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Postby jdear on Fri May 26, 2006 6:03 pm

Just a few photos from the garden today... playing around with my new macro lens :)

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Having AF is a complete luxury compared with the film+extension+MF lens setup ive been used to!

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Postby Dug on Fri May 26, 2006 8:20 pm

A nice way to start :D

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Postby Steffen on Sat May 27, 2006 12:14 am

Jonathan,
number 1 for me. It has the best composition and interesting detail in focus.

Which lens did you say you got?

Hang on a second - just pulled the image into Preview for the EXIF lens info... it turns out it's in aRGB. The colours are much better when displayed as intended. You may want to convert to standard sRBG before posting the next time, otherwise users of ordinary browsers get short-changed...

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Postby admajic on Sat May 27, 2006 1:28 am

All I can say is wow! Love them, love the 2nd the most!!
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Postby PiroStitch on Sat May 27, 2006 3:14 am

The first one is a stunner in terms of lighting, composition and detail. Did you spray the flower or was it due to rain/mist?
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Postby Oscar on Sat May 27, 2006 7:40 am

Jonathon, I love the second one with the bud behind - afraction more dof would have made this a stunner. :D :D
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Postby marcotrov on Sat May 27, 2006 9:45 am

Jonathon terrific start with new macro. I like #1 and #2.
#1 - Whilst nit picking, IMO (it may work) I would still probably be tempted to try to remove a little of the space in the left hand corner i.e. crop the photo so that the flower centre appears closer to that magic third in the lower left. Might improve visual impact. Excellent shot though :)
Revised Edit- second thoughts Jonathon, whilst my comment here is not without some merit, I believe your original shot stands better as it is :)
#2 - is also fabulous but i'd try to reduce the visual distraction/impact the bud on the right has by using a selective lens/gaussian blur mask with liberal feathering to certainly, if nothing more, reduce the ability of the tip of the bud to visually hijack the eyes. :) Hope this is helpful :)
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Postby jdear on Sun May 28, 2006 8:25 pm

You should be happy, welcome to the dark side of the force!


ahh... im shooting canon, isnt that the light side?

Which lens did you say you got?


Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro.

Thanks Steffen for the tip of aRGB vs sRGB!

Thanks for all the feedback guys!

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Postby byrt_001 on Sun May 28, 2006 9:04 pm

hi

wow the first one is very nice.

thanks for sharing

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Postby Slider on Sun May 28, 2006 9:48 pm

The 1st is a beauty. Nicely done :D
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