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"The Beast"

Iso 40, F 1.6

"The Tiny Lurker"

Iso 64, F 1.6









"100 Legs"      Iso 50, F 1.6

My first and favorite picture “The Beast,” is a picture of my cat Zora. I wish there were less shadows on her, as it would make her pop a little more in the sun. I also think that the removal of the leash would make the photo a little cleaner, but she would go chasing after some animal. It was also hard to get her to pose and look at the camera, but I also think that it is interesting to have her looking at something off screen. My second photo, “The Tiny Lurker” was an underside picture of a spider sitting in a box outside. I wish the background was less distracting and so is all of the little leaves and needles stuck within the web. Also centering of the spider against a clean background would give a really cool silhouette. The last photo I have is “100 Legs”, which is a picture of a centipede I saw crawling around earlier today. It was rather fast, which paired with the sun being right overhead, made it hard to get a photo where you could clearly see him. Of course, a lighter background such as a leaf or a lighter colored tree would make this photo much nicer and interesting too look at, but I still think in my photo it’s not too hard to make out what it is. Overall, with a few changes to background as well as centering of the subject, these photos could be a lot more compelling. 

 

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