VotW - Be there or be Square

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VotW - Be there or be Square

Postby Mr Darcy on Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:10 am

Somehow I managed to be the first one home, but the last one to post.
For some reason, quite a few of my photos seemed to lend themselves to a square crop
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The most photographed lizard in the world.
For this shot I tried using the 105 Macro WITH the 2x converter.
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Some went for the panorama. I went for the detail.
Seconds before, this little peak had cloud swiriling around it. By the time I got the camera sorted, it was beginning to be covered.
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I was really taken by the light on the plants juxtaposed by the dark of the rocks behind
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Re: VotW - Be there or be Square

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:54 am

The water dragon coming towards you looks so much better (I totally missed that boat :(). I kinda would have liked to see it's front claws reaching over that lip at the bottom.
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Re: VotW - Be there or be Square

Postby biggerry on Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:15 pm

Mr Darcy wrote:The most photographed lizard in the world.
For this shot I tried using the 105 Macro WITH the 2x converter.


thats a pretty tight shot greg!

I would dial in some negative exposure then work from there to avoid the bright spot on his face. for example..

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I would love to know what that scaling spiky skin feels like...
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