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Tip toe...

Postby Reschsmooth on Fri May 18, 2012 10:29 pm

I don't get to play with the D200 much now-a-days, but when my wife was given tulips for mother's day, I had to have a go with the 55 3.5 macro that Cameron had arranged to be AI'ed. All hand held.

Comments and feedback appreciated. These have only had some exposure adjustment in ACR and a bit of cropping.

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Re: Tip toe...

Postby biggerry on Fri May 18, 2012 10:52 pm

second one all the way, i feel a disconnect from the fact its a flower and i like it. The petal on the RHS is alittle off putting being OOF, however possibly a crop is needed.
The third is also nice, the soft pastels and texture of the petal gel well together
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri May 18, 2012 11:04 pm

Ditto for the second one.

My other favourite is the fourth one. The tones are beautiful!
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Postby aim54x on Sat May 19, 2012 12:47 am

Looking amazing!
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Re: Tip toe...

Postby sirhc55 on Sat May 19, 2012 12:53 am

Patrick I would suggest you throw away your filum cameras and stick to the D200 - love the pics
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Re: Tip toe...

Postby Reschsmooth on Sat May 19, 2012 11:46 am

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Gerry, you may be right with the OOF petal on the right - I will have a look at a crop.

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My favorite of these is the fourth, and I though I would give a B&W conversion a go. Thoughts?

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Re: Tip toe...

Postby sirhc55 on Sat May 19, 2012 1:43 pm

IMO when taking macro pics it is best to leave them as colour unless they have clearly defined structures
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