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Posted: **Thu May 18, 2006 11:27 pm**

Taken on a dark and moody day in Melbourne a few days back.

Lit the front with the flash. Levels adjusted and some USM

Now added wider crop version (cloned out tree on right hand side that made me crop the first image)

Posted: **Thu May 18, 2006 11:29 pm**

Very nice I like a lot.

Jeff

Posted: **Thu May 18, 2006 11:32 pm**

Have you cropped the pic? The reed on the right that has been cropped is giving me the irrits. Other than that, top pic again

Posted: **Thu May 18, 2006 11:33 pm**

Very good........ but have a look at the image with about a 1/3 cropped off the bottom.......

Posted: **Thu May 18, 2006 11:57 pm**

Thanks guys - now added wider crop version

Originally cropped it to obscure a tree on the right hand side. Took care of that in the second one.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:01 am**

Nice approach, I like these.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:25 am**

Much better dude. Repost is a winner!

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:01 am**

Great shot Barrie and excellent use of flash. I'm leaning towards the original, perhaps with just a little of the dark area at the bottom of frame removed. Either way they both look good

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:12 am**

I just love the first image.I think that it is brilliant.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:19 am**

Great shots Barry I like them all,

Suzanne

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 9:47 am**

Great shot Barrie. I like what you've done with the repost

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 10:04 am**

More good work from you Barrie. The recropped one is definitely the go.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 10:08 am**

Nice Barrie, reminds me of last week's POW with the golden landscape and dark clouds behind it, although this time its the flash that has given it some colour.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 11:45 am**

your ant view perspective rocks but what is more interesting is the brooding storm and the colour contrast achieved all traits of your distinctive stle of photography

i do similar things with my 12-24dx the minal focus distance of that lens is quite short and at 12mm you can achieve whacky perspectives

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 12:41 pm**

Love the first image. Perspective, colur contrast both contribute well to the theme of the shot. Wish I took it

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:05 pm**

Hi barrie,
I really like what you've done with the second image but I would prefer it with the original version. I think that the dark areas in the bottom tend to balance the the dark clouds on top giving a sort of natural vignette.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:46 pm**

Love the colours & lighting in the first one. The golden glow of the foreground contrasts beautifully with the sky.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 2:37 pm**

I also love the colours of the first shot, but IMHO it is just that "branch" on the right that has been cut off that distracts it a little for me.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 4:28 pm**

Terrific images. Cropped one is compositionally the stronger but with a little less saturation IMO. Tone and saturation somewhere between #1 and #2. Visually very striking images Barrie.

cheers
marco

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 10:46 pm**

I have to say I prefer the first image with more of the 'leaves' at the bottom! The second one is great too, but I feel having seen the original, something is missing! The brooding sky is amazing, great work.

Posted: **Sat May 20, 2006 12:01 am**

Love the colours in #2 they really sing out

I am so amazed at what people take photographs of and how well they turn out.If i saw someone taking a close up shot of some grass stalks a year or so ago and bending over in a paddock to zoom right in on a fly or bug or something i would have been certain they needed some sort of mental assistance,but i am continually and pleasantly surprised at how different people "see" things in different perspectives and how well they portray their images on here CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

Sorry bout the raving on and off topic reply :roll:

Stephen

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