My West Head efforts

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My West Head efforts

Postby colin_12 on Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:08 am

Here are a few of my macro efforts from the day out.....
A nice little yellow
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Our very own oysters
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A couple from the end of the fungi log
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Did not nail focus plane on this one.

critique away :cheers:
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Re: My West Head efforts

Postby ATJ on Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:21 am

colin_12 wrote:A nice little yellow

I think you did a much better job than me on this one. I went in too close and had no depth of field.

colin_12 wrote:Our very own oysters

I think a landscape crop would have worked better for this. The space above and below looks odd when you have bits falling off the sides.

colin_12 wrote:A couple from the end of the fungi log

Missed this one. It has a great effect.

colin_12 wrote:Did not nail focus plane on this one.

Nevertheless, it still looks like a fairytale garden.
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Re: My West Head efforts

Postby colin_12 on Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:22 pm

Thankyou Andrew,
I do have some landscape versions of the oyster style fungi but they have more harsh shodows.
Those from the end of the long were miniscule to say the least. :mrgreen:
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Re: My West Head efforts

Postby biggerry on Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:00 pm

Great detail on teh underside fins on that oyster fungi, you musta got really really low to capture that :shock:

I love that first one, you definitely have to click thru to see a sharper version tho. How about a little bit of vignetting to really draw that viewer in?

I expect to see a little toy rock climber scaling that spiderweb rope in that last image :roll: Its a very nice shot with plenty of interest, but as you said the focus is just a fraction off...
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Re: My West Head efforts

Postby stubbsy on Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:16 am

Colin - the Oyster-Mushroomish mushroom is a cracker - evenly lit and with great detail - my only niggle is the same as Andrew in that I want wider rather than taller. Regardless this means my yet to be processed shots of this will probably be consigned to the bit bucket :wink:
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Re: My West Head efforts

Postby colin_12 on Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:07 pm

Thankyou all for the crit.
Gerry the mushies are the climbers with the web as the tetherline :wink:

Peter, don't count your pixels till they are out.
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