Giorgio Photo

Today i went again to try some macro photography shoots and i see that i still have to practise a lot before i can show you some nice pictures

Well, this doesn’t scare me because i enjoy photography and i enjoy learning new techniques.

Still have many problems with focusing and lens diffraction but hope that with the time I’ll be able to get some really sharp image.

The good news is that finally i got my first fly and my first dragonfly So, even if my pictures are not very good, I’m quite happy about my insects hunting techniques

Have a look at this gallery for few new pictures.

PS I’ll be away for about 1 month so this blog will not be updated in the next 4 or 5 weeks.For security reason, while I’m away, i will have to approve all the comments before they will be visible on the blog. I’ll not be able to use Internet often so don’t worry, if you write a comment, soon or later will be published.

See you soon

Update: Broken link to the gallery fixed!

Last week at home, i was testing a flash, so i started to get pictures of objects around me just to see how much manual flash  compensation i should apply depending on the subjects surface and color, for that particular flash.

There is no particular attempt here to have a proper objects lighting, just a frontal straight flash light.

So, in this gallery you can have a look at little objects around me.

Yesterday we went to Brands Hatch to assist to the BRSCC Car Championships.

It wasn’t  F1 but if you like cars and engines it is a good place to go.

There was 7 events lineup: Ford Saloon Car Championship, Ford Fiesta Championship, Mighty Minis Championship, T Cars, Super Mighty Minis Championship, Formula Jedi and Porsche 924 Championship. Well, we was a bit late so we missed about half of them I tried to get some pictures and I’m quite happy about the result even if i know that it’s possible to do better. It was the first time i went to get pictures at a car racing event so, even if i have to improve my panning technique and i should find a better place where to get pictures along the track, i enjoyed the day end i enjoyed my camera

Today at lunch time i went to try some macro photography. I had in my mind all the great pictures i see on the web and in many macro photography web site. I always read all the article of serious macro photographer but i never imaged that take good insects or flowers pictures was so difficult.

The first “issue” for me was that i had to look where usually i don’t. I can see flowers,leaves and trees every days but i never stopped to see what was around that.

The second issue was try to get close enough to the insects without make them fly or run away.

The third issue was the depth of field and focusing, when is windy is a real nightmare keep on focus something very little when the depth of field is only few millimeters.

Forth issue lighting…….

Than ok, there was a lot of other issues and now i really appreciate all the great macro photography pictures that i see on the web because only now i understand how difficult is.

Saying that, I’m quite happy about the result, i made the first step in this fantastic new world and i really want to improve on it. For sure i can make better but i need more experience, so i’ll go on to take macro pictures and hopefully, in a near future, I’ll be able to show you something good.

Meanwhile, please have a look at this Gallery and feel free to leave a comment.