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Fern Symphony IX


	Fern Symphony IX 04/22/06 Donghu Park, Jiangmen, China. First ventures into manual focus. Have had issues with my first DSLR and glasses and, afraid to trust my eyes, always relied on automatic focus. But was so enchanted with a telephoto lens I was trying out for macro, and the effects it gave in focusing, I ventured off the beaten track--and from now on, it's manual focus for me! Susan Jane Allen

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Wonderful capture and title for this shot. I'm still using auto. :o)

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May 03, 2006

Brinn MacDougall

Great capture, Susan..I try going both ways!

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May 03, 2006

Tarun Bose

Green beauty Susan. Beautifully focused, enchanting colours and tonning. Well done.

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May 03, 2006

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer

Very beautiful.

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May 03, 2006

Jessica L. Richard

wonderful image, very lovely!

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May 03, 2006

Bea. Anderson

You were very brave, and you've been rewarded. Beautiful shot. Well done.

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May 03, 2006

Melissa G. Meiselman

Totally beautiful with SHARP focus. I like the others in this series, too. Great work, Susan!!!

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May 03, 2006

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Taking the chance paid off... I love this series of shots! They have a "sublime nature" kind of feel to them.

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May 09, 2006

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Taking the chance paid off... I love this series of shots! They have a "sublime nature" kind of feel to them.

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May 09, 2006

- Susan Jane Allen

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Thanks so much for all your kind and encouraging comments and sorry for being so late to thank you! Think that the comments people make provide great opportunity to visit others' galleries and usually wait until I have before responding--but this time it has taken me a while!

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May 10, 2006

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Congratulations on this great Finalist!

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June 21, 2006

- Susan Jane Allen

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Thanks Christopher!

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June 21, 2006

- Ken Smith

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I knew one of these fern shots would be a winner. Congrats, Susan. You're in your stride.

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June 21, 2006

Bea. Anderson

Congratulations Susan, it's a really beautiful and delicate photo.

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June 21, 2006

- Susan Jane Allen

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Thanks Ken and Bea!

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June 21, 2006

Corinne M. Thompson

Beautiful capture...Congrats on your Finalist!

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June 22, 2006

- Susan Jane Allen

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Thanks Corinne!

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June 26, 2006

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Great,wonderful work!

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June 28, 2006

Cheryl E. Molennor

Wow Susan I really love this one!

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November 09, 2006

- Susan Jane Allen

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Thanks for all your encouragement, Cheryl!

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November 22, 2006

Suzanne Hull

Susan, I was just cruising through your gallery and am amazed at the beautiful macros you are getting...including this. Can you tell me what kind of lens you primarilay use for these? And congratulations on "manual"...I've just gone to this with my 100 macro lens (canon)!

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May 19, 2007

- Susan Jane Allen

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Hi! Thanks so much for the kind comment! Briefly, I didn't have a macro lens, it was just an 18-200 Sigma which I had borrowed and then bought myself last November. Most of my "macros" then are mostly magnified images which makes it more difficult to get enough pixel count to sell. In March I bought a 100-400 Canon L for birds and macro and it's all I use now. But I see that I really, really need a dedicated macro lens! I'll explain more in an email tomorrow night (and will have a look at your gallery!)--it's 3:00am here now and I'll be surprised if I've made any sense!

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May 19, 2007

- Susan Jane Allen

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Just one extra comment--I recently bought the Canon D500 closeup attachment, and so a couple of my recent images are with that, and that's really macro! But the DOF is terrible!

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May 19, 2007

Suzanne Hull

Thanks for answering back, Susan(though why you would at 3 AM is beyond me!...it probably is again!!)...I want the 100-400 lens...I'm saving up for it..it's good to know you can get such lovely shots with it. Canon's 100mm macro is one of the first grown-up lenses I got when I got the 30D camera. The DOF can be a problem with the macro, and I'm afraid I'll have to invest in an appropriate flash to go with it to get enough light for the DOF neccessary. But you have beautiful stuff, anyway!!

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May 20, 2007

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