Fiber optic flower?

Jack'll do

Sometimes it pays to take a closer look. The original of the first image below was about 3872 px wide and I post processed it at 33%, resized it, and uploaded it to my gallery. About a month later, I looked at it again with an eye toward getting a close up of the red flower. When I zoomed to 100% and cropped the lower left corner, I was surprised to see what I presume to be pollen on the tips of the fine spikes. Sadly (as per usual) I failed to remove the interfering leaves which would have made a much nicer image. I really need to slow down and plan my shots better. But then that would remove the element of surprise wouldn't it?

C&C always much appreciated. How else can we know if we're do'in OK :dunno

DaddyO

Does look fiber optic. What lens were you using? Michael

Jack'll do

Hi Michael
I was using a Nikkor 17-135mm kit lens at 62mm, f/5.3, 1/125, iso 100
As stated, I didn't notice the pollen when I composed the shot.
Thanks for looking.

Skippy

Jack'll do wrote:

Sometimes it pays to take a closer look. The original of the first image below was about 3872 px wide and I post processed it at 33%, resized it, and uploaded it to my gallery. About a month later, I looked at it again with an eye toward getting a close up of the red flower. When I zoomed to 100% and cropped the lower left corner, I was surprised to see what I presume to be pollen on the tips of the fine spikes. Sadly (as per usual) I failed to remove the interfering leaves which would have made a much nicer image. I really need to slow down and plan my shots better. But then that would remove the element of surprise wouldn't it?

C&C always much appreciated. How else can we know if we're do'in OK

Heine sight is a wonderful thing, except that it happens later on down the track

I guess most of us could say we should slow down and plan the shots we take better

Least your learnt something along the way .... Skippy