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I'm not a nature photographer in the least, but I was playing around

with the camera on a shoot and ended up with this. What do you think?

nice shot. beautifully presented. 6/6.

This picture seems awfully grainy ... deliberate (why?) or a crop of a larger image?

I wondered about the graininess myself. This is the first time I've had the lab scan the negs rather than me scanning a 4x6 print. I used Portra 800, same as I routinely do, so that is the only reason I can come up with. Anyone else know why it might be grainy?

Jennea, sorry I haven't commented sooner. Wasn't feeling well, so didn't really get a chance to check things out lately. Glad to see you took the shots you mentioned to me. I'm not sure about the graininess. Did you crop this a lot? The 800 speed film doesn't crop and blow up very well without being grainy...I used to use 800 about 99% of the time, and after many suggestions from others, I'm buying up lots of different speeds to see what I get. Otherwise, the shot is nice. I think I could have liked to see a little more room on the bottom and a little less at the top to bring the one bunch more central vertically, but otherwise I really like it. Can't wait to see you try more! Let me know when you do. Leslie