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Postby zafra52 on Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:40 pm

I took this picture last Sunday at the Mt Coo-tha Botanical Gardens. What do you think, isn't a nice speciment?

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Postby ATJ on Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:55 pm

Very nice. Sharp and a great out of focus background. I think the leaf (or whatever it is) in the left of the image is a bit distracting.
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Postby Bindii on Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:21 am

Back at the gardens I see Zafra... I shall have to get myself back there again soon myself I thinks..

Nice sharp pic of the dragon there btw... agree with the above comments about losing the leaf though... :)
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Postby moz on Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:17 pm

I like it, the hairy eyeball effect is very cool. The background thing had me thinking mountains and dragons but maybe I have too much imagination.
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:29 pm

Hey Zafra - lovely shot = maybe needs just a little more space on the right though - somewhere to 'move into' -jmho :)

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Postby Pehpsi on Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:09 pm

Beauty of a shot :) Sharp, colourful, nice background.
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Postby zafra52 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:22 pm

I removed the distracting background, but I was not able to match the exact colours.

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:53 pm

Next time get closer! :D :D :D :D Excellent shot! I would have liked more DOF but I know that it gets very difficult when you get that close.
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Postby radar on Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:05 pm

Love the dragon,

It's inspiring me to go close to my place and try to get something as good.

Great expression.

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Postby zafra52 on Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:13 pm

Thank you for the comments, guys. Personally, I prefer the first one because it looks more natural to my eye despite the fact there is a distracting element.
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