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Tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 21, 20052,482 views10 comments

Nikon D70, Sigma 50mm macro, 1/30 f16, iso 200, RAW, tripod.

Post processing : contrast, saturation, USM, huge crop

This is a 1:1 crop so the image is not very sharp :-\ , but I think that it is an interesting view.

I toke the photo in summer 2004. This year I'm going to take a lot more photos of this fascinating plant, I'd like to photograph its life cycle and some "predation" scenes. Other than that, I'll search the other carnivorous plants that live in Italy, <i>Pinguicola</i> and <i>Utricularia</i>.

BTW, You can read my in-depth article about this plant here:

The Carnivorous Plant Drosera Rotundifolia

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on February 21, 2005 at 1:43 PM

I can see why you wish to revisit this subject Juza - It reminds me of the Sundews we have here in the States. I have a love/hate relationship with drops, when they are in focus they are awesome and when they OOF you can get some strange highlights, but you handled that very well. Love the warm colors and the abstract presentation.

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Comment posted by Michael Bates on February 21, 2005 at 3:27 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!! This is superb, Juza!!!!

Michael

Registered on November 1, 2003, 149 Posts, 2381 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on February 21, 2005 at 3:43 PM

Hey Juza,

Very cool image. Excellent details.

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Comment posted by Toni Lankerd on February 21, 2005 at 5:46 PM

Cool! Good eye, Juza.

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Comment posted by Terri Norris on February 21, 2005 at 7:58 PM

I think it's pretty sharp, especially for a major crop! I'll be anxious to see more shots of these interesting plants.

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Comment posted by BorgesiusBeckles on February 21, 2005 at 9:39 PM

Very Interesting shot JUZA , LOVELY.

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on February 21, 2005 at 9:59 PM

Emanuele,

Excellent!!! At 1:1 I think you have done a marvelous job with the details and DOF. The background is great, really allows those tentacles to show nicely.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by J.P. Li on February 22, 2005 at 10:30 PM

Nice shot Juza,

Very interesting image.

really like the abstract approach. It's a little soft, but not enough to make me really complain about it. Your cropping and lighting are strong so that helps out.

jp

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Comment posted by David Gottlieb on February 23, 2005 at 8:33 PM

This is very well done..its really tough not to get a lot of overlap on these shots..Great job!

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Comment posted by Richard Daley on February 28, 2005 at 7:43 AM

Juza,

Way COOL. The colors and DOF are wonderful here. Looking forward to seeing more here.

Richard F. Daley

Registered on January 26, 2005, 23 Posts, 38 Comments