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Took this a while ago.
what do you think?
Framing is way too loose and the lighting is bad. Also, the background is extremely distracting. Read up on depth of field and how focal length affects perspective. I'll show what I mean. Here's a photo I took a while back when I was experimenting with macro a bit:
Notice how the background is blurred way out of focus and has color patterns that help to enhance the subject instead of drawing your eye away from it. I achieved this by using a very long focal length (about 125-150mm on 4/3 I'd guess) and a wider aperture, as well as shifting the framing a few times to get the background right. It's not perfect though, the wingtips are out of focus because I didn't stop down quite enough. Also, the photo was taken on an overcast day, so the shadows aren't harsh and distracting.
There's really three things you need to do to learn photography. Learn the basic principles (I suggest The Camera by Ansel Adams), spend some time looking at (and actually thinking about) other photographers' work, and of course go shoot. People have a tendency to skip the first two things and go straight to the photo taking. That's fine if you're just having fun and messing around, but if you want to get serious about it, the other two steps are just as important.
*hoping you wanted an actual critique to help improve your photography, not just people going "great photo, man"*
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