Forkstraction
Oh dear, I should learn when to stop and admit defeat. Forkfeat? Have I forkfeited my macro luck? This is the second to last image I took today. Not to mention the photos I've taken yesterday. Many photos. Too many photos. Of the same two forks. Sheesh! Forks aren't my friends, it seems. Well, but since I've spent so much time trying to come up with something, I can't skip MM, of course I can't ;)
Well, so what you see are two two-pronged serving forks, the smaller fork in focus, the bigger one as bokeh. I'd stuck them together with the prongs pointing into the opposite direction, fixated "head" down by a clasp, and reflected on a black tile. The plan had been to capture both intertwined forks and their reflections, and most of it in focus, and in that I succeeded, but I didn't like the carefully dusted (but still dusty) background. The dreaded macro dust didn't dissolve into nice bokeh this time, because some of it inevitably was in the same line of focus as the prongs' tips were – because to make the image work the way I'd invisioned it, I had to focus on the prongs' tips at the point where they "meet" their reflection. It looked quite nice, actually, but have I mentioned the dusty surface of the tile?
So the setup for this – final – image has been pretty much the same, except that this time I'd allowed more blur and got closer to the prongs' tips – which eliminated the dust. I do hope that the next theme will be an easier one, but knowing myself... ;)
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy!
Forkstraction
Oh dear, I should learn when to stop and admit defeat. Forkfeat? Have I forkfeited my macro luck? This is the second to last image I took today. Not to mention the photos I've taken yesterday. Many photos. Too many photos. Of the same two forks. Sheesh! Forks aren't my friends, it seems. Well, but since I've spent so much time trying to come up with something, I can't skip MM, of course I can't ;)
Well, so what you see are two two-pronged serving forks, the smaller fork in focus, the bigger one as bokeh. I'd stuck them together with the prongs pointing into the opposite direction, fixated "head" down by a clasp, and reflected on a black tile. The plan had been to capture both intertwined forks and their reflections, and most of it in focus, and in that I succeeded, but I didn't like the carefully dusted (but still dusty) background. The dreaded macro dust didn't dissolve into nice bokeh this time, because some of it inevitably was in the same line of focus as the prongs' tips were – because to make the image work the way I'd invisioned it, I had to focus on the prongs' tips at the point where they "meet" their reflection. It looked quite nice, actually, but have I mentioned the dusty surface of the tile?
So the setup for this – final – image has been pretty much the same, except that this time I'd allowed more blur and got closer to the prongs' tips – which eliminated the dust. I do hope that the next theme will be an easier one, but knowing myself... ;)
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy!