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04/21/2003 09:17:06 AM · #1 |
Thoughts are welcome... Dave
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04/21/2003 09:22:00 AM · #2 |
| Nice, very good composition and I like the fluffy bits. I took a shot of one of these while I was out & about and it looked nowhere near as good. Not keen on the B&W though - the green leaves surely would have set off the white a lot better? |
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04/21/2003 09:28:32 AM · #3 |
bod, exactly why I shot it in B+W. I didn't want the focus on the leaves. That is why they are blurred. I wanted the focus on the texture of the image.
Clyde Butcher said it best. Color is a photocopy, B+W is an emotion. lately I have been striving for texture and emotion in my shots. Pretty colors go aways after a while. An emotion can stay for a lifetime... Hopefully someday I can get there...
Thanks - Dave
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04/21/2003 09:43:08 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Davenit:
Thoughts are welcome... Dave |
I really like this - the texture comes through really strongly. Slightly lacking in the depth of field though, as you seem to have tried to get the whole seed head in focus but missed some of the immediate foreground. I like the use of black and white to pick out the seeds.
Message edited by author 2003-04-21 09:46:20. |
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04/21/2003 09:49:59 AM · #5 |
Gordon, 68mm of extension tubes on a 70-200 created a DOF of about nothing. LOL. I had to chose what I wanted in focus. I have dozens of shots with all different areas in. I chose this one because of the detail in the more profile of the seeds. The DOF is bothersome. The same tubes on a 50 or 100mm lens would have even created a shallower DOF... My kingdom for a 600mm f4 to throw sometubes on. Real big DOF at 1:1 or better!!!
Thanks for the kind words... Dave
Message edited by author 2003-04-21 09:50:15.
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04/21/2003 09:55:39 AM · #6 |
That's a lovely photo. Too bad it didn't make the challenge. I don't mind the little too shallow dof, actually it adds some interest to the shot imho.
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04/21/2003 10:00:59 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by Davenit:
bod, exactly why I shot it in B+W. I didn't want the focus on the leaves. That is why they are blurred. I wanted the focus on the texture of the image.
Clyde Butcher said it best. Color is a photocopy, B+W is an emotion. lately I have been striving for texture and emotion in my shots. Pretty colors go aways after a while. An emotion can stay for a lifetime... Hopefully someday I can get there... |
Fair enough, and bad luck on missing the challenge with it :-/ |
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04/21/2003 10:19:38 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Davenit:
Gordon, 68mm of extension tubes on a 70-200 created a DOF of about nothing. LOL. I had to chose what I wanted in focus. I have dozens of shots with all different areas in. I chose this one because of the detail in the more profile of the seeds. The DOF is bothersome. The same tubes on a 50 or 100mm lens would have even created a shallower DOF... My kingdom for a 600mm f4 to throw sometubes on. Real big DOF at 1:1 or better!!!
Thanks for the kind words... Dave |
I understand the problem you had - I'd have just preferred to see the leaves more blurred and the foreground sharper |
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04/21/2003 10:27:23 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
I understand the problem you had - I'd have just preferred to see the leaves more blurred and the foreground sharper |
Yeah, so would have I!!! LOL. Maybe a reshoot. It was sure fun the first time... Thanks
Dave
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04/21/2003 10:36:41 AM · #10 |
| really good...shame u missed the challenge |
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04/21/2003 11:00:06 AM · #11 |
This is a nice picture. I am sorry you missed the challenge. There is always Wed. that is only a couple of days away. It will probable feel like 3 years. ;-)
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