Hey, Ladies...!

A few months ago, my interest in details started to increase. It gave me a chance to 'touch' life. Okay, that's an absurd sentence.

Anyway, it made me love to shot the details. Also, use macro a lot often. Nope... I don't have a macro lens. I was only using my 18-55mm lens. And it's macro enough for me.

Waiting for sunset, on a sunny afternoon, I wandered around a corn field and tried to look for details. By accident, these two ladybirds caught my eyes. They came out from somewhere, and climbed on the stem? I don't know what they were doing.

A really great composition, I must say. I love the colours and the composition. Yet, I'm ready to hear what my very-supporting-friend's opinion.

There are some blown highlights in the stem and on the ladybirds backs. He told me to try backing off the exposure. Yes...yes...exposure! Playing with it can be really helpful to improve the quality of the picture.

Still, the sunset was beautiful. Really, it was. See...the sunset even got to those ladies in the mood too...

Under the Coconut Tree

A warm, bright afternoon took me to the hills at the south of my city, one day. It was an hour trip, with beautiful views along the way. Then I saw this small hut under a coconut tree. It was so tropical!

So, I went right down to the corn field, and tried to frame the hut with the tree. There wasn't a lot of space to move around, and shoot in many angles. At least, I managed to take a simple, blue-and-green shot. Nice one, I said to myself. Though the smaller tree was quite disturbing.

"Lovely." I showed it to a friend. "But you could also point the camera slightly to the left, moving the tall coconut tree to the right third of the picture. Now the small tree becomes part of the picture as well. You might lose the small hut, which is charming, but it may be worth it."

Nope, I don't want to lose the small hut.

I went to my other friend.

"I think you can widen the framing a bit and strengthen the photo," he said. "You currently have a strong vertical central element that is dividing the space in half - left and right. The composition is fairly weak as such. Fortunately, the hut and smaller tree balance each other, but I'd try finding a different POV or framing without so much symmetry."

I wish I had brought a chainsaw that day, so I could cut down the smaller tree...