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Fruit Pudding?


Fruit Pudding?
Photo Information
Copyright: John Cannon (tyro) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 218 W: 83 N: 632] (3024)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-14
Categories: Nature, Macro
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM, Jessops 52mm Skylight 1A
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-23 15:07
Viewed: 296
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Well, no, actually it's not a fruit pudding at all. But the central bit will eventually become the "fruit" or seed-pod of this flower.

This is a close-up I took of the central part of an Oriental Poppy (Papaver Orientale) in our front garden a few days ago. I took it at the very same time I took this one.

Taken hand-held with my macro lens using available light. Thankfully, there was very little breeze, so I increased the ISO to 400 and shot away with quite a fast shutter speed.

I really wanted to get a nice shot of a bee on it. There were lots of big bumble bees hovering around these flowers, but they always seemed to be attracted to go down the outsides of the stamens rather than sit on the nice little pedestal in the middle!

Shot in RAW and converted and edited in PSE6.

All comments/critiques/advice welcome!
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To scot: Thank you, John!tyro 1 07-08 02:27
To shaukatmi: It's done it again!tyro 1 07-08 02:25
To shaukatmi: Sorry, Muhammad!tyro 1 07-08 02:22
To shaukatmi: Thank you, Muhammad!tyro 1 07-08 02:14
To ronybw: Thank you, Rony!tyro 1 07-08 02:07
To kross1: Thank you, Kevin!tyro 1 07-08 02:06
To graffer: Macro lenses and all that stuff.............tyro 1 07-05 06:25
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uuughhh....! unique captured .....

Great cature John.It indeed looks like fruit pudding with chocolate sprinkling. Technically it is a sharp well composed photo.Congratulations.
Please look at a very similar photo which I posted which looks like a cheese cake the URL is http://www.treklens.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=415347

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  • scot Silver Star Critiquer [C: 35 W: 9 N: 4] (313)
  • [2008-06-23 17:39]
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Hi John.
This is a nice sharp close-up of your poppy, i like it a lot. Well done.
Regards John.

John,
The details in this shot are wonderful. Very nice extreme macro shot. Well done.
Regards,
Kevin

Hello John,

A fantastic shot - I was going to say a bee's eye view, but of course with their compound eyes with many lenses, their view must be entirely different.

The side lighting has thrown interesting shadows across that central "pudding", and your macro lens shows amazing sharp detail.

I know nothing about macro lenses - in a shot like this, how far away is the front of this lens from the flower itself?

Beautiful!

Regards,

Peter.

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