These strange round objects are found on branches of oak trees and are caused by the larvae of tiny Gall Wasps (Andricus Kollari).
They change from green to brown when mature.
From the Autumn onwards emergence holes begin to appear as the contents escape.
This was a single shot and luckily I captured a snowflake as it bounced off one of the galls.
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/250th second
f7.1
ISO 400
330mm
+0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
tripod
Slight crop off the top and right hand side.
Posted by Shaun Simpson on December 5, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Superb detail in this shot Geoffrey, no nits from me I like every thing about it
Posted by Mark Davies on December 5, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Galls to you too.
A bit more space right for me bud. Otherwise nice exposure and detail.
Posted by Guy Rogers on December 5, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Hello Geoff.
Nice capture and I also think some more room on the right would make this stronger.
Posted by Karen Summers on December 5, 2010 at 2:01 PM
agree about more room on the right but a fine image like it lots
Lol, I had more room to the right but I chopped it off
This, like most of my uploads to date were processed a year or two ago for another website where tighter framing seemed to be the norm.
I'm coming around to your way of thinking though and will soon be uploading some new stuff taken with my New Nikon D3 and 200-400 equipment, which won't be so tightly framed
I've spent yet another day experimenting with my D3 out my hide, I've not been able to produce images with it yet that look as good as those taken with my old £350 Sony crop sensor camera and my Bigma, but I realise that it's just a matter of adjusting settings and my technique.
Just been diagnosing today's images and for once I think I'm finally getting there.
Full frame images seem to need a heck of a lot more sharpening in post processing than my old Sony crop sensor ones did, plus I've added some sharpening to my playback images on my camera screen, which are just JPEG versions generated from my RAW files and they're now starting to look much better.
Seems my new 200-400 needs a +8 focus adjustment and not the +20 that I thought it needed, which is a relief.
Geoff.
Posted by David Sewell on December 5, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Nit covered, but otherwise superb.
David
Posted by Scott Tilley on December 5, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Agree with above about space to the right, otherwise a real cracker!
Discussion
7 repliesThese strange round objects are found on branches of oak trees and are caused by the larvae of tiny Gall Wasps (Andricus Kollari).
They change from green to brown when mature.
From the Autumn onwards emergence holes begin to appear as the contents escape.
This was a single shot and luckily I captured a snowflake as it bounced off one of the galls.
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/250th second
f7.1
ISO 400
330mm
+0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
tripod
Slight crop off the top and right hand side.
A bit more space right for me bud. Otherwise nice exposure and detail.
Nice capture and I also think some more room on the right would make this stronger.
This, like most of my uploads to date were processed a year or two ago for another website where tighter framing seemed to be the norm.
I'm coming around to your way of thinking though and will soon be uploading some new stuff taken with my New Nikon D3 and 200-400 equipment, which won't be so tightly framed
I've spent yet another day experimenting with my D3 out my hide, I've not been able to produce images with it yet that look as good as those taken with my old £350 Sony crop sensor camera and my Bigma, but I realise that it's just a matter of adjusting settings and my technique.
Just been diagnosing today's images and for once I think I'm finally getting there.
Full frame images seem to need a heck of a lot more sharpening in post processing than my old Sony crop sensor ones did, plus I've added some sharpening to my playback images on my camera screen, which are just JPEG versions generated from my RAW files and they're now starting to look much better.
Seems my new 200-400 needs a +8 focus adjustment and not the +20 that I thought it needed, which is a relief.
Geoff.
David
Scott