The first one is a lovely shot: color, composition, the dark background, the way the background and the veins on the petals draw the eye to the center of the flower. Great!
No. 2 doesn't grab me. Rick --- John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been meaning to post this for a while: > http://www.neovenator.com/special/flower-2-big.html > > and a very tight crop, just for fun: > http://www.neovenator.com/special/flower_detail.html > > I shot this with my MX while my D was out for > repair. The flower itself is > no more than an inch and a half across, petal tip to > petal tip. > > To get this shot, I used a Sigma 28-80 macro lens at > 1:2 macro (kit lens, > but surprisingly good), three extension tubes, and > an old Pentax Bellows > (extended almost all the way out). The tiniest > motion of the flower would > knock it out of the frame, or at least out of focus, > and a slight breeze > kept coming and going while I was shooting. It was > quite a challenge to get > this, but a lot of fun, too. > > I think I was shooting Fuji Sensia 200, but it could > have been Kodak E100, > I'm just not sure. > > John Celio > > -- > > http://www.neovenator.com > > AIM: Neopifex > > "Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and > pretend I'm making a > statement." > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
