Bird on Railings
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Comment by MaryO:
The composition is great.

Sea Museum
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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
This plays tricks with my eyes, making me perceive the tower is crooked when it is perfectly straight. Nicely done.

I'll Give You Three Wishes
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Comment by PennyStreet:
Perfectly pleasing. This was one of my 7s.

I'll Give You Three Wishes
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Comment by tnun:
like

I'll Give You Three Wishes
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Comment by tvsometime:
Love the Afro doo.

Amusements
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Comment by IreneM:
Love this, definitely in my top three.

Amusements
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Comment by spencelg:
My pick for yellow in this challenge.

Buoys
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Comment by Cyrilda:
Hard to say.

Statue
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Comment by glad2badad:
FWIW - Had this tied for my top pick (I gave out two 9's). I really this abstract image, and have tilted my head both ways to see if it played any better with a different perspective - nope, it plays just fine this way! Great detail and just enough side light. Only nit that could have held it back some is it gets a bit softer near the bottom edge. A square crop perhaps to lose that? Bah. Just speculating. It is what it is, and I liked it. Well done.

Let's Do It
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Comment by DistantColours:

Originally posted by roz: Darren .. i absolutely loved this in voting .. and am so glad you got in the top 5 .. its brilliant .. and i was interested to know the lens you used for this shot .. Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM .. can you be quite far away from the insects and zoom in .??. with the macro lenses i have used .. canon and olympus .. i have to be very close to the insect .. i'd love the ability to be a lot further away .. i dont think the mirrorless omd em1 Mk2 lenses have that ability .. :( and just realized the breakdown of votes and Sara's comment .. very disappointing seeing those low votes .. as this really is exceptional .. :)

Thank you, I̢۪m pleased you liked the picture.

I was about a metre away if I recall correctly. I think I had an extension tube on my lens. This is how I̢۪m able to get a fairly large magnification without getting too close.