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64 Jan 26 Comment Lots of useful comments - thanks, all. Yes, "make it look deliberate", I like that. Maybe that's how the "celebrated photographers" get away with it! (Or even, get credit for it) Jan 23rd
64 Jan 26 Comment Thanks for your comments.

I guess the first lesson to me here it "Use sequential"! I did take a few, but manually, and they all miss the mark in some way, this being the best one in my view.

The second is "Don't zoom in too far". I was brought up on film photography, mainly colour slides and mono. For slides, there was almost no option to crop. Hence I have a tendency to "fill the frame", and it can catch me out in the heat of the moment. Looking at the EXIF, I see I missed saying that the lens was at 42mm, which explains the loss of depth of field at f5.6.

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64 Jan 26 Reply Appreciated! Jan 15th
64 Jan 26 Reply Thanks, Don. In one way I agree; it was a snatched shot and the one I liked had missed those extremities.

On the other hand, I am often surprised when looking at photos by celebrated photographers that are compromised in some way, eg missing feet. I know I've been conditioned by the judges at club photography competitions who pick at small details even if the picture works as a whole. I'm not saying this one does! But I don't consign them to the dustbin for a small "fault" if I still like the picture.		 Jan 14th
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95 Jan 26 Reply Good idea! I'm trying to get my computerised macro rail working again after neglecting it for a year or more, so there's a good subject, thanks. Jan 31st
95 Jan 26 Comment Thanks, Jeff. Whilst you are right, it's not in the spirit of true macro to get "higher magnification" by cropping. But you have given me a project for the February round, perhaps!

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Well done, Tom, many thanks.		 Jan 14th
95 Jan 26 Comment I'd agree with the ladies' comments above, but for me the way this picture could be made to pop is to brighten the foreground flowers. It sounds like the mask you made to darken the background could be inverted and then a brightness layer applied.
As you probably know, I'm a big, big fan of the clarity function in Affinity (probably the same is in DxO, Photoshop etc) so unless you are looking for a very smooth appearance, I'd give that a try too.
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95 Jan 26 Comment I like this too. The riot of colour is captivating, and the offset centre (buds?) is enough to make it not too repetitive.
Having said that, the brown background in the bottom left and right are a bit unwelcome in my view. I would just darken them down to next to nothing, or even black.		 Jan 8th
95 Jan 26 Reply Thank you. I can claim no achievement in the white balance, as the camera was on auto WB (as it always is) and it never seems to let me down. Jan 8th
95 Jan 26 Comment It has good impact, in my view. I feel like I need to move quickly away before it pokes me in the eye!

I'm usually quick to point out distractions, but I like the background with this level of detail. 		Jan 8th
95 Jan 26 Comment I'd agree with Carol, I think the tips of the tulip petals are important to the photo, and presently the lighting is almost hiding them.
I'd also put a 2-pixel white border round the image, to make it stand out from the web page.		 Jan 8th
95 Jan 26 Comment My apologies for muddling these up. Can I say as my closing comments as outgoing group 95 Administrator, please folks, make it clear which image is which when sending in multiple images.

So, my comments on what currently appears as "Original", but is in fact the final result.

Nice shot! The detail on the insect is good I think. The change in background is an improvement to me, although the garage door surface was good at not being distracting. I think the texture at the top has come out lighter than the rest, for some reason, and I'd prefer it if that were darkened down a little.		 Jan 8th
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