Starburst in the Woods

Image Critiques Macro/Close-up Critiques
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Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

While much of the forest floor is a drab brown this time of year, I’m always delighted to come upon a patch of princess pine. Besides the eye-catching color, I love the fanlike spreading branches. I was surprised to learn they are actually club mosses, with a club-shaped spore-bearing cone at the top of mature plants.

Specific Feedback

All comments and suggestions are welcome and thanks for viewing.

Technical Details

Canon R50, ISO 1250, f/11, 1/30s, 32mm (51mm equiv.), HH. This is a crop because I never see the better image within a scene until I get home. Post processing included adjustments to exposure, contrast, and sharpening.

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Beautiful, Jim. Excellent depth of field to get the entire frame in nice focus and nice framing of your subjects. They do look like starbursts.

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Cool plant, Jim. I’ve never seen that myself. Thanks not only for the image, but also for the information about the plant. It looks like that plant might also be a great subject for some macro shots.

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@Dennis_Plank and @Ron_Meeker, thank you for your encouraging messages. Ron, good idea about doing some macro shots; will have to plan to do so and fortunately these plants are always available. Happy New Year!

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Jim: Really cool find and a fine capture. Winter can be tough but you’ve managed to come up with a fine result. :+1: :+1:>=))>

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Jim, I too love to find at these plants in the woods (thanks for naming them) as their resemblence to miniature trees is always attractive. Without knowing what was there, I could also see having them angled across a full 3:2 frame.

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@Bill_Fach and @Mark_Seaver, thank you both for your encouraging words. Mark, thanks for your suggestion; the specimens to the right were less than perfect, hence the square crop.