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Oak Egger

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Posted by Guy Rogers on May 5, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Oak Egger
Canon 5D MK 11, Sigma 180mm, iso 100, 1/60-1/3, f5.6, tripod.
Posted by Paul King on May 5, 2010 at 10:34 AM
love the way the eye is lead to the business end a nicely captured Egger. :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 5, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Hi Guy, reminds me of a catherine wheel, but don't light it!!!

The detail, light and comp are all there and to your usual high standard, I just find the BG stems just too busy & distracting, although the diagonal stem does give it structure. A difficult one for me Guy :confused:

TFS
Steve :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on May 5, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Great detail again bud . The balance is very good but top left a tadge bright and the blur tool over the top right ?
Posted by David Taylor on May 5, 2010 at 4:39 PM
Very nice detail in the subject. I'd crop to the top of the two upward pointing leaflets on the right.

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Posted by Ian Haskell on May 5, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Hi Guy. Really nice but the left hand corner is dragging my eye off a bit. As Mark said a bit of selective blur may help. Im not sure if a slice of the top may help compositionally - maybe 1.5cm.

Ian
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 5, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Hello and thanks for your comments.

I new this was going to be one of those images that might not go down to well but I thought I would give it a go, and thanks for your honest thoughts.

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Posted by Justin on May 8, 2010 at 8:01 AM
Hi Guy,
I think this works very well indeed. Your macro images are always inspiring, with this one being no exception.
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