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    Thank God it's spring again. Glad to see flowers in bloom. Got to photograph my neighbor's cactus . It has a most unusual pattern. It's shaped like a star fish and very asymmetric. Probably should have not used a flash.

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    what a great sense of depth to this! almost feel like you are falling into it!
    wonder what it would look like if you used a very small flash light only on the blossom.

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    Very interesting plant, Charles, I've never seen anything like it!
    I would consider rotating a bit CW, so that everthing is level (althoug the center will be off). Image is a bit dark to my taste and I might consider adjusting WB. A tad more DOF would also be nice, but that would reduce the nice sense of depth that Cheryl mentions. Her suggestion for using a flashlight sounds like a great idea!

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    Interesting shot Charles. I have the same flowers in my garden, from some mini cactus plants. Some flies love to lie their eggs in the middle of the flower, and if u wait a while, u will see dozens of white larvae crawling around right in the middle of some of them.
    Like the lines of the shot, and the insect adds interest. Nice shot.

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    That is one incredible image, Charles! I do feel like I'm falling into it - neat perspective! You can tell that you were just a bit closer to the top of the plant than the bottom - if you get to go back really aim for dead center and see what happens. I wonder what this would look like with a fish eye or wide angle lens???

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    Like others, I feel the depth of this flower. Wonderful. I'd like to have the center a bit lighter to I can see what is going on in there, but maybe the mystery is better.

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    Thanks everyone for the kind comments. This cactus was a challenge. All petals where pointing in awkward directions. Wish I had a better specimen but that's the challenge in our forum. Took a course from Rod Planck
    http://rodplanck.com/gallery.htm years ago. He would not take any floral image unless the plant was pristine.

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    [quote=Charles Wesley;483338] Took a course from Rod Planck
    http://rodplanck.com/gallery.htm years ago. He would not take any floral image unless the plant was pristine.

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    Thanks for the reference to Rod Planck. I wasn't familiar with his work.

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    Anita,

    Hope you enjoy Rod's site. He's a most excellent naturalist and a well accomplished photographer. He really loves Michigan...
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