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January 31, 2003

Lovely

January 31, 2003

To improve further

1. You have to clean the slide before scanning and/or use a dust/scratch removal mechanism during/after scanning

2. Use a higher shutter speed to stop movement recording on film. ' understood that was not possible here.

3. Choose your plane of focus in such a manner that it covers most flowers

4. Play around with composition and shooting angles (above/level/below)

January 31, 2003

Care to share the technique, Joseph?!

January 31, 2003

Perhaps early dawn or late dusk would have lightened the background sky just a tad bit and would have added a nice tint as well? ' Wonder if the lights would be on then --

January 31, 2003

To my eyes, this photo has a distinct charm. I know bird photo subjects are generally bigger, but here the low reprod-ratio really works. I love the generally monochromatic nature and the burst of color in the center. Looks great, but I being a lover of off-center compositions, would do some experiments with cropping.

January 31, 2003

Breathtaking for me --

January 31, 2003

Right moment, right exposure, perfectly level horizon. This is great

January 31, 2003

This photo makes me feel fresh and good

January 24, 2003

Joseph, this screams for a vertical framing! Wish the beard were not truncated.

January 24, 2003

Very nice, I love the composition, but I bet the lighting would be beter at some other time of the day. Looks a bit harsh to me -- shadows are detailless ...

January 24, 2003

This comes second best for me. again, I'd put the subject more towards the left or right (would amount to more/less blood).

This scene may be a bit gory for some but then those are the ones who don't see much wildlife on TV ...

Did I mention this is a very nice and original image?

January 24, 2003

Additional thought -- not sure if you did unsharp mask but a little bit more would really pop the scene

January 24, 2003

This I personally find to be the best of the lot! Wish you composed slightly off center, I'd have given you 8/8 ;)

January 24, 2003

Lovely

January 24, 2003

Glamorous

January 21, 2003

Excellent. Perhaps shooting from a lower angle would show the wasp's left eye (right one for the viewer) fully? Right now it is obstructed by the out-of-DOF antenna.

However, perhaps the desired plane-of-focus would be lost that way --