<blush>Unspeakably beautiful, Ted. As beautiful as any one of Mapplethorpe's breathtaking closeups
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MobiColour RESULT: MC #89 Theme: Close Ups - Oct 9-15
MotownLarry
MobiPassionista
- Real Name
- Larry M
- Device
- IPhone XR
What a unique plant!
Close but no cigar
Just to lower the tone a bit after all this heart-stoppingly beautiful work
Just to lower the tone a bit after all this heart-stoppingly beautiful work
Nifty treatment. You sure there's no cigar in there?Close but no cigar
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Just to lower the tone a bit after all this heart-stoppingly beautiful work
A great week of putting us up close and personal with our world. 
Now it’s up to FundyBrian to choose the winner(s)!
Now it’s up to FundyBrian to choose the winner(s)! 
I’m excited to see so many great close-up photos. Of course that only makes my job more difficult but more rewarding too.
MC #89 Close-up Photography
I had a great time reviewing all the wonderful close-up photos from MC #89. So many excellent images! Close-up photos invite us to explore the amazing small details revealed in the photo that your eyes alone can hardly see in real life. Being able to see the details, then, was a significant part of my examination of the images. Making close-up photos with a smartphone seems quite easy but 2 things make it difficult. The wide ƒ1.8 aperture causes depth of field to be very limited and even a small movement of the camera can leave the image out of focus. Also, in bright light it isn’t easy to see the screen well enough to be sure the right part of the subject is in focus and a common error is to move in just a bit closer than the lens can focus. Rizole and Terse each had 4 photos in my top 11 with the focus in just the right place. I still considered all the usual image quality topics but I’m always on the lookout for a photo that has something in addition to the literal subject matter. I also enjoyed the great range of creative interpretation in the images.
Deepop takes top spot for his photo of the cactus bearing hearts and spears, which immediately led me to imagine all sorts of things in relation to matters of the heart. Well done David! I guess it is up to deepop to select the theme for MC #90.
Expressing Sharp & Soft at the same time is a difficult task but Rizole’s “Something Fluffy” does it beautifully.
Best Detail & Texture is to be found in the Sundial photo by Terse. Have a close look at the beautiful sharp details and texture in this image. In this case the sundial is also expressing the time of year.
A Wealth of Rich Tones and smooth tonality is exemplified by the Geranium photo by Terse. Focused in just the right spot.
Most Humorous Photo goes to GroovyGouvy for her inquisitive squirrel.
A heartfelt Well Done! goes out to everyone else who participated in MC #89.
I had a great time reviewing all the wonderful close-up photos from MC #89. So many excellent images! Close-up photos invite us to explore the amazing small details revealed in the photo that your eyes alone can hardly see in real life. Being able to see the details, then, was a significant part of my examination of the images. Making close-up photos with a smartphone seems quite easy but 2 things make it difficult. The wide ƒ1.8 aperture causes depth of field to be very limited and even a small movement of the camera can leave the image out of focus. Also, in bright light it isn’t easy to see the screen well enough to be sure the right part of the subject is in focus and a common error is to move in just a bit closer than the lens can focus. Rizole and Terse each had 4 photos in my top 11 with the focus in just the right place. I still considered all the usual image quality topics but I’m always on the lookout for a photo that has something in addition to the literal subject matter. I also enjoyed the great range of creative interpretation in the images.
Deepop takes top spot for his photo of the cactus bearing hearts and spears, which immediately led me to imagine all sorts of things in relation to matters of the heart. Well done David! I guess it is up to deepop to select the theme for MC #90.
Expressing Sharp & Soft at the same time is a difficult task but Rizole’s “Something Fluffy” does it beautifully.
Best Detail & Texture is to be found in the Sundial photo by Terse. Have a close look at the beautiful sharp details and texture in this image. In this case the sundial is also expressing the time of year.
A Wealth of Rich Tones and smooth tonality is exemplified by the Geranium photo by Terse. Focused in just the right spot.
Most Humorous Photo goes to GroovyGouvy for her inquisitive squirrel.
A heartfelt Well Done! goes out to everyone else who participated in MC #89.
Well done FundyBrian! Wonderful choices. A high-five and clink-of-glasses to the winner deepop David!! 
Beautiful work (as always) from runners-up rizole, terse Ted and GroovyGouvy... yay to all of you!!
Beautiful work (as always) from runners-up rizole, terse Ted and GroovyGouvy... yay to all of you!!
Thanks, Brian, for choosing my photo from all the stunning pictures. Ted, Rizole, Gouvy, Star - so many wonderful photos.
Many
to everyone.
Many
to everyone.
Congratulations deepop -- well deserved. Thank you FundyBrian for adding me to the company of those excellent photos. And squirrels!
GroovyGouvy
MobiLifer
Congratulations to the winner deepop! [emoji322][emoji324]
And the same to rizole[emoji324], terse (twice)[emoji324][emoji324], oh, and myself! [emoji324]
Thank you FundyBrian for the judging, which was again a hard job. Have a cookie now. [emoji514]
And big HIP HIP HOORAY for every poster the pictures were all marvellous![emoji175]
And the same to rizole[emoji324], terse (twice)[emoji324][emoji324], oh, and myself! [emoji324]
Thank you FundyBrian for the judging, which was again a hard job. Have a cookie now. [emoji514]
And big HIP HIP HOORAY for every poster the pictures were all marvellous![emoji175]
rizole
It's not even my banana.
I really liked that one, too. Made me smile every time I looked at it.
Congrats s deepop David - enjoyed all your prickly images but that one was a lovely closeup (now be sure to choose a theme we've had already, just to get up sinnerjohn 's nose).
Congrats x 2 Ted - can't begin to tell you how much I love that geranium
Congrats rizole & GroovyGouvy
Congrats x 2 Ted - can't begin to tell you how much I love that geranium
Congrats rizole & GroovyGouvy
GroovyGouvy
MobiLifer
Yes, I have to put on the wall. Makes me smile all the time, too.
And by the way with this one I found a bug in ios10.3.3 I've never realised before: Hipstamatic took it upright though it was horizontal. So I turned it in camRoll to landscape and it was half the pixel size (according to viewExif) turning it back got all the pixels back. Tried it with other pictures, too, same result. But if turn a landscape to portrait all the pixels are there.
Anyone else with this problem? It was only on my 6s+. The iPod behaves absolutely normal. [emoji15]
Me three. Love it.
Could be a bug in ViewExif rather than iOS. Check it in a different metadata app?
GroovyGouvy
MobiLifer
Hmm, good idea. But so far this was the only reliable one. But I'll try. [emoji106]
