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Postby Nnnnsic on Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:33 am

Some black & whites from the Botanical Gardens meet we just had...

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Postby Ladybird on Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:59 am

I like # 2 and 4 here. And I'm glad you said they were cacti or it would probably take a while to figure that out! You've got a good eye to notice the cobweb on #2. How did #4 look in colour? I can only imagine that the spines would be white on an army green background??
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:01 am

First one looked like some sort of alien skin/texture :twisted:
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Postby gstark on Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:39 am

These are excellent images. The first one does look like skin - sort of like a leg: a knee with something sticking out from the skin.

The texture of #4 is very nice, but all of these are really very good.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:15 pm

Ladybird wrote:How did #4 look in colour? I can only imagine that the spines would be white on an army green background??


More like yellow fluffs on army green, but yeah.

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Postby Oscar on Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:33 pm

Leigh, you certainly got some good shots in the Hunter. Thes are really good. I love #2. Cheers, Mick :) :) :)
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Postby Ladybird on Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:08 pm

Thanks for showing that in colour! I like it like that as well although I would crop it so no edges were visible - then it would be a real test of what it is. I love the simplicity and symmetry of stuff like this one. Great job!
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:21 pm

Leigh - definitely the last B & W
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Postby vikin70 on Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:39 pm

i like the last one ... the fluffs form such a nice pattern, i would crop the edges off so its just fluffs on green...
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