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53 Nov 21 Comment I like what you did with this. You rescued the lighthouse from obscurity and with your treatments, turned it into something completely different. I like it. Nov 29th
53 Nov 21 Comment Welcome to the group, Brian. Your first image is amazing, especially with the first crop you tried at Rusty's suggestion.

You'll discover that I have a tendency to like to look at images from different angles. Here's a rendition with it flipped vertically, then horizontally:		 Nov 29th
53 Nov 21 Comment The sun is in just the right spot and its rays certainly draw the eye there. It does rather pull too much focus, but there's no info left there to ease it back successfully.

I do agree with Rusty about the blue posts. Here's a rendition with the posts more grey:		 Nov 29th
53 Nov 21 Comment This image is a surprise that sorta creeps up on you and then tickles your eyes. Very subtle in a good way. Quite enjoyable. Nov 29th
53 Nov 21 Comment Love the overall feel of the image and thought it told a nice holiday story. I agree that it was a bit blurry and somewhat busy.

I have sharpened the image and cropped it tighter on the inflatables.		 Nov 29th
53 Nov 21 Reply I only wish I had more time this month, but I'll be on the road again till near the end of the month. Nov 22nd
53 Nov 21 Reply You're on a better track than I was it appears. Nov 22nd
53 Nov 21 Reply No, I haven't tried that, but I certainly will. d;¬{D Nov 20th
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95 Nov 21 Comment Great subject for macro, indeed. Plenty of detail and the diagonal lines make for a stronger composition. Nov 29th
95 Nov 21 Comment I definitely prefer the cropped version as it's easier to locate the focal point of the image.

You're at that tipping point regarding the sharpness - it either should be sharper or softer. Here's sharper:		 Nov 29th
95 Nov 21 Reply If you use a macro lens, there will be a point that is marked 1:1, which you need to set the lens to, turn off auto-focus, and move the camera or subject to get things in focus.

When shooting with a zoom lens, you'll need to experiment to determine how close you can get to fill the sensor.		 Nov 20th
95 Nov 21 Reply That's not what we're seeing. I always suggest that you produce as large an image as you can that will be under 1Mb in size. The dpi makes no difference here. Nov 20th
95 Nov 21 Reply Oh, but the cleanup of vaseline from the filter doesn't sound like fun. d;¬{D Nov 18th
95 Nov 21 Reply As you know, I'm no stranger to focus stacking, so I know I could get everything in focus, but that wasn't my goal here.

I actually took a shot at every f-stop as an experiment, and decided the widest capture had more potential to get close to the look that Carol gets with her images. I was just not sure which direction to go, but will certainly experiment further.		 Nov 18th
95 Nov 21 Reply That's what I typically do. Trying to learn new things. This old dog I think is scared of new tricks. d;¬{D Nov 13th
95 Nov 21 Reply Bob's your uncle??? That's a new one on me. Care to fill me in? Nov 13th
95 Nov 21 Reply Hmmm. Not done much of that, but I can envision it now that you point it out.

That's my problem, coming up with artistic ideas for images.		 Nov 12th
95 Nov 21 Reply Gotcha. Nov 12th
95 Nov 21 Reply Guess that makes sense. I'm obviously new to artistic macro images. d;¬{D Nov 12th
95 Nov 21 Reply Here's the same image, shot at f45 and 4 seconds (unprocessed): Nov 12th
95 Nov 21 Reply I wasn't exactly looking for everything in focus, which is why I went with the largest aperture for that lens. Just not sure what will be the best approach to soften the areas that aren't in focus even more. Carol Sheppard is good at that. I'm used to going for everything in focus, especially doing focus stacks, but this time I thought it would be interesting to take a different approach. Nov 12th
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