This is actually just a macro shot of a small cactus plant I found sitting atop our piano.
I had taken one shot with the Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro and then tried another shot with the same lens and the Canon 50mm 1.8 reversed in front of it. The 2nd shot looked a LOT like this one UN-cropped! But I prefered the sharpness of the 100mm macro without the 1.8. So I simply cropped in tight for the same basic image.
PP is minimal. Used NI to get rid of a small amount of noise in the shadows. Sharpened. Increased saturation. Reduced size, added border, final sharpen and save for size.
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well i'm amazed at this result .. a brilliant macro ... did you use a tripod for this shot? ...
for most of my macro's a tripod is not an option because my subjects are moving all the time .. i photograph nature in nature .. i dont set it up at home ..
Here are a couple of croppings from a little further away which let you see that the macro is an extreme close-up of a little round cactus plant about the size of a golf ball.
Unreal - I'll be very curious to know what this is when the challenge is over - cactus? Composed so that you see the parts of the image and accept them for what they are without having to know what the whole is. Sharp in the right places and nicely composed. 8
7 - Good. No idea what it is, a sea urchin? Good detail and perspective though. Perhaps one of the darkened 'tips' into focus and, it would be better, if you could do so without losing the 'shavings' of white. Not sure. To me it is such a nasty looking 'thing' that the 'needles' need highlighting.
I'm dying to know what this is, although I think it's an extreme close-up of the stamens and pistals (sp?) of a flower. Very cool shot with great clarity!
If the background were a richer green, it might have more pop , but that's just me. The detailing is good. The spikes in the foreground are a tad distracting but it's hard to rearrange mother nature.
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