So… to the followers I may or may not have, you may have noticed a missed blog post. 4-16-10, last Friday, I typically do a review on Friday’s; however, I had skipped it last week to prove a point. The point is, details can be there out in front on your average review or hidden completely from view. Details in macro photography; those must be the greatest of importance for you images. Take for instance this image here.

Now the obvious detail would be the water droplets, in fact they are the reason this image becomes so astatically pleasing to the eye, although since we are engrossed in the image as a whole, one begins to notice the accents to the main subject. Start with the large drops surrounding the main drop in focus. There are a solid 6 that surround it in an “A” formation although they point to nowhere. They do hold the viewers eye in place to now give the base of the image a second look. The palette of colors is soft like the focus and delicate because they are earth tones, what’s more it gives truth to our setting of this particular image.

 These details, all beyond the main focal point, are the border, the frame, the support. I, when shooting macro photographs, do not see those areas of the image as details, but only as the holding place for the details. The real “details” in my eyes are the veins of the leaf, the tiny hairs holding the droplets, and the wonderful line through the image (edge of the leaf) these are the little things that get me close to the subject because they are the last thought when I see water droplets on a leaf. Enjoy!