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Hidden Diamonds

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 22, 2009120 views5 comments

I was out early shooting some fog scenery and found this little web. It was maybe about three inches and I cropped it square. I also adjusted the mid range in levels to tone down the light BG. The sun was rising over my left shouder but limited light filtered through the trees to reach the web.
Manual priority and focus, 1/20 sec, F8, ISO 400, Canon 100mm Macro.
Thanks for looking and any C&C welcomed.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on November 22, 2009 at 7:46 PM

Gotta love the array of water droplets and their luminescant quality. There is quite a bit of noise in the background and there's a twig (?) that appears to be hanging in space in the LRC that you might want to clone out.

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on November 22, 2009 at 8:38 PM

Well seen, John. I can see Mark's point about the noise. The twig isn't as distracting to me - - the lighter area in the BG on the left grabs more attention than the twig. Looks like you have a partial drop in the LLHC that I would clone out. Very nice detail.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 23, 2009 at 2:30 AM

Interesting comp John. I like this BW feel - really brings out the reflections in the droplets.

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Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on November 23, 2009 at 6:54 AM

Very pretty, I especially like those big droplets. I didn't notice the lighter area at first, because it seems to change its tone depending on my angle of view (funny monitor, this one...). Nice shot!

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Comment posted by Carrie O'Brien-Sib on November 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM

John, I love everything about this image! Dramatic and beautiful!!!! Great work!

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