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Mini#35 Best of 2016
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1st - andzwe: A Hard Rain
2nd - johncomyn: The Land Before Time
3rd - SteveBee: Night on the Farm
4th - davemisunas: Bay Bridge
5th - babysister: City at night
6th - aoc46: Maurice
6th - srhplover: Kestrel
8th - Amberbug: Inside the Basilica
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10th - RobertLavker: Street music
11th - wrosenthal: Street Musician
12th - davev: C.I. Color
13th - jomari: River in the Rain
14th - Mepo: Refreshing cold
15th - Akkerman54: Bali Bird Park
16th - forkcandles : blue and yellow attracts
17th - ysal: Diana, Goddess of the Hunt
17th - rabaak: Tree frog scaling our house
19th - rontaube: Red Panda Relaxing
20th - jeffp393: EYE HAS IT.............
21st - Elyod:
22nd - Old Finn: Great Spotted Woodpecker
22nd - bryanshoots: Curious Cat Near Candles
24th - dk: corn and utility pole
24th - Una: Friends will be friends
26th - mrsawyer: Caution: Parental Advisory
27th - Joanna: Light for the world
28th - JasonC_Photography: The Pearl District
29th - elliott: solace
30th - Peanut : Emmylou
31st - ladpupmoe: Into the woods
32nd - Lo: Bull Thistle
33rd - Gösta K: Elephant Baby, 8 Days Old, Bangkok
33rd - cookiejar: Beach Boxes
blue and yellow attracts
©2016 forkcandles
Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
16th
place,
43
points
1/500s
,
f4
,
ISO 200
,
1024mm
,
Aperture Priority
,
Center Weighted Average
,
no flash
Post-Processing:
shot 1:1 format
using fast stone image viewer
raw to tiff then jpeg
reduced to entry size
sharpened other wise sooc
Extra Info:
Blue iris opened a hour before shooting waiting for the pollinators.
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mazarak
Jan 9, 2017
Unusual angle and approach - love the abstract crop too.
jomari
Jan 9, 2017
Beautiful flower portrait. The colours are gorgeous and I love the detail of the stamens.
aoc46
Jan 8, 2017
Interesting effort, but I'm afraid it doesn't hold much appeal for me.
davemisunas
Jan 8, 2017
Well done... the focus, lighting are right on.. in my favorites.
mbbin2
Jan 8, 2017
Love this photo. You must be a male photographer as no female would ever call this 'blue'. It shouts purple!! sorry for the sexist generalization.
Jade O.
Jan 8, 2017
I'd be happier if the light coloured background were as dark as the rest of the background. and the depth of field had the entire foreground in focus but you might need stacking to achieve that. Good detail light and colour all the same.
Edward
Jan 7, 2017
Creative and interesting composition.
SteveBee
Jan 7, 2017
A neat closeup. It took me a couple seconds to realize what it was. I think there are some opportunities to improve it a little by cropping the right side just a tiny bit to eliminate the edges of the petals. Also some local adjustments to darken the yellow-green parts of the background.
babysister
Jan 7, 2017
This is a "different" flower photo which I love. I like the focus fading from the centre of the flower and the colours are beautiful. Good framing too.
ysal
Jan 6, 2017
Beautiful colors and detail. Very simple yet pretty.
forkcandles
Jan 6, 2017
elliot
the flower was photographed over several days at the same time
the problem was isolating the flower head. it had just popped open as I approached and the first bees were hanging around so time was of the essence
the yellow bits were damaged at the end of the day and they had done the job
elliott
Jan 5, 2017
the close up in the center is sharp as a tack and color great but i think you may have shortchanged yourself by not getting i bit more of the flower in the shot. nice one.
Edited on Jan 5, 2017
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