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11-MAY-2003 CindyD

*Ready for Lift Off! By CindyD

I have one focussed on the insect better,
but even with f8 the flower was totally out of focus.
So this one is a compromise. Side view of the insect probably would have been better,
but that angle cast my shadow, which dropped my shutter speed,
and considering it was handheld I didn't want to do that!
Could've used the flash except my battery was on its last electron. :(.
So this is an example of do what you can with what ya got photography!.
Cropped and sharpen edges in PSE.

Sony CD MAVICA,Stacked closeup Lenses+1, +2, +4
1/125s f/8.0 at 7.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time11-May-2003 16:27:10
MakeSony
ModelCD MAVICA
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length7 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Qualitynormal (2)
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Sony Forums Challenges13-May-2003 07:37
Cindy, I think you captured really good clarity/detail on the most significant parts of this dandelion...good DOF and good color contrast too. The only thing I might consider doing(*) would be to try different crops. One choice might be to crop off the left and bottom to place the central part of the dandy just off center in the upper right corner of the lower left quadrant...it yields an interesting alternative. Now, if that's not confusing, I don't know what is! :) All this means is that your image really interests me...and I'd really enjoy experimenting with it a little. Very nice image. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges12-May-2003 23:30
Neat! Dandilions are cool. 8) - JaimeZX