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Pearls of Web

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 11, 20071,985 views7 comments

I made this image last week. When I saw this dew laced web early in the morning I resisted my temptation of making yet another image of all dew drops in perfect focus. Instead chose almost an orthogonal plane to keep just a column of it in focus and rest blurred. Like some thing about it - not sure what it is(!) - may be its abstract nature. Like to know your views !

Nikon D200, Nikon 105mm f2.8 micro lens plus two PK-13 extn rings, f8 @ 1/1600sec, iso100, full frame.

Larger version of the same is here at my home.

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7 comments

Comment posted by James Fillip on December 11, 2007 at 7:18 PM

This is very pleasing to the eye

Registered on July 12, 2007, 43 Posts, 117 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on December 12, 2007 at 6:24 AM

Beautiful, Ganesh! I like your chosen DOF here a lot! Also the lack of color adds to the abstract feeling.

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on December 13, 2007 at 10:01 AM

Really well done Ganesh. I'll be nitting - only because I like this so much and I know you appreciate a critique. There is a rod-shaped artifact almost in the center of the image. Since it has color - it grabs my attention. But mostly - the oof drops on the left side are beautiful the ones on the right side are not nearly as luminous. I am wondering if this would be stronger, cropping off the right and presenting this in a square format. Just a thought...

Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on December 13, 2007 at 11:58 AM

Thanks Will - appreciate your views. I agree with you about that tiny colored rod shape a bit of distraction. Thought of cloning it but then left it as it is since that was a tiny spectrum caused due to refraction. About the square crop I suspect image may look a bit static - of course it is a personal preference. Thanks again..

Thank you all for your views

Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Rogers on December 14, 2007 at 6:00 AM

Hello Ganesh, I like this and your choice of focus point is spot on, The composition works really well for me as the out of focus drops lead nicely into the focused drops. I would agree with Will about the rod of colour, I also feel as though it does not belong.

Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on December 18, 2007 at 12:22 AM

This is excellent, Ganesh. I need to stop looking at birds and see what's in the other forums here. I almost missed this. Congrats on the EP!

Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Losin on December 29, 2007 at 5:11 PM

As usual, Ganesh, this is killer :) I love this off-parallel approach.

Registered on September 16, 2005, 145 Posts, 3524 Comments