G'day David, The shot of the flowers could do with having the levels & contrast tweaked a bit.
I like the curved composition of the skink. Something about the way it curves from bottom left to bottom right. Just seems to work for me. Reminds me of this little guy: http://tinyurl.com/b8ysg I like yous more though. Nice stuff Dave S On 4/17/05, David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day Pee Dee em ellers, > Went out today for a quick shoot hoping to catch something that I saw a > couple of years ago and would have made a great photo op. My other > motive was that I'm in denial about the cold months coming on. People > posting 'spring' images only reminds me that our season's end isn't far > off (-: > > Anyway, I didn't see what I was after, but took the opportunity to > fiddle about in the bush anyway. > > The first shot is of a bit of a special plant around here. It's called a > Flannel Flower and it really typifies the local sandstone ridge > bush(fire)land. I'm sure that most SE Oz photogs have a bundle of photos > of them (-: > > Anyway, I decided to try out the idea of using my A* 300mm f/4 + tubes > for some shots - I generally like tele flower shots for some reason, > plus I guiltily underuse this lens (-: > > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/flannel.jpg > > Just another flower shot? > > The next one was just a quick snap with the Kiron 105/2.8 macro. It's a > cute little lizard called the Coppertail Skink. > > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/coppertail.jpg > > Hope you enjoyed these if nothing else. > > Cheers, > David > >
