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Progression in macro insect photography

For a fun post, I thought I would cover the progression that a macro photography typically makes.  This covers both where I have started as well as where I hope to go.

Stage 1

In this stage, you can recognize what insect the photo is of.  With these shots, you feel it is extremely cool that you caught the insect on camera.  What you miss is that the framing may be awful, the insect is out of focus, and the lighting may be poor.

Here is a good example from when I first bought my camera.  You can see that this is a fly, but it is looking the wrong way, is too small for this shot, and should not be centered in the viewfinder.  The focus could also be improved.

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Book review – Take Your Photography to the Next Level

While waiting for my 5D Mark II to arrive, I have been reading a number of books.  I have also been learning Turkish, but that is the subject of another conversation.  In particular, I have been trying to learn how to better compose my pictures.  I noticed this book in the library and decided to take a look.

In general, I found this to be an outstanding book for learning composition and how to inspire yourself to take better pictures.  A lot of the advice here are things that make sense and should be intuitive, but still ring a bell when reading.

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