Thanks David. Not only a photo journalist in the Army, I worked as a medical photographer as well. I have a couple hundred autopsies under my belt. That helped me hone the basics. You don't dig them back up for a re-shoot. LOL I own an advertising agency now....so I do get to tap my photo skills frequently. I take all kinds of photos...the Frozen Flowers started three years ago. I also take a lot of macro HDR photos...like of rust. Hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting them here...but here's one of the FF pics from this weekend and another of a macro shot of rust.
Even though they aren't photos of fish, the interesting thing is that they are really the "grease that keeps my skills sharp" and in the case of the frozen flower....lit almost exactly like I light a fish tank to take photos.
The rust is actually seven photos of the same shot taken at different exposures....called High Dynamic Range photography (HDR). If you have a smart phone, likely it has an HDR setting. It takes two or three exposures and combines them. The result is a hyper real image that captures a wider range of colors and detail.
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