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64 Sep 25 Comment Derelict railway lines are always sad, I think. The dull rails and detritus on the track give a sense of abandonment. Sep 10th
64 Sep 25 Comment I wonder how high the bridge is, as there are no guard rails on it. I also wonder if you could have waited until all the figures in the picture were only people with those hats and clothes .on? It's an interesting shot Sep 10th
64 Sep 25 Comment Yes, very ominous!

The detail and texture in the cloud is super, especially since it is "out of camera". Overall the shades and detail, and the contrast between the sea and the sky, are excellent, I think.		 Sep 10th
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95 Sep 25 Comment I'd agree with the above. The wide aperture has compromised the depth of field, but the head is sharp, which is the key point. The lighting spotlights the 'hopper nicely. Cropping a little of the petals would give it more punch, I think. Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Comment Absolutely spot-on, Mike, I think it's a great picture. The sharpness and depth of field is excellent throughout, colours are immaculate, composition excellent. I love it.

You didn't mention shutter speed, but obviously it was fast enough to keep it sharp. Topaz is a great program and has denoised and sharpened really well.		 Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Comment We have lots of sunflowers in the back garden - from the bird feeders, the little perishers drop more seeds than they eat!

A super sharp picture, colourful and well exposed despite the sunshine.

Some would say that there's too little room round the flower, and I'd be one of those. Personally I prefer to see a whole flower in context, or cut some off the petals to concentrate on the central parts.

Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Comment I think this is a very interesting photo, and well processed. The red flowers are now in an ideal position in the photo.

The focus recedes nicely into the farground, and doesn't cut off sharply as you've used a low aperture f14.

I might have lightened the red flowers a little to make them stand out more, but it's a minor point.		 Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Reply Thanks, Mike. Yes, I could do that, I hadn't noticed the soft "background". I suppose the two sides are unbalanced as they are with this, which would motivate me to crop a little, although I don't find the soft area uncomfortable as it is.
How about this?		 Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Comment The texture of its wings is very interesting, and the wings are pin sharp which draws my eye. I love that part.

Alas the focus on the rest is not there for this shot. I don't mind the blurred flower, but the body should be sharp, especially as the title draws attention to it.

Yes, a smaller f stop would have helped, but for me it needed a focus bracket to be taken if possible. The nature of brackets and stacking is that your bracket can cover a wide range of focus points, and then you choose which frames to merge and so choose which zones are sharp and which remain blurred. Or even, which single frame achieves what you wanted, when you don't need to merge the images into a stack.

Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Comment I'd agree with Mike, the fly doesn't stand out here, and so it is correctly titled "Cosmos and the fly", not "A fly on Cosmos".
Personally I'd like to see the fly more prominent, and a little lightening of it in LR should achieve that. This was done in seconds using Affinity.

Sep 4th
95 Sep 25 Comment Sorry, Mike and Margaret's emails are adjacent in my email client (Outlook), and I mistakenly copied Mike's narrative when entering Margaret's photo. At least it enabled me to use the edit facility that Digital Dialogue has built in!
The section "About the image" is now correct. :-) 		Sep 4th
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