As yet unidentified butterfly taken in new Zealand. Nikon 105 Micro, Fuji Velvia, 1:1 magnification. Didn't notice the hotspot at the time. doh!! My first attempt at posting and working with scanned images so hope it works. I know it is a little big to view but if you select full scrren view on your browser it fits nicely.
-- Jason Elsworth (Jason.Elsworth@xtra.co.nz), June 14, 1999
Hi Andrei,
The diagonal element is perfect, and the critter appears sharp. Nice
stuff.
The only problem is it's "bullseyed", right in the center of the
frame. A more asymetrical composition would help (I'm not going to say
"rule of thirds" because it's too easy of a copout).
Of course that's only really a problem if you print if full frame.
You'll probably use a standard 8x10 proportion crop,in which case it
won't be bulls-eyed any more.
But when you get to the point where you want to market your images,
photo buyers will see the full slide, and in that case a composition
that doesn't require cropping for maximum impact will help you.
Hope that makes sense.
Cheers,
keith
-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), June 15, 1999.