Fern Symphony IX [Details & Macro Animals and Pet Photography]
Uploaded: May 03, 2006 10:16:31
04/22/06 Donghu Park, Jiangmen, China. First ventures into manual focus. Have had issues with my first DSLR and glasses and, afraid to trust my eyes, always relied on automatic focus. But was so enchanted with a telephoto lens I was trying out for macro, and the effects it gave in focusing, I ventured off the beaten track--and from now on, it's manual focus for me!
Dr Silly May 03, 2006
Wonderful capture and title for this shot. I'm still using auto. :o)Brinn MacDougall May 03, 2006
Great capture, Susan..I try going both ways! #2720966Tarun Bose May 03, 2006
Green beauty Susan. Beautifully focused, enchanting colours and tonning. Well done. #2720973Kirsten Kiki Kjaer May 03, 2006
Very beautiful. #2721159Jessica L. Richard May 03, 2006
wonderful image, very lovely! #2721500Bea. Anderson May 03, 2006
You were very brave, and you've been rewarded. Beautiful shot. Well done. #2722504Melissa G. Meiselman May 03, 2006
Totally beautiful with SHARP focus. I like the others in this series, too. Great work, Susan!!! #2722754Chris Budny May 09, 2006
Taking the chance paid off... I love this series of shots! They have a "sublime nature" kind of feel to them. #2744444Chris Budny May 09, 2006
Taking the chance paid off... I love this series of shots! They have a "sublime nature" kind of feel to them. #2744445Susan Jane Allen May 10, 2006
Thanks so much for all your kind and encouraging comments and sorry for being so late to thank you! Think that the comments people make provide great opportunity to visit others' galleries and usually wait until I have before responding--but this time it has taken me a while! #2747755Chris Budny June 21, 2006
Congratulations on this great Finalist! #2924967Susan Jane Allen June 21, 2006
Thanks Christopher! #2926247Ken Smith June 21, 2006
I knew one of these fern shots would be a winner. Congrats, Susan. You're in your stride. #2930139Bea. Anderson June 21, 2006
Congratulations Susan, it's a really beautiful and delicate photo. #2930439Susan Jane Allen June 21, 2006
Thanks Ken and Bea! #2931372Corinne M. Thompson June 22, 2006
Beautiful capture...Congrats on your Finalist! #2937083Susan Jane Allen June 26, 2006
Thanks Corinne! #2950586Cheryl E. Molennor November 09, 2006
Wow Susan I really love this one! #3567566Susan Jane Allen November 22, 2006
Thanks for all your encouragement, Cheryl! #3615535Suzanne Hull May 19, 2007
Susan, I was just cruising through your gallery and am amazed at the beautiful macros you are getting...including this. Can you tell me what kind of lens you primarilay use for these? And congratulations on "manual"...I've just gone to this with my 100 macro lens (canon)! #4301164Susan Jane Allen May 19, 2007
Hi! Thanks so much for the kind comment! Briefly, I didn't have a macro lens, it was just an 18-200 Sigma which I had borrowed and then bought myself last November. Most of my "macros" then are mostly magnified images which makes it more difficult to get enough pixel count to sell. In March I bought a 100-400 Canon L for birds and macro and it's all I use now. But I see that I really, really need a dedicated macro lens! I'll explain more in an email tomorrow night (and will have a look at your gallery!)--it's 3:00am here now and I'll be surprised if I've made any sense! #4301200Susan Jane Allen May 19, 2007
Just one extra comment--I recently bought the Canon D500 closeup attachment, and so a couple of my recent images are with that, and that's really macro! But the DOF is terrible! #4301204Suzanne Hull May 20, 2007
Thanks for answering back, Susan(though why you would at 3 AM is beyond me!...it probably is again!!)...I want the 100-400 lens...I'm saving up for it..it's good to know you can get such lovely shots with it. Canon's 100mm macro is one of the first grown-up lenses I got when I got the 30D camera. The DOF can be a problem with the macro, and I'm afraid I'll have to invest in an appropriate flash to go with it to get enough light for the DOF neccessary. But you have beautiful stuff, anyway!! #4305787Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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