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Spike - Up Close and Personal
Spike - Up Close and Personal
Rikki


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Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My bedroom
Date: Aug 27, 2005
Aperture: f9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1.7 seconds
Galleries: Macro, Studio
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2005

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Comments: 9
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 This image is straight out of the camera. No PP involved aside from crop and stroke.

I didn't even realize at the time I took this photo that there are these minute strands of fiber. I'll have to use some tweezers to take them out as they are very tiny pieces.

Shot using a macro coupler with the kit lens 18-55mm and a 50mm 1.8. This is a 50% crop of the original.

Another view of Spike

Path: E:\DPC\Macros\
Filename: IMG_4968.JPG
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 07/10/2006 10:33:23 PM
Wonderful detail, the range of colors is excellent.
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 11/28/2005 03:22:09 PM
What amazing detail! Colors and sharpness seem near perfect to me. Love the bokeh!
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 09/06/2005 03:58:24 AM
Really nice! Good composition and colors! :)
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 08/31/2005 03:56:27 PM
Very nice macro, of course the twiggie thing in there needs to go, but very sharp and crisp. Nice detail!
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 08/31/2005 02:15:46 PM
Love it! I hate to say this, but excellent sharpness. :-) I also love the color scheme - you can't go wrong with yellow, green and red. I would love to see another version of the same shot focused on the foreground points with a slightly smaller aperture - maybe f/8 or f/11. You'd still get decent bokeh, but more of the image would be in focus. Without a very specific point of focus that you're calling attention to with a shallow DOF, I usually find that it's better to go with a smaller aperture to increase sharpness throughout. Still, very nice photo, Rikki!
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 08/31/2005 11:40:28 AM
Great macro. Personally I'm not a fan of the fibers, but that's just personal taste.
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 08/31/2005 11:14:58 AM
WOW! what an amazing image! love how vivid the colors are in this shot -- just lovely!!! great crop/composition as well!
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 08/31/2005 09:47:26 AM
Great macro! WOW!
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 08/28/2005 02:03:59 PM
The fibers add a contrast to the rest of the image that I don't think detracts at all unless you want to only focus on the sharp lines of the spikes.
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