S Cargo macro

[Tight Knot]

Hi all, some C&C on these snails please.
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2. Close-up with front antenna sharp

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4.Close-up with rear antenna sharp

5.More snail in focus.

 

[Ron Evers]

Nice shots. However, the shadows are very distracting.

 

[Tight Knot]

Nice shots. However, the shadows are very distracting.

I wasn't sure if I should take them out or not, but now that I have, I agree 100%.
Very quick edits, what do you think?

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[Ron Evers]

Very nice, wish I knew how to do it.

 

[lildlege1]

I like them Nice!!! Better with no shadows

 

[rateeg]

i wish you didnt use the flash.

 

[Tight Knot]

Thank you Ron and lildlege1.
Rateeg, these were taken outdoors with very little ambient light, there was no way to take these without the flash.

 

[bazooka]

Next time, if you can't get your flash off the camera, put a diffuser (... tissue paper) over your flash. This will soften the shadows, improving the quality of the light. Removing the shadows in PS makes it very unnatural. We can tell by the specular highlights from the snail that you used a small light source very close to the camera lens (pop-up flash), so we expect hard shadows on the surface but we don't get them.

 

[Tight Knot]

Next time, if you can't get your flash off the camera, put a diffuser (... tissue paper) over your flash. This will soften the shadows, improving the quality of the light. Removing the shadows in PS makes it very unnatural. We can tell by the specular highlights from the snail that you used a small light source very close to the camera lens (pop-up flash), so we expect hard shadows on the surface but we don't get them.

Cool idea with the tissue paper. I'll try that next time.
Thank you.

 

[hrry]

No offence to your skills but i was nearly sick looking at these.

 

[Ron Evers]

No offence to your skills but i was nearly sick looking at these.

You mean you would not eat them?

 

[Karri]

I am thinking some butter and garlic and a saute pan would go quite nicely with these... Shadows or no shadows.

 

[Tight Knot]

No offence to your skills but i was nearly sick looking at these.

You think that's bad? You should have seen the photos of the snails upside down. I was worried to post them, as they would be good for other genres of photography that I don't really care for.:lmao:

 

[Tight Knot]

No offence to your skills but i was nearly sick looking at these.

You mean you would not eat them?

Having never eaten snails myself, are all common garden variety snails edible? Or is it a specific type of snail?

 

[Tight Knot]

I am thinking some butter and garlic and a saute pan would go quite nicely with these... Shadows or no shadows.

Really?? I couldn't stomach the thought of eating them myself. How do they taste?