Fire/Volcanic fury
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Comment by autool:
I am left wondering what it is. You have attempted a difficult task of getting all of the exposures at their best. With the intense light from the blast making the rest of the subject underexposed, you might have tried a shorter exposure with some added light on the foreground. 4

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Comment by Shelley:
Is it opposite day. Looks very white to me. But I do like the compsition

Rose between two thorns. Ouch!
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Comment by sfalice:
Beautifully photographed and certainly meets the challenge.

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Comment by wezley:
if youve a thing about feet, must be chinese asia, frankley a woman does more for me than an empty shoe and a bit of lace.... and where is the black bit ?

Nature's work of art!
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Comment by ellamay:
Hi greetings from the CC, well you did a fabulous job on the mushroom in this shot!! Voters did not seem to mind that that DOF was minimal in the background. The DOF is certainly well contrasted with the extreme sharpness of this well composed mushroom. Just because your comment suggests uncertainty about DOF, it is achieved by aperatures being low numbers i.e. 4.5 will give you a very shallow DOF and 22 will give you more focus both in fore and backgrounds. Manual focussing I find helps to highlight the subject of your choice in focus. Hope that helps, you seemed to 'get it' without needing the tech explanation on your own...keep up the good work... oh and the lighting in this shot is very good, excellent detail!

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Comment by Marjo:
I tried to do this same shot and gave up. You've captured it very well with great detail. Where's the black, though?

Rose between two thorns. Ouch!
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Comment by e301:
Well lit, and I suspect a genuinely 'found' subject, but the leaves are distracting, and the stalk being almost exactly on the edge of the focal plane is confusing. Visually, the texture seems to be primarily visible on that stalk, and yet it's barely in focus - makes the image confusing and rather odd.

Rose between two thorns. Ouch!
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Comment by weaverc:
nice framing

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Comment by f-32:
Great concept! Think how much higher most votes would be if it had been BLACK pumps and BLACK lingerie!

Cicada Letting go of old shell/To new life
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Comment by weaverc:
well timed! nice shot!