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Published: 2007-10-07 11:22:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 388; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 5
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Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) seed head on a dewy morning.Related content
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Beautiful photo! I love the colors, the composition, and your handling of it.
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Thank you!It was a sort of spur of the moment shot, on a stunning dewy morning. I had 10 mins to spare and rattled off some shots with out any fore-thought. I sometimes think this produces much "fresher" looking pix than too much planning.
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Yes, I think so, too. Sometimes I'll have a photograph all planned in my mind, and yet it was when I spontaneously took a shot from another angle that actually worked.
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Completely agree! 
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Yes, and I think sometimes we respond to the results of that spontaneous creativity in a different way, no more or less appreciatively, than we do to the very carefully planned photograph. I think we need both types of photos, of course, but love being pleasantly surprised when something unexpected works!
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Yes, I'm digging that too. We need that duality, and the subtle tension that accompanies it. I think there are two sides to our psyche, very old and deep rooted, but both needing fed. I've read that pattern recognition is hard-wired somewhere, as a selected survival trait when we were hunter-gatherers, and that seems to respond to the regular and predictable - i.e. the next meal on the horizon. But there also is an element always with a eye open for unexpected bonuses, serendipity is always welcome! To me it would be logical that these two fragments are at once antagonistic and in some ways complimentary - almost competing for attention, to be the one that scores satisfaction. As you say its very nice to be pleasantly surprised!!
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Thanx, I'm very pleased with this one. It was in the garden, just outside my door!! We had a very heavy dew and I dived out for 10 minutes and grabbed a few shots. This thing is about 1/2" across, got as close up as I could and shot a few, handheld,and got one sharp!! Too lazy to get the tripod out and got away withit!!!
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I shoot like that a lot sometimes, but with unpredictable results.... 
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Sometimes get surprised at how good spontaneous shots can turn out. I think you have a different "head" on, see with different eyes, if you don't plan on taking pix. I find its the same when i visit a new place, shots taken when I know a place always have a separate feel to them compared to the "rush" of the first sight
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Thanx, stuffs ace close up, so weird!! lol
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Oh my, amazing detail, so sharp 
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I'm a bit of a fud when cropping macro, get a bit "focused" on the object and kill the picture. End up with a record shot.
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