On February - 22 - 2010

This photo isn’t anything too fancy, however I really like this photograph because I managed to get a clear sharp focus on the insect and managed to capture the water droplets as well in the tiny depth of field ! I used my kit lens, 18mm-75mm, so it wasn’t a special macro lens. The other factor in this photograph is the clarity achieved from such a large original ( however, reduced the quality for the web), which wouldn’t have been possibly with a low pixel count, whereas 14.2 mega-pixels does help a lot when cropping down!

http://www.images.scottphotographics.com/shot-of-the-day/%2310/insect-among-water-droplets.jpg

Insect among the water droplets

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Australia, Nature, PhotoStream, Shot of the Day

Kane Gledhill – Australian/New Zealander Photographer – Inspiration

On February - 20 - 2010

Kane is a remarkable photographer and I enjoy following his photographs on Flickr, while receiving awesome inspiration and learning fresh techniques .

Kane Gledhill

Kane’s Autobiography (from Flickr profile):

My name is Kane Gledhill, I am 27 years old.

I live in Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

I’ve been a keen photographer for over 15 years; I picked up my first SLR camera when I was still in school, back when I lived in New Zealand. It was a Vivitar v2000 and it cost me $300.00 cash! I’ve probably put 100′s of rolls of film through this little gem, I’d never sell.

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Featured, Inspiration, Photographers

Shot of the Day #9

On February - 19 - 2010

This was taken in George Town – Penang, Malaysia. A small incense stand on the corner of a road selling the sweet scented incense sticks. I corrected the exposure using levels and vignetted the edges to draw more attention to the centre of the photograph.