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by Wildieswife
Wed May 01, 2013 12:02 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Landscape 2013
Replies: 277
Views: 77555

Re: Landscape 2013

Love this last shot. It has a real ''other worldliness" and is well executed in every sense.

Pat
by Wildieswife
Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:59 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Birds 2013
Replies: 479
Views: 128863

Re: Birds 2013

Amazing shot of the raptor! A winner for sure. If I were pushed towards any criticism I'd say a little more space to the right and bottom would give this bird some space to 'move into' and give a greater power to the shot.
A beautiful bird and a well executed shot.

Pat
by Wildieswife
Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:28 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Re: Macro in the Garden

sury wrote:Pat,

I will add one more line to your friend's quote about photography. In addition to it being a series of
compromises, it is also a series of learning opportunities. :D

With best regards,
Sury
:) And so it should be - as long as the compromises are part of the learning process ::D

Pat
by Wildieswife
Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:12 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Exhibit Portrait shots
Replies: 247
Views: 73067

Re: Exhibit Portrait shots

Love the funny face! You can embarass her when she's older ;) And nice 'serious' portraits, yous twos! Another of my Grandson - a sneaky shot when he was looking at Granddad as he's started to know when the camera is around....... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/8695864370_c1cd7e8367_o.jpg Pat
by Wildieswife
Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:08 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Re: Macro in the Garden

Pat, Would using extension tubes on a 90mm get you closer? In your view, how much of a degradation that would be, compared to say a 60mm macro? I do have a Vivitar 90mm f/2.5 MD mount Macro and a Tamron 60f2.8 MA mount macro hence my question. With best regards, Sury Suri - for insects outdoors I w...
by Wildieswife
Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:57 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Birds 2013
Replies: 479
Views: 128863

Re: Birds 2013

Some top notch images here! The galahs image reminds me of a beautiful Japanese painting. These are, again, all from my garden. Long tailed tit http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8645545134_802c0a2dc4_o.jpg Female and Male Bramblings http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8519450964_302348c9ed_o.jpg htt...
by Wildieswife
Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:57 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Re: Macro in the Garden

Omega - did you use flash on these as the lighting seems quite harsh? Pat. Sorry if you think I was hijacking your thread. I had no idea it was intended as a personal thread, maybe the title 'Macro in the Garden' rather than 'Macro in my Garden' lead me astray. As for flash, yes. But various forms....
by Wildieswife
Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:57 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Re: Macro in the Garden

I'm not entirely sure how this forum works - is it usual for others just to add their own images to your thread instead of starting their own? This is often termed as 'hijacking' but if this is usually the case here I'm happy to start this as an 'open thread' for anyone's Macro images. :) Perhaps I,...
by Wildieswife
Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:54 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Re: Macro in the Garden

Thankyou for the kind comments. Today is sunny/showers – but it’s a bit windy. I had to hold the twigs still on the fly shots and I got a tad sodden lying down on the wet grass for the tadpoles. Did you use a polarising filter for the tadpoles? Yes, wind can make some subject tricky especially with ...
by Wildieswife
Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Exhibit Portrait shots
Replies: 247
Views: 73067

Re: Exhibit Portrait shots

Just caught up with all these - some cracking shots and some very moving stories, too. I really like the old B/W ones of Dr Harout! That last one looks like 'Cat Stevens' did! Sadly I've nothing good over 6 years old as I only got my first decent camera 6 1/2 years ago. This is a snapshot portrait o...
by Wildieswife
Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:47 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Re: Macro in the Garden

...........They were joined by another fly of the same variety. Who knows what was going on - perhaps one was a desirable female? One seemed to be chasing another about.

Image


Pat
by Wildieswife
Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:46 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Macro in the Garden
Replies: 31
Views: 13517

Macro in the Garden

Today is sunny/showers – but it’s a bit windy. I had to hold the twigs still on the fly shots and I got a tad sodden lying down on the wet grass for the tadpoles. Billy No Mates ;) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8682649435_f4c0985f9a_o.jpg Dining out on algae http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8533/8...
by Wildieswife
Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:03 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Skye shapes and colours
Replies: 22
Views: 6507

Re: Skye shapes and colours

First and last for me! Nice lines and colours. I especially like the first.

Pat
by Wildieswife
Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:59 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Fun at the Airport
Replies: 2
Views: 1231

Re: Fun at the Airport

Not ideal weather for planes :shock: Last one for me - it tells a good story.

Pat
by Wildieswife
Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:51 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Blast from the past
Replies: 121
Views: 39039

Re: Blast from the past

Some excellent past shots here. The twin towers is especially sad......... and considering todays events as well :(

Pat