Thanks. I can see not that they are thistles. On your choice between
FF and near square crop I think I'd choose something intermediate. Keep
the 2:3 aspect ratio but place the thistle head at lower right in the
rule of thirds position.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> On 6/13/2010 4:57 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I forgot to ask whether you know what the flower is. Maybe not so unusual
>> on the Pacific coast but very unusual looking from this distance.
>>
>
> It's a thistle. There are several varieties of thistle in the area.
> Here's the same one sans bee and with quite different perspective, 200mm
> vs. 28mm AOV.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0008ia.jpg>
>
> Close in is clearer, with nicer luminance range/distribution than with
> the G11.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0008fpia.jpg>
>
> Here's another sort.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0024ia.jpg>
>
> I haven't decided if I like the FF or this almost square crop.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0024cria.jpg>
>
> Full pixel is rather pretty.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0024fpiashi.jpg>
>
> Other than looking like eyestalks of some alien visitor, these seem like
> the first one, but for the dark centers.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Point_Reyes/&image=_MG_0152cria.jpg>
>
> There is yet another common one, tall, with multiple small flowers per
> stalk. I don't seem to have a clear shot of them, although they are OOF
> on the left of the image just above.
>
> Prickly Moose
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