This post is part of the very excellent ‘Your Best Photos From 2012” blog project run by Jim M. Goldstein, a very worthy project to be involved in to get your photos seen and also to see amazing photos from other photographers from around the world. This show cases some of the ones I feel are my best for the year of 2012.
The one above is by far one of the best macro shots I’ve ever managed to take out in the world. A confluence of luck, timing and strategy all came together to make this one happen. The bright blue background was not added in post but rather is a piece of blue card held behind the insect as it rested on the wire.
2012 was a big year for me photographically. Half way through I finally bit the bullet and switched from Olympus to Canon – a very painful and expensive change but unfortunately the Olympus love affair with very small cameras left me without an upgrade path (the otherwise very technically excellent OM-D EM-5 is too small for me to hold comfortably).
Part of the switch was going to a full frame sensor (Canon 5D Mark 3) and I’m still going through the exceptionally large learning curve with this. As a result of this and a few other life changes it feels like I’ve taken less photos this year or at least I’m being far more fussy about which ones I’m willing to share.
This was a fun long exposure shot of the Santos City Of Lights event during the Brisbane Festival.
This is a macro shot of a White Crab Spider waiting for an unwitting victim to come along.
I had a fun time capturing macro shots of a plasmaball in the dark and using them to learn more about post processing in Adobe Lightroom.
A silhouette shot of the Brisbane city skyline at dusk that happened almost entirely by accident.
A mayfly that posed beautifully for the camera.
I did a really fun series of LEGO minifigs in the fog shots using dry ice. This is by far my favourite one so far.
The sky turns into a gorgeous burning pit of roiling clouds.
The shed skin of a huntsman spider sites serenely in a bright orange flower.
Finally a macro shot of a tiny insect taken using a new technique using a portable softbox and turned out better than I could have hoped.
