Devil In Disguise

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• boreocypriensis (7912)
• [2009-10-27 1:14]

Hi Scott,

Absolutely stunning macro capture of these beautiful thistle flowers with wonderful POV/DOF, neat details, fine blurred green natural BG and delightful composition.
TFS and have a nice new day MF!
Cheers,

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• mikolaj_cava (29284)
• [2009-10-27 1:33]

Hello Scott! Perfect macro, ideal contrast and sharpness, nice colours, good saturation, very good exposiure. Well done!

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• WhiteKnight (7507)
• [2009-10-27 1:41]

Good - a flower shot with proper DOF and focus!! And composition!! Nicely done Scott

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• AndroK (11684)
• [2009-10-27 1:46]

Hi Scott...
Beautiful macro shot with so nice focus, light...
Beautiful texture...
Regards...
Andro

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• muhammadtariq (2902)
• [2009-10-27 2:09]

with all its demerits its perhaps the best picture of the day.By demerits I mean of flower or this weed.You have so well captured and presented that I feel like to touch it.thanks God its behind the safety of your lenses.Very sharp and clear.balanced and perfect in all aspects.tfs

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• Royaldevon (16326)
• [2009-10-27 2:16]

Hello Scott,

Great close-up of this thistle.
Sharp (in all departments) and detailing the beautiful flowerhead, perfectly.
The colours are accurate and the narrow dof has produced an excellent 3D quality to the shot.
My only grumble, sad to have found one, is that the flower is facing out of the shot rather than into it.
Otherwise A*

Have a good day,
Bev :-)

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• parasbhalla (5832)
• [2009-10-27 2:26]

Hi Scott,

Lovely capture of the tender and soft flower with great colors! The POV and DOF are very well maintained and the sharpness is just crisp. The green blurred BG gives great contrast to this bright purple colored flower.

Very well done!

best regards,
Paras

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• burak28 (16025)
• [2009-10-27 2:26]

Hi Scott
Great macro shot my friend
Backround, clarity and colors are wonderful
Have a nice days
Burak

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• psyce (1451)
• [2009-10-27 2:28]

lovely composition... great DOF... using a polarizer helped to make the shots exposure level just right... composition and sharpness excellent! well done... TFS

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• Tanjicka (1307)
• [2009-10-27 2:32]

Hello Scott,

Excellent macro shot of this thistle.
Great focus, DOF, lightness, sharpness and colors.

Best regards,
Tatjana

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• peiman (961)
• [2009-10-27 2:55]

hi scott
its beautiful
nice blured green bg and superb sharp (you're really sharp shooter!!)
excellent dof. i also admire the composition
tfs peiman

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• messenger1 (4178)
• [2009-10-27 3:00]

Hi, Scott -
Very sharp details of the beautiful (but dangerous) thistle with bright, vibrant color. The 18-55mm really did a nice job with this macro. The strong sunlight is well-managed and background is smoothly blurred. Very nice image.

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• Teresat (8453)
• [2009-10-27 3:07]

Bom dia Scott
Great sharpness ( perfect to me) and very beautiful composition.
Impressive shot.
My regards
Teresat

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• solrac (1805)
• [2009-10-27 3:35]

Buen encuadre de esta bella flor violeta captada en un buen encuadre con bonitos colores y detalle
Buen trabajo
un saludo

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• Hazara14 (612)
• [2009-10-27 4:10]

Hi Scott
very beautiful micro shot with lovely sharp natural colors
and you done very good job with lights and shadows and lovely details
and very nice composed TFS
well done
Hazara

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• werdir (2539)
• [2009-10-27 5:33]

Hi Scott,

Nicely composed. The thistle is right in a thirds sweet spot, with exceptional sharpness and shallow DOF. Kudos for creating a top notch composition without any PP work. TFS

Best regards,
Werner

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• shelbeesmom (47766)
• [2009-10-27 5:49]

Nice shot Scott! Love the DOF in this! We have a thing called "Bull Nettle" and it's a long reed with thorns with hooks on them. You land in Bull Nettle and you might as well forget it...it's OVER. HAHA! I love the contrast of the bright flower against the darker BG!
B-)
Linda

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• chrisJ (41877)
• [2009-10-27 5:52]

Hi Scott

Impeccable use of a shallow dof, with good sharpness on the purple thistle flower, (no pun intended) & excellent lighting contrasts & framing. Tfs!

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• milas (32607)
• [2009-10-27 6:59]

hi dear Scott...
What beautiful color and light
great details
and sharing a good shot
greetings

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• teamill (5140)
• [2009-10-27 7:50]

Fantastic close-up of this thistle mate. I'm pretty sure we have this variety of thistle here too ... deadly prickles!
Great composition here .. I really like how you've placed the thistle nicely off-center, and the blurred, upopened bud fills the negative space. Great eye Scottie.
Have a good day.
Trudy

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• cunejo200 (17215)
• [2009-10-27 8:11]

Hello Scott,
Purples are shown best against a darker b/g, and you did quite well in rendering an optimum exposure. The thistle's head is sharp and will probably look better if a bee or a butterfly were atop. Well done...
Danilo

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• jean11-3 (4541)
• [2009-10-27 11:02]

Hello Scott, spectacular quality!!
Good tight focus on the head of the thistle.
The light was perfect.
Tfs, regards Jean.

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• tnahari (9881)
• [2009-10-27 11:43]

Hi Scott
good capture of thistle, old and young flowers.
good light and nice natural colors.
well composed and presented.
greetings
tsilla

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• jackal (2859)
• [2009-10-27 13:44]
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Steady on mate - that obnoxious weed is our Scottish national emblem :)
(Apparently the Vikings were attacking some Scots during the night and they stood on the thistles and their cries woke the sleeping Scots)
A nice close-up of this wonderful plant and good use of the shallow DoF
cheers
Jack

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• hifimusicdai (5117)
• [2009-10-27 15:32]

Looks a little like the scottish thistle but I am intrigued by the white tips on the stems Excellent sharpness and lovely colour TFS
warm regards
David

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• gnada (21679)
• [2009-10-27 15:54]

Hi Scott...

Beautiful macro shot with proper DOF and focus..!
This is one of the best macro shots of that I've seen in a long time.
Great color tones and light, fantastic details, sharpness and colors.
Best regards,
George

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• mvdisco (35023)
• [2009-10-27 16:56]

Bonjour Scott,
WoW! a great macro picture of beautiful colors and light,
Excellent POV./DOF well presented with an amazing sharpness,
great contrast and focus with a beautiful background,
Nicely done.. as always...
compliments
Michel

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• AKITA (12072)
• [2009-10-27 18:59]

hi Scott,
a beautiful macro shot of splendid thistle flower,
its thorny shape and delicate gradation of violet colors are nicely captured,
and its sharp figure is well contrasted right blurred another bud, this space feeling is cheerful for my sensation.
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa

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• ele_eng (6006)
• [2009-10-27 21:21]

Hi Scott

After beautiful landscpae series, this macro is a different work of you
Nice contrast, well focused with good BG
Personally I do like if the pink flower locate in the right side

TFS. Alireza

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• HapiSnapa (1613)
• [2009-10-27 22:51]

I loved watching my horse delecately extract the nut out of these flowers. He thought it a delicacy.

Really nice capture, lovely colour and DOF.

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• tanburi (36942)
• [2009-10-28 2:23]

Hello Scott,
Breathtaking game of light with shadow...
Skilfully positioned flowers and good DOF
TFS
Selahattin E

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• nicou (20126)
• [2009-10-28 5:10]

Hello,

Fantastiqeu vue quel beau chardon violet, avec l'autre en bouton, sueprbe macro, j'aime beaucoup ces fleurs, une emrveille.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

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• vanda (1634)
• [2009-10-28 13:49]

Hi Scott!
Great macro. Superb DOF.
Impressive lighting and contrast. Fine details.
Regards.
Ciao! Vanda

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• neusser0204 (6992)
• [2009-10-28 14:07]

Hello Scott.
Very nice shot, with amazing details and colors. Excellent POV and BG too, good composition. It is a very beautiful flower, I lik,e her purpe color very much. Well done !
Best regards Siegfried

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• rminkow (15128)
• [2009-10-28 17:50]

Hi Scott...nice shot..great sharpness and light...

Roger

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• hay_kes (56326)
• [2009-10-29 0:27]

Hi Scott,
What a superb macro vith very beautiful focus, colours,lighting and sharpness.TFS.
Cheers,

hAyAti

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• ayse51 (20206)
• [2009-10-29 2:09]

Hi Scott,
great macro.Beautiful color and blur BG.TFS.Necla.

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• jone (28714)
• [2009-10-29 3:46]

Greetings Scott ;)
Wonderful macro shot...TFS
J ;)

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• Juliet (13454)
• [2009-10-29 9:47]

Hi Scott,
Fantastic image. Nice DOF and excellent lighting and colors on this flower. Very well composed. TFS Julie

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• MLINES (8468)
• [2009-10-30 21:02]

Hi Scott, Good close up with remarkable and attractive purple colour dominating. You obtained excellet DOF effect with this lens. If i remember rightly we called these Scotch thistles, but if that ID is anything like my guess at bird species, likely i am wrong! Either way, i like the effect of sharp points and brilliant purple. TFS. Murray.

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• czappas (103)
• [2009-11-01 12:32]

Hi Scott,

Very nice macro.
Beautifull colours, sharp, POV and nice tones.


Greetings and TFS,
Constantinos