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Couple more critters

Postby chrisk on Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:07 pm

Geoff motivated me. ty. :up:

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Big World; Little Bug by .Chris.K, on Flickr

edit: right way up now. thanks andrew. :cheers:
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby zafra52 on Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:20 pm

Excellent, too!
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby ATJ on Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:39 pm

I like the perspective of the ladybird.

The placement of the female St Andrew's cross spider doesn't work for me. I do love the background and detail on the spider. It also appears to be upside-down.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby biggerry on Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:21 pm

ATJ wrote:It also appears to be upside-down.


i swear it was the other way around when i last looked at it. I agree, this would look better rotated 180 degrees.

Great use of space on the ladybird and it just shows sometimes getting in tight does not always work better.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby Geoff M on Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:19 pm

Rooz wrote:Geoff motivated me. ty. :up:


:up: :up:

I do like the ladybird shot, the framing is fantastic and gives a great sense of scale.
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Postby ATJ on Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:07 am

biggerry wrote:i swear it was the other way around when i last looked at it. I agree, this would look better rotated 180 degrees.

It is now the right way up. I do prefer it with the head down as it is showing now, but still would prefer it if it was towards the centre more.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby gstark on Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:28 am

ATJ wrote:
biggerry wrote:i swear it was the other way around when i last looked at it. I agree, this would look better rotated 180 degrees.

It is now the right way up. I do prefer it with the head down as it is showing now, but still would prefer it if it was towards the centre more.


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I think Chris's use of space in both of these shots is excellent.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby chrisk on Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:22 pm

ATJ wrote:
biggerry wrote:i swear it was the other way around when i last looked at it. I agree, this would look better rotated 180 degrees.

It is now the right way up. I do prefer it with the head down as it is showing now, but still would prefer it if it was towards the centre more.


yes, it was upside down. i swapped it after you pointed it out. ty :cheers: im not much for pics in the centre andrew, i have no idea why. lol my main issue with the first is that its not quite perfectly in focus and sharp. im seriously rusty to miss what was really a pretty basic shot.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby ATJ on Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:57 pm

Rooz wrote:im not much for pics in the centre andrew, i have no idea why.

Sorry, I wasn't suggesting it should be in the centre... poor wording on my part... by "more to the centre" I really meant "not so close to the sides". I like off centre, but in the image it is so close to the edge that it looks like a mistake.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby chrisk on Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:53 pm

yes that could be right, a little more room may have worked better.
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Re: Couple more critters

Postby norwest on Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:24 pm

Nice shot on the lady beetle. Love the shallow dof.
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