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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 3, 2010136 views4 comments

While out in the meadow one evening looking for something to photograph with my (then) new macro lens, I found this strange sight.

The snail must have climbed just a little bit too far and was out on a limb, literally

I didn't notice the other insect on the right until I saw the image on my PC later.

Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 70-300 super macro 2 (a very cheap lens)
1/500th sec
f8
ISO 100
200mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Cable release
Full frame (no pixels were harmed in the making of this picture)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on October 3, 2010 at 7:33 PM

Nice find, Geoffrey. Love the BG. My only nit would be that the snail is a little low in the comp. If you had (and we know you don't) more pixels available then you'd be able to add some all around.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 3, 2010 at 9:09 PM

Geoffrey:
A very nice take on the grass with the snail and insect. It is exciting to find unexpected critters on the image. The BG is nice an clean.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 4, 2010 at 10:29 AM

Geoffrey,
simple but effective comp.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 6, 2010 at 12:29 AM

I like the comp as is, snail hanging near the bottom.
Nice colors and detail.
Sandy r

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