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Published: 2010-11-26 22:08:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 288; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 10
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Late donkey orchid. Taken by a roadside near Kuipto Forest. Love the contrast with the background. I finally got a decent shot of this species.
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Like to start with, what a beautiful picture e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
The clarity of the picture, is of a very high standard, that increases the strenghts of the picture. The clarity has bought out the colours, what i love is the mixture of colours the red,yellow and green all contrasting and working so well in the picture.
With the background blurred out the flower looks more clear, im an guessing this under a micro feature or lense.
This technique means that the plant in question is bought in to sharper view.
The impact of the picture, is striaght away interest and wow. As the plant is the focus point, and the colours (and angle) add interest, and interest the viewer.
Techinque wise, i think the picture shows the high level of skill and the time taken to make this picture as strong and lovely as it is.
Wouldnt change anything, as i dont believe there is anything to change. You could experiment with taking picture of this nature at a landscape angle. But i believe that there would be too much 'spare' space around the picture.
Wonderful picture, hope to see more pictures like this. As they are my favourite to review and view e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="
GREAT WORK
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Happy to be reviewed.
My main camera (the one I used for this) is a Canon 7D. Its a joy to use, but for this sort of photography (for most photography really) the lens has far more impact than the camera body.
Photography is like most things in life, skill comes with practice and thought. I got here by taking many thousands of shots, and initially concentrating more on what went wrong and how to improve it than on trying to just repeat what worked well. The important thing is to take as much creative control away from the camera as possible. So my camera spends about 85% of its time in Aperture Priority, 1% in Shutter Priority, and the rest in full Manual Exposure. All my macro shots with this camera are taken with manual focus. Talking to other photographers, looking at their work, and figuring out how they got the shot they got also helps a lot. I think (I hope) I'm still developing.
Looking at your gallery I think you've got a good enough feel for what makes a good photo that with experience I'm confident you will get there.
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Happy to review. Reminds me of the days i did my a level art, and i had to review other artist work
Most my photography is based around thought, i take about 5-10 pictures of one thing and only keep one. I want to get the best one i can, sad but true 
Clearly i have alot to learn my current camera isnt the greatest, but have to save money for a new camera.
Thank you, i have done photography all my life, but with this camera for the last just over 2 years. Hope to get better, but just time to do it :/
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I'm not going to laugh at someone taking 5-10 shots to get it right, particularly if they're thinking about what they're doing. I think that when you've got the opportunity to work that way you'd have to be crazy not to. Its pretty much the process Michael Freeman has as a background theme to The Photographer's Eye: Shoot, Review, Refine. Its the process I prefer to use myself, though members of the animal kingdom usually don't give you the chance. Particularly birds, butterflies, and children.
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Thanks. It only works with certain things.
Wildlife it never works.
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Thank you. First critique I've received, and its nice to start on a high note.
You're right about the shot being taken with a macro lens. Canon's 100mmL macro. The flower was about 39cm from the camera's sensor, and an aperture of F9.0 was chosen as it was just sufficient to keep the important parts of the flower sharp while completely blurring the background. Something this lens excels at.
I'm glad you liked this, as it is what I most like to do. Simple composition with a strong contrast, a subject I'm obsessed with, and good enough technique to carry that simplicity, hopefully making it beautiful.
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Yay glad i started it on a high note, happily do more reviews for you
What sort of camera do you have?
Well its all good techinque i am very jealous of your skill.
Yeah micro photography is my favourite, gives more of the wow factor results
Cant wait see more of your works
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Thanks. I think its right up there with the best I've done.
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Lovely shot indeed, Jim! Orchids are so hard to photograph well, and you've done a fine job here.
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