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Re: [OM] Prickly [was IMG: Busy Bee]

Subject: Re: [OM] Prickly [was IMG: Busy Bee]
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:54:55 -0400
A most unfortunate typo.  I can see NOW that they are thistles.  :-(

Chuck Norcutt


Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Thanks.  I can see not that they are thistles.  On your choice between 
> FF and near square crop I think I'd choose something intermediate.  Keep 
> the 2:3 aspect ratio but place the thistle head at lower right in the 
> rule of thirds position.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> Moose wrote:
>> On 6/13/2010 4:57 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> I forgot to ask whether you know what the flower is.  Maybe not so unusual 
>>> on the Pacific coast but very unusual looking from this distance.
>>>    
>> It's a thistle. There are several varieties of thistle in the area. 
>> Here's the same one sans bee and with quite different perspective, 200mm 
>> vs. 28mm AOV. 
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0008ia.jpg>
>>
>> Close in is clearer, with nicer luminance range/distribution than with 
>> the G11. 
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0008fpia.jpg>
>>
>> Here's another sort. 
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0024ia.jpg>
>>
>> I haven't decided if I like the FF or this almost square crop. 
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0024cria.jpg>
>>
>> Full pixel is rather pretty. 
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0024fpiashi.jpg>
>>
>> Other than looking like eyestalks of some alien visitor, these seem like 
>> the first one, but for the dark centers. 
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0152cria.jpg>
>>
>> There is yet another common one, tall, with multiple small flowers per 
>> stalk. I don't seem to have a clear shot of them, although they are OOF 
>> on the left of the image just above.
>>
>> Prickly Moose
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