Now Starring....

Gallery: FloraPosted January 3, 2016105 views7 comments

This is a knot hole in an old fencepost that I have set up as a perch for birs that come to our pond. It's gotten nicely covered with moss and lichen over the years and has served admirably in a supporting role for many of my Avian images. I thought it was about time to give it a shot at top billing for once.

5D3, 180mm f/3.5 macro, tripod, f/22, 1/50, iso 200, aperture priority, pattern metering, +1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Full frame. Taken January 1st at 9:05 am.

Your comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 3, 2016 at 7:30 PM

My one comment would be to crop the image so as to omit the patch of sky on the top left, as I find it sort of distracting. But I also realize that if you do that thenyou end up chopping part of the patch of moss, so tough call. Where's the MGM lion? cool

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Holbrook on January 3, 2016 at 9:08 PM

I find this picture very interesting. The growth on the post provides insite to nature's ability to exist just about anywhere. What a artistic setup.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on January 4, 2016 at 2:22 AM

Dennis,

I find the idea very nice and I agree with Alberto's suggestion to crop in such a way that the piece of blue sky at the left upper corner is away. It improves the image composition very much.

Technically well done, good sharpness and right on exposure.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 5, 2016 at 12:45 PM

What a compelling image, Dennis ! Somehow the inclusion of that small patch of sky top L reinforces the sense of depth, so there's a neat play between the strong presence of the fencepost and the scene glimpsed beyond. PS having now read Alberto's comment I guess I just have to beg to differ !!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 5, 2016 at 10:59 PM

Dennis, I agree with Alberto about the ULC "hole", but a crop removes some other stuff that could well stay in the picture. I took the liberty of "distorting vertically and changing the scale" in lens correction. This way you get to keep all of that nice chunk of green moss anyway.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 5, 2016 at 11:46 PM

Thanks, Phil. I'll have to look at that feature. It's not one I've ever considered using, so I don't know anything about it, but it looks like it could come in handy. I was looking at crops and I can just about make it work with a simple crop-it leaves just the tiniest piece of sky that I might be able to clone out.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 9, 2016 at 4:13 PM

Dennis: I do like this cropped from the top to eliminate the sky in the ULC. Marvelous textures and details. >=))>

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