aliengrove

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Lovely set, Hall of Pillars is my favourite, nice colour theme running through the set!

Comment by aliengrove posted on Red and grey at the Opera House at 28/04/2011 - 15:42

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DrOrloff wrote:
This is the place to moan about flowers.
No such thing as flowers in their natural setting here....

Comment by aliengrove posted on Weekly Competition #198 - Flowers In A Natural Setting: Discussion at 27/04/2011 - 18:14

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Blythman wrote:
If you have bought a Tamron Adaptall mount then there is no reason why it shouldn't focus to infinity. If I recall, the lens actually focuses beyond infinity
How does that work, then? What is beyond infinity? I think if this lens does that it may have upset the present laws of physics. If you can work out how it does it, you might get a Nobel Prize

Comment by aliengrove posted on Trying out an old lens at 22/04/2011 - 05:46

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Great shot, I recognised it in the mag as soon as I saw it. Well done!

Comment by aliengrove posted on Feeling a little pleased with myself at 22/04/2011 - 05:41

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I have never been a great fan of zoos, and Doha Zoo certainly does not change that, although they are in the process of expanding and modernising it. I realise they do a lot towards preserving biodiversity with breeding programs, but I just don't like seeing animals (or birds) confined. A lot of the animals in Doha Zoo are behind mesh, so it's difficult to photograph them. With the tiger I dealt with this problem by converting to mono. With the vulture, and to a lesser extent the monkey, I used the mesh to show it's confinement.

White Tiger

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Pythons

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Sand Snake (I think)

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Rattlesnake

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Black Vulture (with nictitating membranes, or third eyelids, closed)

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Monkey

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Giraffe

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C+C welcome.

Comment by aliengrove posted on Doha Zoo at 21/04/2011 - 22:22

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Nice shots, especially Senties and Foyer, but I don't like the last one at all. I think too much of the steps and the wings of the building are cut off, it just looks very wrong to my eyes

Comment by aliengrove posted on Brit-fish museum at 21/04/2011 - 21:56

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prsjnb wrote:
Superb composition and lighting combined with wonderful DOF and spot-on exposure have preserved the beauty and fine detail of the petals, anthers and stigma.

A compelling counter argument to the recent suggestion that, with the right kit, anyone can photograph flowers .

Jon
I agree!

Comment by aliengrove posted on Yes!...another one! at 21/04/2011 - 21:52

aliengrove
Lovely images, the processing really works well on them. The last two are especially good.

Comment by aliengrove posted on Ferny fronds in mono at 21/04/2011 - 21:50

aliengrove
The coulour, focus and the water drops on the left side of the flower make this a very nice image.

Comment by aliengrove posted on Flower and insect at 21/04/2011 - 16:41

aliengrove
I like the mono version of Beamish steam Festival 1 very much: the colour one looks very odd, as does the second, is it just me, but what is all that green stuff? And the thumb on the left?

Comment by aliengrove posted on Steamy Saturday at 21/04/2011 - 16:37

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