Practical Geometry
by jonfrommk

Comment:
I think I know someone who does not want to go on this ride ... ;-)

Math Roots
by TonyT

Comment:
Yeah, sliderule -- I have one too. :-)

Kids, today we learn about number...2!!!
by Oich

Comment:
I think the odds are one in two that your kid will suffer from the "Terrible Twos" -- if not the twos go by too quickly.

-red-dahlia-
by sfalice

Comment:
Interesting technique to darken the edges -- it looks way better than the usual light haloing which results from heavy sharpening.

I think I have a recent frame-filling shot of a rose which might benefit from this treatment ... I'll have to try and find it.

Spicebush Swallowtail
by MaryO

Comment:
I really like the little splash of color in the otherwise muted tones -- framing/composition looks great to me ...

Anenomes
by pixelpig

Comment:
Yes, I like this idea of three views of the same flower -- I will undoubtedly be borrowing the concept sometime soon. :-)

I think I'd have put the bunch on the bottom, so that there's a progressive "zooming in" effect -- though maybe you were trying to avoid that ...

IMG_2744.jpg
by Zippy

Comment:
Nice bud -- probably a couple of hours older than the one in my shot.

I bet these would make a superb subject for time-lapse!

IMG_7026 Love Lies Bleeding.jpg
by drydoc

Comment:
Well, the color should give a hint to the name origin ... a like the real contrast between the subject and the background -- makes it really stand out.

Naked-Lady-triptych
by sfalice

Comment:
I like the way you've maintained the saturation on the petals. I tried to shoot some of these last week but they were too washed-out to be useful.

If you use the title you've printed on the layout you should get more search-result hits ... ;-)

Dent de Lion
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by drydoc: General, You undoubtedly have the most unique entries of all! From dead to dandelion. Gotta love it. I am amazed at the aperture, ISO, and shutter speeds you employ.

Thanks!

I confess I don't pay much attention to the aperture setting -- I prioritize ISO first because my camera sensor is so noisy, then shutter-speed to (usually) minimize the blur. I let the camera set the aperture, unless I have a composition where it's essential to control the DOF more than the noise.

In the case of this dandelion, I had some slack in the shutter-speed because of bright, late-afternoon sunlight. If I had seen how this would come out -- I was in the parking lot on my way home from work -- I might have opened the aperture more to further blur the fence, though that might also have made the foreground too OOF for some folks.