SPRING AT LAST
The capture and making of images is my passion. And now that Spring has
finally arrived, my cameras are ready to go forth and begin to hunt and
stalk the BUG world for subjects willing or not. You should go for
intimate portraits of the selected subjects as well as one of a kind
images that occur as you are hunting. That is those special moments and
poses that may occur as you stay with one subject for a prolonged period
of time. Patience as you are hunting may well be rewarded with a very
special occurrence or pose or moment. Remember that the captures can be
done with P & S all the way up to the SLR's. In fact the main advantage
of the SLR's is that you are able to get and use the superb 150 -200mm
Macro lens that allow a good "working distance" from the subject
(especially the stinging and biting varieties). The P & S cameras with
the use of supplementary Close Up attachments (+1 - +10) you can create
a rig that is nearly 1X magnification. And you can achieve greater
Magnification by reversing a standard 50mm lens and an adaptor ring.
The possibilities and combinations are nearly endless. Check out Mr.
Plonsky's site to see what can be achieved with the P & S system:
http://www.mplonsky.com/photo/article.htm
Now as to how and what you use to fix and correct and prepare your
images for presentation and display is up to each individual and what
they may be most comfortable with. For me I use Photoshop CS2 with a
suite of preferred Plug ins that fit my workflow. I then take the
finished TIFF image and use it to print "Salon" quality prints for
display, or I convert my TIFF to a High Quality JPG sized for the WEB
and then use it on one of my sites or blogs to share with the world at
large.
Enough for now. More to follow soon.
GOOD HUNTING
Carole Blatchley
Photographer/Fine Artist
athoskat@comcast.net
carolecb@mac.com
http://www.carolebanksimages.com
http://www.athosimageworks.com
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