Buds

[Bobobird]

Quite liked the wheel-like appearance of these buds and grabbed a couple of shots.

In hindsight should have waited to see if some insect would land on one.

Comments etc always welcomed and appreciated.

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[Daisy Mae]

Lovely shots Bobo, very structural plant...bracken?

I might crop the second in from the right but that's just me.

[Bobobird]

Thanks Sharon.

Absolute ID idiot here, no idea what it is.

Considered quite a few cropping options for #2 but wanted to keep the X and the reverse curved plant in background. Also the "\" part of the X is a branch off the tree to the right so it needed something to anchor with.

I really need to correct my target oriented approach and look more at the surroundings and how they fit with the target. But sometimes I forget.

[Geoff F]

Quite liked the wheel-like appearance of these buds and grabbed a couple of shots.

In hindsight should have waited to see if some insect would land on one.

Better take your lunch with you. And from my experience, wait, wait then wait some more; then when some action arrives, get flustered and mess up the one and only potential shot.

The first one works fine. I would also try a crop of the second one; but I think I would crop quite a bit tighter, on the top and both sides.

[Daisy Mae]

I know what you mean...I have a wee mantra of 'choose your background' that I chant as I click.

I have lost a few good shots to that strange orange/ blue 'thing' in the background that I swear was not there when I took the shot but is alarmingly clear when I load up the picture.

They are really cool shots Bobo!

[Bobobird]

Thanks Geoff, I was about to say something like that but you jumped me on that.

Yes Sharon, that is how it is. Need to train the brain - foreground/background/target, target/background/foreground, background/target/foreground, etc etc etc. until it becomes a habit. And when all is done - the target disappears.