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FOCUS on Macro...

Postby Remorhaz on Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:29 pm

I recently joined the Flickr FOCUS group for a Macro day - here are some from in Sydney's Royal Botanical Gardens.

Even though I would really like to, I didn't really do any extreme closeup work, still it was a fun way to spend a couple hours in the park...

Wrapped Tightly
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Tangled Web
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Bird in the Shadows
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and lastly one I'm really not sure about

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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby aim54x on Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:57 pm

NIce work there Rodney, love hte first one
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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby Matt. K on Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:35 pm

First image is a competition winner Rodney. Very nice. Shooting against the light makes some subjects glow.
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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby Remorhaz on Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:40 pm

aim54x wrote:NIce work there Rodney, love hte first one

Matt. K wrote:First image is a competition winner Rodney. Very nice. Shooting against the light makes some subjects glow.


Cheers guys - this one backlit with my flash remote triggered - should I keep this one as colour or do you think monochrome is worth a try?
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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby biggerry on Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:35 pm

try rotating the golden orb weaver 180 degrees, looks heaps better imo.
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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby Matt. K on Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:36 pm

I think it would work in colour and or B&W.
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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby Mj on Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:40 pm

First two are good and classic shoots... would both do well in a b&w conversion... go hard contrast with the spider and softer contract with the fern.
Not so so on the other two.
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Re: FOCUS on Macro...

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:29 pm

biggerry wrote:try rotating the golden orb weaver 180 degrees, looks heaps better imo.


Cheers Gerry - great idea - see below

Matt. K wrote:I think it would work in colour and or B&W.


Yep - me too - a different shot converted to mono here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43697

Mj wrote:First two are good and classic shoots... would both do well in a b&w conversion... go hard contrast with the spider and softer contract with the fern. Not so so on the other two.


Thanks Mj

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