planthelper Posted August 28, 2012 The mushroom is a Amanita muscaria, its common in my part of Victoria Photo of a weed deadstar, a lot of people like it if things in the backround are out of focus, but i personally, don't like it so much. don't get me wrong, i like that shot a lot, but i share with you a trick, only few cameramen use, but you need a tele for it. if you take the same shot from a larger distance, and use the teleobjective, than even backround items will be in focus or in better focus!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) Here are a few of mine Edit to resize Cheers Got Edited August 29, 2012 by GoOnThen 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeadStar Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) deadstar, a lot of people like it if things in the backround are out of focus, but i personally, don't like it so much. don't get me wrong, i like that shot a lot, but i share with you a trick, only few cameramen use, but you need a tele for it. if you take the same shot from a larger distance, and use the teleobjective, than even backround items will be in focus or in better focus!! Thanks for the tip planthelper. I only had a 50mm zoom lense when i took that shot. I useded the technique you described with a very small D.O.F but i am still learning Edited August 28, 2012 by DeadStar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted August 28, 2012 Wow, so many awesome pics! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PositiveHAL Posted August 28, 2012 will be hard to top amazonians frog mid-ribbit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted August 29, 2012 There are some great photos here and I agree that so far amazonians pics are the stand out. I have posted these before but they are a couple of my favourites Cheers Got 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) okay here are some of my entries dam sorry the pics are to large to put up here so ill just give links hope you all enjoy them double rainbow: http://i.imgur.com/72na9.jpg Pretty flower: http://i.imgur.com/FXlHE.jpg Strelitzia: http://i.imgur.com/U3vwo.jpg Another pretty flower: http://i.imgur.com/4pkPn.jpg Spiders web with very glarey spider: http://i.imgur.com/S3rQe.jpg Signets: http://i.imgur.com/LnhKD.jpg Stream in a cave underground: http://i.imgur.com/y4Bus.jpg Lake with lilies: http://i.imgur.com/Ea1JO.jpg Edited August 29, 2012 by jwerta 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted August 29, 2012 A little eastern dwarf tree frog (Litoria fallax) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted August 29, 2012 I was determined to win this great competition, and so I begged my girl if I could show that photo of her in the pool, and finally she said yes. We thought it was a nice way of cheating, getting the votes of young guys and such, and I asked her if she would let me take more if we were doing well, as a little tasty offering to up the votes. She said she would when the weather got warmer, but I'm not sure she will if she thinks a frog (cute though it is) is getting more votes than her finest attributes!?! Anyway, he's some Kino to sweeten the deal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted August 29, 2012 if nudity is the way to win i better start getting naked xD 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsillyBean Posted August 29, 2012 im down for naked. check these puppies out http://i.imgur.com/PVzWk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZPr4q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/gfe8C.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VTS4J.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hBQr3.jpg been playing around with the macro option and depth of field. hope you like. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) okay here are some of my entries dam sorry the pics are to large to put up here so ill just give links hope you all enjoy them double rainbow: http://i.imgur.com/72na9.jpg Pretty flower: http://i.imgur.com/FXlHE.jpg Strelitzia: http://i.imgur.com/U3vwo.jpg Another pretty flower: http://i.imgur.com/4pkPn.jpg Spiders web with very glarey spider: http://i.imgur.com/S3rQe.jpg Signets: http://i.imgur.com/LnhKD.jpg Stream in a cave underground: http://i.imgur.com/y4Bus.jpg Lake with lilies: http://i.imgur.com/Ea1JO.jpg Are my links working or did I stuff something up? Edited August 29, 2012 by jwerta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted August 29, 2012 Are my links working or did I stuff something up? Your links are working fine jwerta ( be much nicer if you could display the pictures though...that way you are guaranteed people will see them) . The colours in the flowers are very vived, and i love the park pictue at the end, I wish we could have a plant meet there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted August 30, 2012 Okay cool its just I couldn't resize them so they would have been way to big for the thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvesterdrinkthebeers Posted August 30, 2012 Nice photos.. I'm not really interested in the seeds but just felt like sharing these anyway.. These are probably my favorite 2 plant photos that I've taken.. http://i.imgur.com/91bm9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UwsBh.jpg I messed with the color of the 1st one and accidentally saved it.. so it lost some of the detail.. but oh well 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flumsquid Posted August 31, 2012 my favourite graft (i call dick &balls) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeadStar Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) last two, i promise Edited September 2, 2012 by DeadStar 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharxx101 Posted September 3, 2012 Good stuff everyone!!! Love the pictures! Keep posting you can enter as many times as you like! To all members please vote as it is going to be hard for me to pick a winner. Keep up the good work crew 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted September 3, 2012 Nice pics! I've got some new desktop backgrounds now - score! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharxx101 Posted September 5, 2012 Hi everyone, Great pictures! Check out these pic's from abroad of some nice flowers! http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp163/sharxx101/IMG_1967.jpg http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp163/sharxx101/IMG_2004.jpg Have many more to upload but these to are my favirote so far. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted September 5, 2012 ^ You gotta just love Heliconia Flowers (see first link above). I bought several varieties years ago , but they were not fond of Melbourne weather . Also, the leaf edge on the water lilies...i have never seen them look serrated (see second link above). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted September 5, 2012 The mushroom is a Amanita muscaria, its common in my part of Victoria Photo of a weed This is my favourite pic, gets my first vote. The angle and focus is extraordinary. Im bending the rules a bit but there is some plants in the photo And who doesn't love nature This one gets my second vote, although it's not crystal clear I love the atmospheric edge. Love your photos Deadstar! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvesterdrinkthebeers Posted September 6, 2012 here's some more.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeadStar Posted September 6, 2012 This is my favourite pic, gets my first vote. The angle and focus is extraordinary. This one gets my second vote, although it's not crystal clear I love the atmospheric edge. Love your photos Deadstar! Thanks Whitewind, you made me blush Share this post Link to post Share on other sites