that way. Let's see what we can learn from this image by looking at each element.
Now that we have our stack of image, it is time to process them. I will share my processing workflow with you next week. Comments
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