Gondola

Gallery: FloraPosted October 16, 201124,640 views20 comments

Tips of new fern leaves along Violet Hill trail looking like the Gondolas of Venice.

D90 105mm F5,6 1/160 HH resting on tripod. Thanks for viewing and C&C appreciated.

Sorry for dropping out for last week. Busy processing files for 2012 calendar for the HK Gardening Society. Will catch up with critiques this week.

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on October 16, 2011 at 10:53 AM

Beautiful lines and an excellent composition- A skillfull eye, as always, Fabio

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on October 16, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Wonderful detail in the subject Gary, and the comp is fantastic. Great work in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Chris Grabski on October 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM

Having fun with shapes.

Registered on April 29, 2011, 122 Posts, 431 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 16, 2011 at 12:58 PM

Very interesting structure of these fronds. Your eye for form and structure comes through again. Somehow all the blend of sharp and blur, light and dark is splendid.

Charlie

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on October 16, 2011 at 1:28 PM

I like the selective focus on the front frond. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on October 16, 2011 at 1:56 PM

Very cool capture, Gary ! Well seen and well done !
BTW, I missed a lot your comments last week

Mauro

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Comment posted by Todd Bielby on October 16, 2011 at 2:54 PM

Very cool

Gary like this a lot.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM

Gary: Really well seen and composed and I especially like your DOF management. Most excellent. >=))>

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 16, 2011 at 5:09 PM

Gary, the beauty of this takes my breath away.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 16, 2011 at 6:32 PM

Wonderfully elegant. You really bring out the best in a flower

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 16, 2011 at 7:33 PM

Hi Gary

Beautifully composed, showing pleasing lines and detail{ as always}

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 16, 2011 at 10:17 PM

Gary, you have a very artistic eye. This is very well seen and photographed.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on October 16, 2011 at 11:33 PM

Gary...well done!!! Oh yeah, ....this is cool. Very intimate and singular. It snaps you eyes to attention. Ken S

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM

An usual beautiful photo of an unusual beautiful fern, for me. This image stirs the fantasy: extraterrestrials, seahorses, lamps in the for ... ? Just splendid in its simplicity and effectiveness. I love it, Gary.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on October 17, 2011 at 4:09 PM

Wow, great lines...looks like dancing snakes

Brigitte

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 17, 2011 at 8:40 PM

Well captured.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 18, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Good eye to see these as mimicing the gondolas! Excellent use of lines and dof.

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Comment posted by David Taylor on October 19, 2011 at 8:23 AM

Yes it indeed is reminiscent of a Venetian Gondola scene, expertly photographed. Is the 2012 calendar of the HKGS available to non-members?

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 19, 2011 at 8:05 PM

I don't know why, but I thought of Violin when I opened this frame, Gary

- fantastic plane of focus for that edge throughout its evolution in the frame. A slightly more uniform tone in the background might have made this even better in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 19, 2011 at 8:40 PM

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Thomas - yes, I think the HKGS calendar is available for sales to the general public. If you are interested, I can get you a copy.

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