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bloodhound31 · #1 06-01-2010, 01:37 AM

Three of us went up there tonight and waited for the failing light.

Canon 400D
18-55mm lens
ISO100
F/16
Varying shutter speeds

A bit of quality is lost compressing it to less than 200kb, but it looks ok for the web.

C & C welcome as always.

Baz.

Liz · #2 06-01-2010, 08:42 AM

Lovely falls again, but the ?bee is a beauty!!

Tilt (Michael) · #3 06-01-2010, 06:13 PM

Nice shots Barry. As noted, the bee is awesome!

Michael

bloodhound31 · #4 06-01-2010, 06:39 PM

Thanks Liz and Michael. It's funny, I really didn't think the bee was the best of the four. Shows you how people's tastes differ.

Baz.

telemarker (Keith) · #5 07-01-2010, 02:23 AM

Nice set Barry, #3 does it for me. Lovely colours of the rock and moss. Are these taken below the falls? Last time I was in that area was to ski at Corin when they had the lift running

bloodhound31 · #6 07-01-2010, 08:32 AM

Thanks Keith. Yes mate, right under them.

Baz.

Lumen Miner (Mitchell) · #7 07-01-2010, 09:13 PM

The bee shot in phenominal. Honestly I don't think the actually shot of the bee / lighting is all that great, but the composition, terrain, texture, specific shade mix of blue/cyan/turquoise (not sure of the colour) is magnificant. In all the shot comes together, in an almost surreal finished image. My brain is telling me, that shade of the moss / fungi does not exist, is that done in PP or the actual colour of it?

I would print that one up, it will come up a treat!! Well done, it held my interest far longer than any macro, in recent memory.

bloodhound31 · #8 07-01-2010, 09:58 PM

Wow gee, thanks Mitchell.

All the colors are natural. It is actually a wet and slimy surface of the rocks near the falls. There was a swarm of bees all over the rocks drinking the water. I lay flat and got my head down amongst them, (they didn't seem particularly disturbed) and clicked away.

Thanks for the comments mate.

Baz.

RB (Andrew) · #9 09-01-2010, 10:09 AM

Baz I think the the bee shot is lovely.
I like how colours just harmonize.

That's not to say I don't like the other shots too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

It's funny, I really didn't think the bee was the best of the four. Shows you how people's tastes differ.

Baz.

You'd be surprised at how diverse people's tastes are.

Anyway mate well done, I enjoy watching your progress.

bloodhound31 · #10 09-01-2010, 12:06 PM

Thanks Andrew, yes I know what you mean. I have noticed the quality of a lot of peoples work improving around here.

Baz.