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22 Aug 19 Comment My camera was a Nikon D500 with a 70 to 300 mm lens. I had to make a special attachment which would hold a solar (I think mylar) filter. I had special eye glasses as well, which is the only way to view the sun directly. The camera was mounted on a tripod with a remote shutter release. Also vital to remember -- to take off the lens filter during totality. Aug 25th
22 Aug 19 Reply Al, a bit of clarification here. I believe you're referring to a lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth passes between the sun and the moon, and thus can only be observed at night. My picture is of a solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, and can only be viewed during the day. Solar eclipse in the U S is a very rare event -- the next one occurs in 2024, and then not again for many decades. Aug 25th
22 Aug 19 Comment A very well done landscape, Kaylyn. The colors turned out very nicely and there are a lot of interesting features for the eye to explore while still maintaining the falls as the central attraction. Your shutter speed allowed for the silky, flowing look in the water without blowing out the rest of the image. Did you use a polarizing filter? Overall, great exposure -- not too dark, not too light. Aug 22nd
22 Aug 19 Comment Mike, I suspect the roof in the background is the main problem here, in that it is a strong distraction from the primary subject, which is the pattern of the flowers. I can see a contrast between the natural lines of the flowers and the rigid, man made lines of the roof, but perhaps it's just that the structure is too far from the flowers and thus seems detached -- or maybe intrudes upon -- from the overall composition. Aug 22nd
22 Aug 19 Comment Excellent! Tack sharp, nice depth of field, bokeh perfect. Technically, I wouldn't know how to improve on it. I think Marti's suggestion of including more of the flowers is worth exploring, maybe even tilting the plant, so that it is not so plumb. The stalk next to the butterfly is leaning over, so the one supporting the butterfly could also. A really great image! Aug 22nd
22 Aug 19 Comment Nice spot and composition, Joe. Your explanation kind of says it all. The variety and angles of line are really good, and the foreground with the brush gives a nice, solid anchor to the formation. A great soft box effect gives form and substance to the overall image, as does your treatment of the coloring. The blue color at the left gives a hint of a background. I like it! Aug 11th
22 Aug 19 Comment I like the way you brought out some of the foreground detail -- it was done in a subtle way so as not to make it strictly a silhouette picture. Maybe the right side of the image could be cropped out a bit so as to emanate the cactus on the right edge. Also, the "sun," or where the sun was, could be brightened up a bit. Nice colors -- really evocative of a desert day coming to and end. Aug 8th
22 Aug 19 Comment Al, you didn't say if you used a tripod. I wonder if more depth of field, say f11 or even greater would have brought the rear petals into focus. Was the stamen actually that color? It looks a little like a mustard color, rather than a brighter shade of yellow. The bokeh in the background is well done except for that bright part emerging from behind the top petal. Spraying the plant was a good idea. The reds came out nicely, which is sometimes difficult to pull off. Good effort. Aug 8th
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