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About the scale of it..!

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Posted by Brett Lewis on October 27, 2009 at 3:22 PM
About the scale of it..!
Taken a while ago now, but I still enjoy this image and since I've been sorting through these for a talk I'm preparing I thought I'd share it with you.. It is simply the close-up of some Adder (Vipera berus) scales. This large female was very cooperative when taking shots and so managed a few frames of these..

Kind regards,

Brett


Canon 30D, Sigma 105mm, HH
1/30 sec @ f7.1, ISO 320, FF
Posted by Andy Elliott on October 27, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Reminds me of Autumn! Fantastic abstract and I like the monochrome pallet.

Andy
Posted by Edwin kats on October 27, 2009 at 3:51 PM
This is really good Brett. You have a good eye for deatil.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 27, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Amazing!
Robert
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 27, 2009 at 4:50 PM
A most interesting shot. Like it very much.
Posted by Lewis Thomson on October 27, 2009 at 5:12 PM

Super stuff Brett, really like this, must look amazing when viewed big! Really nice rich colours.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 27, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Most unusual but like this a lot Brett. :wavey: :smile:
Posted by Tim Taylor on October 27, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Brilliant! You can imagine a dinosaur of some sort having a flank like that and this would be life sized.

Tim :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on October 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Brillant love the ideal and the image Brett, great colours :cool: :cool: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on October 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Colours really appropriate for this time of year. Ecellent close-up.

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Posted by PhilH on October 27, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Great detail in a fascinating study....

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Posted by Ian Butler on October 27, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Flipping eck Brett! Thats awesome. Very cooperative seems to be an understatement! Have you still got all your fingers intact? Super detail and really interesting to see where the scales meet the body. :toast:
Posted by Tim Gregory on October 27, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Thats one of the best images i've seen posted on here for a while.

Awesome. :smile:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on October 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Very interesting and unusual shot :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on October 27, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Beauty to find in so many ways.....
super. :toast:
Posted by David Lloyd on October 27, 2009 at 7:29 PM
I could have sworn this was of autumn leaves or something, save for the caption. It's a wonderful picture, and reminds me that nature is even more versatile when you look a little further... :smile:

--Daid
Posted by Ian Haskell on October 27, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Yes, that is really nice...the detail is simply amazing.

Ian
Posted by Rob Ashton on October 28, 2009 at 5:44 AM
Great pattern shot. You can see why they say that birds and reptiles/dinosaurs are closely related. Look like small budding feathers (to my fevered imagination). :rolleyes:

Rob :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on October 28, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Smiled as soon as I saw this, one of my all time favourites of yours.

David

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Posted by David Kjaer on October 28, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Great pattern and informative image!

David :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on October 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Nice one Brett, I really like this, lovely colours; would make a nice print.

Greg
Posted by Paul Hobson on October 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM
great idea, small is best

Paul