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Douglas Fir

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 7, 201576 views4 comments

I was out looking for subjects between rain showers last Friday and liked the looks of the drops on the Doug Fir needles.

5D3, Canon 180mm f3.5 macro, tripod, f/32, 1/80 sec, iso 3200, aperture priority, pattern metering. The branch was swayuing just a bit in the breeze, but I was lucky enough to have the sun peek through a bit and give me enough light to get the shutter speed up a bit. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped a bit from the right and bottom to get a more appealing break point on the right. Taken December 4th at 9:00 am.

I appreciate your comments on the froste oak leaf and look forward to your input on this one.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on December 7, 2015 at 10:31 PM

Well done, Dennis. I like the water droplets and layered, soft background. Nice job separating the needles and drops from the bg and getting everything sharp.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on December 9, 2015 at 9:28 PM

Dennis, good plane of focus management, beautiful rain drops and background. I would have liked to see the rain drops from the other side, but this works very well as is.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 10, 2015 at 12:53 PM

So I guess this is one where the sun shone and melted the frost... enlightened

The hanging drops and the imaging through them is an excellent addition to a fine macro view.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 13, 2015 at 4:12 PM

Hi Dennis crying

Excellent detail and BG colors , the water droplets add to the beauty of the fir needles

Albert Darmo
Canada

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