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Another Day in the Natural World

02 Tuesday May 2017

Posted by castl23 in "photography", Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized

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arachnid, beetle, blur, bokeh, cactus, close up, close up photography, crab spider, crab spider feeding, cucumber beetle, flowers, hairstreak, hairstreak butterfly, insects, macro, macro photography, miikweed, milkweed bug, nature, nature in texas, nature photography, nikon, nikon digital, prickly pear, prickly pear blooms, prickly pear cactus, spider, spider feeding, succulents, wildflower, wine cup, wine cup mallow

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It altogether amazes me that people can walk right past things like this and be totally consumed by whatever device they have in hand to keep them from interacting intimately with the immediate other world around them, be it their companion walking beside them, the child in a stroller, or of sights like these flowers. Maybe the general, developing impression that there is no intelligent designer who sits outside of creation contributes to the lack of wonder at the intricacy that was designed into each of these wonders. They’re taken for granted, and the tremendous leap of faith is launched that requires believing that all this was the result of random, impersonal causes.

On the more mundane side, Nikon D7100 with 36 – 72 Series E Nikon lens reversed onto the camera body. Some were taken with 26mm extension tube, some without.

Not so Deep

10 Wednesday Feb 2016

Posted by castl23 in "photography", Digital Photography, nature, Uncategorized

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"photography", cactus, claret cup, fleabane, flower, gaillardia, narrow depth of field, nature photography, selective focus photography, shallow depth of field, wildflower

I have come to really appreciate the technique of selective focus. In this older shot I’m not so sure I selected any focus point at all. I used an 85mm f1.4 wide open with maybe even a close up lens attached. I still like the effect here:

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Gaillardia in Texas

Here, a little more of an actual selected focus point. I believe the lens was a 70 – 200 f4 with close up lens:

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Claret Cups and Imago in New Mexico

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Claret Cups in Burro Mountains, New Mexico

The flowers below were with the 85f1.4 at maximum aperture. All shots with Canon 5D Mark III camera.

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Fleabane, Gila National Forest, New Mexico

Don’t underestimate the power of selective focus to simplify a complex array of objects in the photo and to provide a pleasing background for the focused element in your composition.

 

 

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