Palms and Cypress
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

I'll take a wild guess but this looks like the Everglades if I'm not mistaken. I the near palms and then the cypress trees over yonder. In between is a whole field of bright and beautiful yellow flowers. I do have some suggestion or critiques you may or may not agree with. First, I think that it would add a little more visual impact and a feel of height of those trees if you shot this at a lower angle. It appears as if it was taken at height level. Second, you are allowed to sharpen more than once in minimal - taking a large file size and shrinking it down in one stop loses alot of sharp and lovely detail which I am sure that the large scale photo has. Lastly, there seems to be some dramatic light on the cypress trees way in back. If time allowed, I wonder if you could have waited or timed the light to illuminate the field and trees in such a fashion to get some more dramatic tones in light and shadow. Mother Nature doesn't always co-operate but sometimes if you wait you do get rewarded and other times not.

Palms and Cypress
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by Denielle:
Odd. I've never seen palm trees out in a setting like this!
Like the shot.

Ave Maria Glow
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by jmritz:
Beautiful glow!

Flowerz
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by jmritz:
Nice composition. Like the detail.

Flowerz
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by jomari:
The greens and the shadows are very blue, but they probably give all the more power to those fabulous yellows.

Ave Maria Glow
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful shot, Waddy. That old lens must have led a sheltered life.

Camo Cat 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by tnun:
great feel to camo cat. a purrfect fit.

Camo Cat 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by jomari:
Lucky you were able to see Camo Cat ;-) I love the softness of your old lens - fancy having the luck to find that in a junk yard!

Camo Cat 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by herfotoman:
I tried a similar shot with my father's 16 mm telephoto lens, no go.
Amazing clarity.

Camo Cat 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by pixelpig:
It is such a treat to see the results of your amazing collection of optics--you use them so well. This is a pretty cat, too.