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Thanks @tersha :)! It was a very smug spider :p.Check It Out

Good shot @mikell! I like their eyes and the scene, showing the cooperative work. You have captured several fast subjects with a great sharpness. I hope they didn’t bit you :)!Check It Out

Very funny subject, @tersha :)!

I think that snails are difficult, because of the large distance between its eyes and the rest of its head. The correct focus is complicated. Your choice of use a large depth of field is a good idea.

I’ve seen very artistic pictures of snails in the opposite: with a very thin DoF, focusing only the eyes and…[Read more]

Ups! I’ve just read this topic.

Sorry, but I have not great ideas about that. I think to rate something so subjective as photograph is very difficult.

Maybe something like:

1.- Composition.
2.- Feeling (message / emotional transmission).
3.- Lighting.
4.- Focus (good use of sharpness or intentional blur).
5.- Processing.

My…[Read more]

Thanks, @toadhollow :)!

Hyperfocal distance is a very interesting concept, @admin . I’ve read, even I’ve written about it, under the theoretical point of view of the geometric optic, but sometimes I’ve had troubles when I’ve tried to bring it to the empiric field.

I bought a telemeter for measure the exact hyperfocal distance. Now I try to…[Read more]

Thank you very much @toadhollow :)! About the depth, I try to use de hyperfocal distance to get a large depth of field, and I also try get a communication between the nearest and farthest planes, with nearby textures and far items.Check It Out

Thanks @karamen :)! I like the fields’ photography: golden cereals + very blue skies. In these cases I shoot in the same direction as the light for get powerful colours (and I increase the colour in the post-processing).Check It Out

Thank you very much, @tersha :)! I love bring to all you a little piece of my land :)! A land that I’m also rediscovering now with my little walks.Check It Out

Haha, “The Ghost Photographer”, who appears and disappears :).

@admin , sadly, I haven’t enough free time to make everything I would like… If I had it, I would participate in these wonderful forums more frequently :). By other hand, although I’ve not been writing, I’ve always been here reading in the shadows :).Check It Out

Thank you very much @karamen :)! The second one is my preferred too. That hill has something special.

I like muted colours :), maybe because of I’m colour-blind. The shapes are stronger when the colour is missed.

These are some more colourful examples, from a recently previous walk:

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The location is perfect :), but the aperture (f/5.6 @ 300mm I’ve seen in Flickr) is also very appropriate :)! Very good shots :)!Check It Out

I love the depth of field that you use :)! The soft backgrounds versus the sharp subject produce a very strong effect. Congratulations, @karamen , for these shots :)!Check It Out

Thanks @tersha :)!

Of course I use it :)! The key is in its eyes, hehe. All my bugs have ring eyes :)!Check It Out

Wow! Good work! Is very difficult to take pictures of these bugs in flight in my opinion. The focus seems good and the bee is framed by the flowers. I like it :)!Check It Out

Thank you very much, @tersha :)!Check It Out