Rose's Animals

[purplerose]

Taming the wild... and domesticated....

Just one animal for now, hopefully more to come soon.

Vigilant
(American Robin)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum213.jpg

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[Grumbledook]

colourful chap

what kinda bird is it?

[darkchild]

Very lovely, nice colors. I want to do more wildlife mysefl, but nothing's really alive and running about except for ducks in my neighborhood:) The one thing thats a bit distracting to me is the blurred out branch (I think) that's in the view of the bird's right foot... or my monitor is really dirty. Very beautiful and inspiring work as always!

[purplerose]

what kinda bird is it?

An American Robin if I'm not mistaken.


The one thing thats a bit distracting to me is the blurred out branch (I think) that's in the view of the bird's right foot... or my monitor is really dirty.

It's a branch. Kinda unavoidable considering I was shooting through a tree. :)

[purplerose]

Recent aquarium visit during my Spring Break....

Devious
(American Alligator)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum217.jpg

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Fleeting Moment
(Pacific Sea Nettles)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum219.jpg

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Stasis
(Pacific Sea Nettle)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum220.jpg

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Beyond the Blue
(Not so much an emphasis on the animals, but rather the mood)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum221.jpg

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Dreamscape
(Stingrays)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum222.jpg

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[MathieuLuethi]

The b/w photo of the sea nettles s insanely (hope that word exists in english) great. The sad thing of animal photography is, that its hard to see certain animals these days :=(.

[carolupus]

I really like the alligators (guess I have a thing for reptiles lately) - they look thoroughly dangerous.
The Deep is gorgeous, also is the stingrays compilation. I like the sharpness of the sea nettles, which is maybe missing a bit in the otters' pic.

[darkchild]

All beautiful, but I love "Float On" and "Stasis" the best! Stasis has that nice blue gradient.

[rhajastan]

Cool. My fave is definately 'stasis',
the way the orange of the jellyfish contrasts with the blue is awesome.
great work!

[electric utters (:::)]

I love "Stasis," the bright colors are gorgeous. Shadow on the bottom right looks cool too.
I agree that the branch on the American Robin is distracting- I can see how that would be hard to avoid though!

[purplerose]

Just passing through with a straggler from the Aquarium visit... Dunno how this one got past me... glad I went back through my files from that day.


Untold Mysteries

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum229.jpg

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[daedicurus]

i've mentioned in one of your other posts how much i love the jelly fish pictures and your first pic of the robin is great.
great colours, great composition and great DOF.
nice work...

[purplerose]

Close Encounter
(Hackberry Emperor Butterfly)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum248.jpg

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[purplerose]

Blue Angel
(....)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum250.jpg

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Sniffing Tiger
(It's not a tiger... ;) )

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum251.jpg

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[ukanfoff]

my hats off, really awesome macros as usual.

[purplerose]

Say Goodbye
(Crowntail Betta)
(Film)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum255.jpg

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[Nike]

Great animal photos! :)

I love the pastel colors in Blue angel, and the Sniffing Tiger macro is beautiful, too.

I like the colors and the composition in Close Encounter a lot, but I'm not sure if a bit more narrow aperture wouldn't help it. In general, I really like open aperture shots in macros, but here I somehow wish it's eye was all in focus. But I'm nitpicking :)

Love the last two, especially the betta one. Beautiful, sad mood and very nice tones.

[purplerose]

Thanx Nike. :) "Close Encounter" was a bit too quick of a capture (it was on my finger :D ). DOF has been bothering me on it though. At original size it looks sharper.

I'm glad you got the mood in "Say Goodbye" I was worried if I would be the only one to get it. I may still go back and brighten the highlights a little though. :)

[purplerose]

Bright Eyes
(Fiery Skipper)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum263.jpg

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The Collector
(Bumblebee)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum264.jpg

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Emerge
(Green Poison Frog, or Green and Black Dart-poison Frog, or Gold Arrow-poison Frog)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum269.jpg

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Grim

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/photoforum275.jpg

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[purplerose]

Center Stage
(Wolf Spider)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/New%20CA/centerstage.jpg

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[William Squires]

The Bumblebee picture is lovely. There are so many nice colors in it yet they don't come off as busy. Close encounter is really nice too.

[purplerose]

Thanks a a lot! :)


Ares
(Siamese Fighting Fish)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/ares.jpg

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[artofberyle]

very lovely photos...
Amazing.

[purplerose]

Thanx.


A Lazy Afternoon

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/ALazyAfternoon.jpg

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Golden

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/golden.jpg

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A Better Future

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/ABetterFuture.jpg

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A Better Future II

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/ABetterFuture2.jpg

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The Look

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/TheLook.jpg

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Sleeping Beauty

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/SleepingBeauty.jpg

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Hidden

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/Hidden.jpg

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Hanging Out

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/HangingOut.jpg

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[purplerose]

Moment in Time

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/MomentinTime.jpg

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In the Deep

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/IntheDeep.jpg

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[purplerose]

Before the Flutter

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/1BeforetheFlutter.jpg

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Covert

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/3Covert.jpg

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Deciding

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/4Deciding.jpg

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Pursuing Death

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/5PursuingDeath.jpg

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Repose

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/11Repose.jpg

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[purplerose]

Hello There

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/3HelloThere.jpg

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[purplerose]

On Top of the World

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/1OnTopoftheWorld.jpg

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[Norris]

Some amazing work here, Love it. Especially like your composition and use of colour ... wish I had a decent macro lens!

Norris

[purplerose]

Some amazing work here, Love it. Especially like your composition and use of colour ... wish I had a decent macro lens!

Norris

Thanks a lot!

I've heard extension tubes, and close-up filters give great results as well!

[purplerose]

Before the Drop

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/7BeforetheDrop.jpg

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Sweet Goodbye
(Cicada)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/8SweetGoodbye.jpg

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[Norris]

I may have to just try them then!

Cheers and keep posting please! Loving the work

Norris

[Nike]

love the last three! "On top of the world" is simply amazing :) The cicada shot is beautiful in it's colors and compositions, but a bit hard to "read" - I wouldn't have guessed what it is without title and description in brackets.

Keep them coming! :)

[purplerose]

Thanks Norris! and thanks for the crit Nike! :)


Ooooh
[Bush Cricket, I think, lol]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/dazzgeist/CA%20threads/3Ooooh.jpg

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First animal macro with the extension tubes. :)

[adek]

Sweet Goodbye (Cicada) is soo amazing This colours and composition - great