City Sights and critter bites
Been trying to capture the beauty in the big and small around my city
Been trying to capture the beauty in the big and small around my city
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Location
I took this one at Mt Coot-tha in Brisbane, on a trail not often explored by regular visitors as it involved a little bit of side tracking and exploration to reach.Time
I was walking around with my mother at around midday in the hot Australian sun, trying to capture all the small beauties of this large mountain, as we were both going through rough mental spots at the time, and I wanted to capture my appreciation for the small things, and natureLighting
I was fortunate enough that that I was up there while the lighting was nice and exposed over these small bodies of water, even though I hadn’t really taken lighting in to consideration for my shots at the timeEquipment
This one was taken using the default set up with a CANON EOS-600D an old model of a beginner camera which I had picked up maybe 6 months prior to this shot. It was quite a difficult shot to achieve as I wasn’t using a tripod for the capture, so many a tries on many different spiders later, I was able to capture the beauty of this creature up closeInspiration
I’m always wanting to learn more, wether it be about photography, or spiders, or anything in life; and I’m in a couple of spider identification groups on Facebook, so I initially captured this photo with that group in mind, to see if anyone had any idea what this spider was, or why it had been perched on the end of this rock like I had seen many others around the area leading up to this shotEditing
There was absolutely 0 post processing done on this photo. I believe I achieved what I set out for with this shot and the manual settings alone. I captured the detail of this roughly 3cm critter and the beauty of the reflections only where it was balancing on the surface tension without having to bring up the exposure or highlight the subjectIn my camera bag
I normally just bring along my ‘Inca Lightweight Tripod’ my Canon EOS 600D with a macro lens, portrait lens, and my little Buddha figure that I’ve been using as the subject for many macro shots, and occasionally a portable power bank for if I think i’m going to be out long enough to warrant some extra battery life for my mobileFeedback
Don’t give up after one or two photos if you can’t quite get the image you want. Try time and time again, change settings, change positions and change your mindset if you must. My philosophy is even if you don’t have the equipment recommended for certain shots, you can always use your surroundings to your advantage. Don’t have a tripod? Well you might have a stick or rocks to support your camera. Don’t have a flash? Well you might have a phone torch. Don’t have a focal point? Well you can always craft one out of rocks, leaves, or anything within arms reach
