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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Arlen on July 26, 2015, 09:29:28 pm

Title: Tiny Dancers
Post by: Arlen on July 26, 2015, 09:29:28 pm

'Tis the season, I guess. This is another in my ongoing series of limited-focus flowers and flora. The tiny stamens of the Astilbe are just a few millimeters long, blending together at normal viewing distances, and are seldom seen as individuals keeping time with the breeze.
Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 26, 2015, 09:45:36 pm

Very well done. A lighter matte would be much better in this instance, I think.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: Arlen on July 26, 2015, 10:08:55 pm

Thanks, Rajan. You're right of course. I usually use a white border, but ill-advisedly, tried something closer to my background in PS this time. I've revised it here.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 26, 2015, 10:23:54 pm

Yes,  another fine photo.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: francois on July 27, 2015, 08:04:16 am

Another fantastically smooth shot, it's in the same league as the orange/yellow one you posted not long ago.
Bravo!

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: Bob_B on July 27, 2015, 09:50:10 am

+1, nice!

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: mbaginy on July 27, 2015, 10:03:22 am

Beautiful!!

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: polaris-14 on July 27, 2015, 10:49:01 am

So pretty, it's almost abstract. I really like it.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: davidh202 on July 27, 2015, 11:22:50 pm

absolutely lovely!  m4/3 -60mm again?
David

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: Arlen on July 28, 2015, 12:21:30 am

Thanks a lot for all your kind comments.
David, yes, this one was also taken with the Olympus 60mm macro and E-M1. The light and absence of a breeze were favorable this morning, so I had another session with a different promising subject. Processing the images now.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: MattBurt on July 28, 2015, 12:25:07 pm

So soft and colorful. Nicely done.

Title: Re: Tiny Dancers
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 30, 2015, 07:02:55 am

Lovely study in subtlety.