[CaptBubba]

Well, it has been raining for perhaps a week straight now, so when the rain stopped for a while I grabbed my camera and went out to capture the coming spring, and to play with focus/object placement. What do you think?

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[size=xx-small]note: All images belong to me. Any unapproved use is a violation of copyright laws. Basically don't sell them or distribute them.[/size]

edit: upload complete

edit2: For those on dial-up/low res monitors. 800x600, 50KB-130KB (image 5).

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[mclaren20]

Wow, I really like the 1st and 4th ones.

 

[JMT]

Really nice. I like the daffodil the best.

 

[LobsterSan]

i love macro shots. i need to get a camera with great macro abilities. what are you using, captbubba?

 

[Sol_Zhen]

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Originally posted by mclaren20 Wow, I really like the 1st and 4th ones.

Ditto. Those are some pretty shots.

What camera are you using?

 

[Nisbeth]

Nice pics! I wish I had time to go out and photograph the spring

/U.

 

[sapphiremodena]

The daffodil picture is great.

 

[Mr.PD]

The daffodil pic is my favorite also. That pink flower was also very good. (I don't know one flower from another)

 

[raymondlin]

The 2nd one is blured, the 5th one doesn't have a focal point.

They are a bit big, it's easier to see if you don't have to scroll the explorer.

1, 3 & 4 are nice thou. But the still wasn't enough light to give the photo that extra bit to be it better. Try to shoot in better light next time, it'll make a word of difference.

 

[CaptBubba]

One more:

image 6 (560KB)

All of them were taken with a Canon Powershot S230, handheld while trying to beat off my dogs who love to take any oportunity to lick me. As for lighting... a flash was out of the question because of all the water reflecting back, and as I said I just grabbed the camera when I noticed it had stopped raining for a bit.

The images are big, but I kinda assumed people would download them and use a veiwer to look at them.

 

[Pepsione1]

I was just thinking why you didn't post any picture of your dogs trying to lick your face and then I saw your image#6. haha, it made me giggle for some reason, I am a sucker for animals. lol

 

[Matthew-Spaltro]

Winter has no business even existing. Late spring to early fall are the only two seasons worth ****.

 

[Mr.PD]

Hey, Iv'e seen that dog somewhere previously.

Now I need to go back and look at your pictures again to see what raymondlin was talking about. I am trying to learn to take pictures that people other than my mom would think were good.

 

[Mystic]

Is it me or do the out of focus areas look wierd. Take image 4 for example (which is a real nice shot BTW). Look at the trees in the upper left which are thrown way out of focus. They look wierd to me, almost like motion blur rather than just soft focus. The flower is sharp as a tac so it can't be motion blur.

 

[CaptBubba]

Ahaha, I didn't notice that. That's funny, I messed up the link and it pointed to that other picture.

Oddly fitting to that post.

This is the right image

As for the second image, it just caught my eye. I can't explain it, but it just grabbed me, especially the stark color contrast. Part of the flower is in focus (on the top left of the image), but the rest is just close enough to mess with my eyes.