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FourScore

(9,704 posts)
1. Nice. I really love the last shot!
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 10:21 AM
Apr 2013

I'm new to the group, and yours are the first photos I'm commenting on...

I think I'm gonna like it here!

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
3. Very cool.
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:25 PM
Apr 2013

I really like the first one. Looks sorta like burrs of some kind lodged in a mushroom cap....even though it isn't.

3rd one kinda looks like tiny pin lights with feathers.


Very cool.

Callalily

(14,885 posts)
5. I saw the title of the thread and
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 07:32 PM
Apr 2013

immediately knew it was you alfredo who posted.

First off thanks for the reminder about an old dandelion photo of mine (your third photo brought up those memories). I have a shot similar to your third photo . . . but ohhh to find it. Taken with film, so you can imagine how old it is.

That all said - your first shot with those "spore thingies" is fabulous, but my favorite of your three is the last one. Oh man, that's soooo neat! The softness, the contrast in colors/tones, and textures. Super cool shot!

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
6. Thank you. If I had a controlled environment I would have
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 07:43 PM
Apr 2013

tried focus merge to get more in focus, but I'm happy with these results.

I didn't like the last one until I rotated it counter clockwise by 90 degrees.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
8. I see it as a different reality. Scale is one factor that determines reality.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 06:12 PM
Apr 2013

To me it is a natural lawn, to a bug it is a great forest.

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