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Evening calm

A foxtail seed head taking in the sunlight

8 total reviews

Comment from nature rules

Yay! Congratulations AGAIN my friend Allan! This one is stunning and a perfect entry for this contest. A very well deserved win! I would like to know your settings on this one too! Again...nice work!

Comment Written 16-Jan-2016

reply by the author on 16-Jan-2016

Hi Rebecca, thanks once again for your congrats. Isn't it funny how we can all go through a long, dry spell on FAR and then win a contest and all is well again. As a group, maybe FAR members need to attend group therapy! :)

The settings were:
230 mm
f/6.3
ISO 800 (wind was blowing a bit, wanted to reduce blur)
1/800 shutter
center weighted
manual focus
AP priority
hand held

My camera maxes out at ISO 800 as far as acceptable noise level, but I try not to exceed 400 most of the time.

Thanks again for the kind words.

reply by nature rules on 16-Jan-2016

Thanks for the tech specs! And I think you should be the therapist for FAR members! I certainly have appreciated your wise words! Safe travels!

reply by the author on 16-Jan-2016

If I become the therapist for FAR, than the blind truly would be leading the blind! :)

Thanks for the tons and tons of support you give me. Greatly appreciated.

reply by nature rules on 16-Jan-2016

Ditto my friend. And Lol re: the blind... I think you are all seeing myself. ~R

Comment from Linda Bickston

Congratulations on your win. This is such a special picture, and the lighting is the reason for it's recognition. Simple, and beautiful.

Comment Written 14-Jan-2016

reply by the author on 15-Jan-2016

Thank you Linda for taking to time to look at the image can comment on it. I appreciate that.

Comment from Contests

A contest winning entry! A seven star rating from the Contest Committee for posting the winning contest entry.

Comment Written 14-Jan-2016

reply by the author on 14-Jan-2016

Wow, another big surprise this am. I appreciate the awards a lot, thanks!!!

Comment from Anita colyer

Lovely shot of this foxtail .
Very good focus and frame.
Great detail nice colours.
Very good light.
Thank you for sharing.

Comment Written 21-Jul-2015

reply by the author on 21-Jul-2015

Thanks a lot.

Comment from jrconrad

Wow, I love this sort of thing. I really like back light. The detail could not be better. I hate it we people tell me this, but let me suggest you try to clone out the lower right and see if you like it. That way you can center the grass and make, I think, a more dramatic pic. Very nice indeed. Cheers, James.

Comment Written 19-Jul-2015

reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks much for the review. I like your idea and will try it

Comment from gidavidson

Like the backlighting. Very good frame and focus to show the tiny details. A well composed and presented view on this plant.

Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

Comment from Snopaw

This is a great capture of this foxtail with the natural lighting highlighting all the little 'hairs'.

The focus on the shot is very nice and sharp and the composition well laid out in the frame at a diagonal. I would, if this were mine clone out the one at the very bottom of the frame. I find my eye tends to wander down there taking it away from your focal point of the 2 in the center :)

Shirley

Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

reply by the author on 18-Jul-2015

But, but then it would look just like your winning image for the light contest. :)

Congrats on that nice image.

Allan

Comment from Nature'sAd

Gorgeous shot of the foxtail with great clarity to it. Simple subject yet interesting to view and pleasing to the eye. Justified by the right exposure and lighting. Great focus, nice angle, and well-composed, very well done job.