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Spring 2005 - Flowers, Plants and a few Critters

Curvaceous
Curvaceous		 Petals
Petals		 Coming in from the dark
Coming in from the dark		 Vibrant green
Vibrant green
Yellow glow
Yellow glow		 Red tulips
Red tulips		 Golden streak
Golden streak		 Snail
Snail
Folds
Folds		 Dandelion
Dandelion		 From the sky
From the sky		 Speckled
Speckled
Not bananas
Not bananas		 Field of red
Field of red		 Velvet
Velvet		 Upside down
Upside down
Curtain
Curtain		 Not insides
Not insides		 Red with a hint of yellow
Red with a hint of yellow		 Snail
Snail
Dinosaur
Dinosaur		 Crosses
Crosses		 Prickly
Prickly		 Spike
Spike
Hmmmm
Hmmmm		 Leggy
Leggy		 Calyx
Calyx		 Yellow mellow
Yellow mellow
Below a field of tulips
Below a field of tulips		 Petals
Petals		 Bottoms up
Bottoms up		 Diagonal tulip
Diagonal tulip
Sunrise
Sunrise		 Shades of red and yellow
Shades of red and yellow		 To have an edge
To have an edge		 Bottom of the bulb
Bottom of the bulb
Jungle
Jungle		 Come together
Come together		 Starburst
Starburst		 Spikes
Spikes
Snail
Snail		 Pointing down
Pointing down		 Stacked
Stacked		 No caterpillars
No caterpillars
Slope
Slope		 Layers
Layers		 White tulips
White tulips		 Drops on a field of green
Drops on a field of green
Desert flower
Desert flower		 Stem
Stem		 Hide and seek
Hide and seek		 Like a candle in the wind
Like a candle in the wind

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G.Pietro Munaretto14-Aug-2005 07:13
belli i fiori
Phil Douglis25-Apr-2005 17:34
You are finding much pleasure in isolating detail here. Aside from your technical struggles, which are inherent in Macro photography, your images work best when they are able to suggest or imply meaning, rather than describe it. Suggestion depends on the degree of abstraction, the placement of your frame, and the interplay of light and shadow, softness and sharpness, and the nature of the pattern you can create in doing so. Making Macros for meaning is much more complex than most people think -- it is far more than just coming in as close as you can, and pushing the button. To express meaning, you have to organize your macro image using the same choices in light and space you would use in non-macro photography. Ultimately, expressive Marcos combine abstraction with incongruity to implying human values, just like non-macros due. Good luck, Mo.
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