Anita's Photoblog
Milkweed Pod
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 12 December 2008 in Plant & Nature.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WISHED ME WELL IN MY SEARCH FOR A MONITOR. I didn't buy a new one. A kind person from my camera club gave me the 19" CRT he had just replaced. For now, this is working fine as the monitor that died was also a 19" CRT.
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I welcome your honest critique, especially if they will improve my photography.
If I have made a mistake in a flower identification, please let me know!
A few words about the EXIF data, beginning in April when I began using Nikon D300 and the Sigma 105mm macro: My new camera and macro lens record the relative or effective f stop, not the one seen on the lens. For an explanation of this, go to the next to the last question at this site.
Frida from Sweden
Love the colors and details. Nice to have good friends, when in need :-)
12 Dec 2008 10:32am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
So glad you have a new monitor. And I'm glad to see yet another beautiful shot here. This one has a wonderful background as well. Nicely done with pretty light.
12 Dec 2008 10:48am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Beautiful, explosive detail here . . your presentation is always so carefully considered.
12 Dec 2008 11:09am
Sue from United States
Love the texture you have captured in the pod, the silky bokeh, as well as the translucence of the white "fly away things." Beautiful light.
12 Dec 2008 11:11am
Paul Michko from United States
So happy to see you posting again, Anita. This one is so detailed and lovely.
12 Dec 2008 11:13am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Welcome back, Anita... glad the monitor situation worked out. Beautiful details! Beautiful light!
12 Dec 2008 11:18am
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
These are great subjects... the DOF is perfect.
12 Dec 2008 12:08pm
Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States
Again, you have wonderful details in your image. Love it!
12 Dec 2008 1:09pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Love the detail here. The light on the seeds is so pretty.
12 Dec 2008 1:12pm
Accio from Singapore, Singapore
Nice close-up - you've got an amazing capture here.
12 Dec 2008 3:52pm
Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore
Nice composition there! Pretty details too! Glad to know you got a new monitor nonetheless! Here's to hoping you get to upgrade it next!
13 Dec 2008 4:30pm
David R. Ross from United States
Another good illustration of your mastery of creating pleasing backgrounds that don't distract. You've helped me appreciate just how "bumpy" the pod shells are; I've thought of them as smooth.
15 Dec 2008 2:38pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful composition and colors, the backgound is perfect for those seeds.
19 Dec 2008 1:15am
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
1/125 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
150 mm (35mm equiv.)