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[palms]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

very nice, palms, but if the cat ate the flower, how did you get the shot?

did you see a cyclamen shot ?

[palms]

Thank you C.J. i do have some more flowers lined up just waiting for the sun to come out ( and peeps to go to sleep)

Littlecoo
you have hit the nail on the head about cats ! ! !

love your birds, wished something that colourful would come into my backyard ( plus it would distract peeps some )

Palms

[Kraellin]

wow, those are gorgeous, littlecoo!

you'll like digital. most decent digital slr's will allow for manual use. even my little kodak 981z has manual controls for just about everything, focus, aperture, f-stop and so on. you may have to download a manual in order to find everything, though

did you see a cyclamen shot ?

ok, ya lost me. what is 'cyclamen'?

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Littlecoo

... I caved in and finally retired my old film SLRs in favour of a Canon 550D with a 55-250mm lens and I've gotta say I am already noticing a few things I'll have to relearn ... the freakin' auto focus that I guess I'll have to get comfortable with to get that pin sharp focus in shallow DOF shots that I love, ..my film SLRs were mostly manual affairs and my focus er...to my absolute glee my first victims are a trio of Rainbow Lorikeets, but a small sample of the few different types of stupidly colourful birds that come to my yard for a free feed.
I'm chuffed at how they turned out- I used a polarizing filter on my lens to kill much of the glare and that did a lovely job with the colour overall ...Now I'm eagerly waiting for next lot of "practice targets" to fly in....

Yum! I'd say that you hit that focus very well, and I love that DOF. You can still shoot manual all you want - only now you can see how great they are a bit sooner, and get "chuffed" sooner. I've never had Rainbow Lorikeets in my yard (Palms - our cats probably make that a bit unlikely), and I'm looking forward also to the next lot of "practice targets" that fly into your yard. I think you're going to enjoy seeing those results right after you shoot them, and the room in your fridge now that you don't have to keep your film cool.

[palms]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

ok, ya lost me. what is 'cyclamen'?

a flower ! ( one peeps ate )

[Kraellin]

ah. ok. thanks, palms

[Algarve Images]

Nasturtium,
the flowers and fruit are exquisite and the balloons on the water are far out!!!
I had an interesting weekend with another encounter with a Mantis and also a locust
..as you do!

[Kraellin]

good shots, gary! i like the first particularly.

[Kraellin]

took this the other day. fall flowers and other fall activities.

[Algarve Images]

Thank you so much, the silhouette was an afterthought, glad i shot it now!
This is the other jolly little creature i shot over the weekend :-)

[Dak Paule]

Took this a few days ago at the beach in Mustang Island at sunrise. Shot it off the 6th floor balcony of the condo we where we were staying.

[Kraellin]

gary, i just love the clarity of your macros. dats some good glass

dak, that's a marvelous shot! worthy of a magazine.

[Overdoze]

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[Algarve Images]

Thanks Craig - just a 24-70mm Nikon
Here's another from the sequence..

[amica999]

Lots of accidents: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...s-flowers.html

@Gary, really brilliant shots!
@Dak, compliments, nice scene.