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Agaves

CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
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They're an old subject for me but I keep trying to photograph them in new ways. Criticism would be welcome.

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2

3

And plain old full-frontal.

Don
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    JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,881 Major grins

    I love #2 I bet it would work well in B&W too, greens tend to produce nice grays.

    Cristóbal


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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thanks, Cristobal.

    Don
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    roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins

    @Juano said:
    I love #2 I bet it would work well in B&W too, greens tend to produce nice grays.

    I totally agree.

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    black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins

    Very good, Don. #1 and #3 for me....with #3 being the strongest. I'd say you've about mastered the agave plant.

    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

    Absolutely stunning. Freaking posters. Feel tiny bit jealous!
    Bravo Don!

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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,237 moderator

    These are all gorgeous but I think my favorite is # 2.

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    willard3willard3 Registered Users Posts: 2,580 Major grins

    I like no 3.
    You makin' tequila with these?

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thank you all for the comments. The first and third were shot with a wide-angle lens. I wouldn't ordinarily do that. Sometimes just changing lenses makes us break habits.

    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Willard, Google tells me that tequila is made with agave tequilana. These are a different variety. Darn.

    Don
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    El GatoEl Gato Registered Users Posts: 1,242 Major grins

    Don....

    All very excellent images. Number 3 is my pick of the set. The composition, light fall-off and subject balance within the frame come together perfectly. Visually, presents the eye with lots to look at, leading lines both receding into and expanding outward from the image. Enlarged and matted, this could certainly be a wall-hanger and catalog image.

    Thanks for sharing these.

    Cheers,

    El Gato
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thanks, Gato. Glad you liked them.

    Don
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    JonaBeth RussellJonaBeth Russell Registered Users Posts: 1,065 Major grins

    Legit, either one of these could be hanging on the walls of some of the multi-million dollar estates I get to photograph. These are great!

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thanks, JonaBeth. I might display one in my decidedly more modest home. :)

    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
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