Portrait 309

Day 309 of 365

"Portrait 309"

 

Today's portrait is brought to you by a syringe. This little bastard hopped on me as I took out the trash this morning. In a very masculine way, I swatted him frantically.....and he volunteered to be my subject today. That is a minuscule needle in his posterior. With the recent purchase of my macro extension tube, I have been exposed to a new world of macro possibilities. This guy is no larger than a healthy crumb. So, he is resting on a syringe, which is clamped on an extension arm, which is attached to a light stand. Because the extension tube renders auto-focus unusable, I had to manually focus this sucker. Needless to say, even finding him in the view finder was difficult. The depth of field is......small? I mean, his eyes are in focus, but the top part of his forehead is not. That's shallow!! As for the lighting, there is a socked beauty dish directly above him, and a there is a snooted speedlight over his camera-left shoulder. It delivers the highlight on his temple and camera-left paw. Lastly, there is a piece of foamcore directly beneath him. Without that shadow-filler, the lower half of the frame is very dark. The foamcore is also what creates that unexpected highlight all over the background. I can't quite explain how it happened, but it was a happy mistake, and I selected this frame to post. Thank for laying your eyes on this one!!

 

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