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A Bright Future for Willows in Alaska

© Gary H. Minish

A Bright Future for Willows in Alaska

Uploaded: May 03, 2003

Description

Shot facing the opposite direction from the last one.

Comments

Carol Engstrom level-classic May 03, 2003

This is wonderful, Gary! Must have missed the last one--will have to check out your gallery. #33523

Arthur Rosch May 26, 2019

Way to go, Gary. Done with your
characteristic amazing sharpness.

Art #91833

Rick Joyce May 26, 2019

Try to sharpen up the willows a bit. LOL

RJ #91864

ricky A. riddle May 26, 2019

Perfect Detail.Gary. #91870

Ann H. Belus level-deluxe May 26, 2019

Awesome sharpness on the willows, Gary!
Do you mind my asking what lens you used? #91871

Wolfgang Dolak May 26, 2019

I will give up my macro work... LOL!
Great shot Gary - finals!
birdie #91888

Shirley L. Carpenter May 26, 2019

Great Image Gary..... #91921

Gary W. Lake May 26, 2019

Great shot Gary! #92025

Patricia Marroquin May 26, 2019

I agree with everyone else. Great job, Gary. Love the sharpness of those willows with the gorgeous snow-capped mountain backdrop. #92073

Graham Theobald May 26, 2019

Fantastic gary,great quality. #92135

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Thank you everyone for your great comments. I liked the color against the blue and the nice details but wasn't sure whether the landscape background was too much and would be distracting. I have some shots with just the pussy willows against the blue sky also.

Ann; on this particular shot I didn't use any lenses or filters. I intentionally shot it at f8.0 to keep the background as clear as possible.

For those who truly enjoy the details I'm attaching a very close crop from the full size photo of the pussy willow macro I entered just before this one. One interesting surprise is that the hairs are actually translucent like polar bear fur! #92302

Dolores Neilson May 26, 2019

I'm enjoying this beautiful macro, GAry! Most times, photographers bring in macro subjects and pair them with irrelevant backgrounds. I just love the pertinent background here...it's in it's environment and that makes it a stronger image to my mind. Nice work! #103417

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Thank you very kindly, Dolores! I'm very happy to hear your comment and that you appreciated the intent of this macro. I've posted it at other places (PhotoSig for one) and the most common comment I get is: "Very nice, but the background is distracting". I especially appreciate it, because I went through contortions to get positioned at just the right angle to purposely include the mountains in this. On top of that the wind was occasionally gusting! I almost gave up a couple times :-) #103973

Gunther Allen May 26, 2019

Great work Gary- the DOF, and what a backdrop. I don't find the background at all distracting. It gives focus and perspective --we "don't see the forest for the trees.."It is a wonderful nature shot and an environmental commentary. #105590

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Thank you very much, Gunther! I really appreciate your appreciation ;-) #105599

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