Anita's Photoblog
Dahlia Super-Macro
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 18 September 2009 in Plant & Nature.
I cropped an image way down to get this one. Someday I hope to have a lens that allows me to take this type of image without cropping. Dahlia from my garden. :-)
I'm coping with too much to do by ignoring housework! My house looks worse but I am happier.
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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.
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
A beautiful crop. Those colors just sing a song.
When you find a lens that takes that type of image, let me know!!
You are so wise.....art trumps housework any time. I'm trying to re-train myself to that truth, too.
Right at this moment the iron and ironing board stand waiting, with a pile of laundry on top .......
18 Sep 2009 5:55am
Yvonne Simons from Tilburg, Netherlands
Great crop Anita, the colors are overwhelming!
18 Sep 2009 6:28am
Addicted to the click - Stacey Dawn from United States
Soft yet vibrant. Beautiful
18 Sep 2009 6:55am
Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic
Excellent composition with wonderful vibrant colours and lightning that makes it glow. Perfect stuff, Anita.
18 Sep 2009 7:23am
Marilla from Turku, Finland
Delicate macro! I hope you get your super-macro-lens one day! :)
18 Sep 2009 8:05am
Paul Michko from Exton, PA, United States
Extremely refreshing and beautiful, Anita.
18 Sep 2009 8:52am
daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany
wow this is lovely - bright colours and an excellent selected view!
18 Sep 2009 10:59am
Sue from Paducah, United States
I'm right there with you regarding the "housework" -- I'm much happier taking photographs and viewing wonderful works by my photographer friends. Beautiful crop. I suspect a crop of this quality had to start with a very high quality original image. ;)
18 Sep 2009 12:26pm
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
It's beautiful and no pixelation.. I too want to do micro-macro work but don't yet have the setup.
18 Sep 2009 4:45pm
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
I like your way of coping.....If it's too much...then just don't do it.....In light of the fact that you don't have a lens to shoot this shot naturally, you've done a simply marvelous job in creating it however you could!! Colors are just luscious!!!
18 Sep 2009 9:31pm
GJC from Kyoto (京都), Japan
I'm always particuarly impressed by your macro shots, which give us a whole new way of looking at flowers so that they become like color field paintings. I really like it.
Forget housework!! Take pictures.
18 Sep 2009 11:36pm
Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore
Very pretty!!! Your fauna photos are really superb... I have to learn from you, seriously.
19 Sep 2009 3:29am
Don from spokane, United States
A beautiful post with those delicate colors. This is such a fine, appealing image. Very well done.
19 Sep 2009 3:13pm
Nikon D300
1/100 second
F/16.0
ISO 500
157 mm (35mm equiv.)