Hey Jody, I love this shot big time (I think I told you already).

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Sven

twebster wrote:"The f. 64 Group"

Sure, the famous f. 64 Group, never heard of it?

Btw.: I am ROTFLMAO guys!

Doug, if you remove the green fern(?) at the bottom this should make a good base for a nice b/w image.

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Sven

Hehe, congrats to the new equipment, this lens is one of the best Canon Lenses in terms of color rendition, contrast and sharpness! I know that you’ll squeeze many fine images out of this combo (300+2x)!

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Sven

Congrats on the new gear Tom! You'll love it BIG TIME :) It will help enormously with the 300 mil (especially with converters) to put a Wimberley Sidekick onto that Acratech, the new version allows it, the older version wasn't able to take a Sidekick. You might want to ask in the buy/sell sections o...

twebster wrote: ...I better stop there

I wont comment on this!

Ken's right, it's a damsel - and a stunning beautiful one: Beautiful Demoiselle or Calopteryx virgo or Blauflügel-Prachtlibelle Could you tell us a bit more about the camera gear you captured this image with?

Thanks and best .. ah .. and welcome to the forums, neighbor
Sven

Nephrotoma crocata - This species of cranefly, or daddy-long-legs is one of the most common craneflies in Britain. The larvae, known as 'leatherjackets' are notorious pests of grass and agricultural crops, and are so called because they have a tough, leathery outer layer. The adults are familiar in...

at least is that what mothers keep saying :lol: Here's a bunch of freshly hatched little spiders crawling at one of my pond filters. The filter (location shot :lol: ): http://www.fototime.com/91AC99B41E037C4/orig.jpg 30D, 16-35, 580EX on camera, handheld, Aperture Priority 1/25 @ f/5.6 Closer: http:...

Hehe, well done Sue! I love the trace of a spider web (or whatever this is between the petals). My only (small) nit is the cut petal at the top.

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Sven

Hehe, I took something similar last WE, I'll post it in a minute.

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Tom replied: Have you tried any of the filter effects with the B&W chanel yet :?: Explain pls. :?: What Tom probably means (and what I learned many years ago when I was working in chemical dark room) is, that an b/w image must at least have something really black and something really white in it. W...

Nicely done on the droplets, love it

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Sven

LOL! Nice work Charles!

Sven

Hi Sue, the thight rendition works very well here! Nicely done

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Sven

Wonderful colors and light Ken!

Sven