19 | June
"Hug Me"
General: 6:02 PM on 3/12/05 | Canon 300D
Technical: 1/400sec | f/10.0 | 190mm (304mm) | ISO-200
Lens: EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
Exposure Mode: Av (Aperture Priority)
Exposure Bias: +0
Flash: No

Yup, another cactus photo. I wish the sky was a deeper blue, but it works. This shot is more of an study in the use of shapes and colors. Best viewed with the light theme.

categories: desert

Thoughts of: Rika
June 19th, 2005 at 3:37 AM

Hello, Ryan.

What an awesome photo!

The colours, angle, composition, everything is fabulous!

Georgeous work!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and leaving kind words!

Thoughts of: Ian
June 19th, 2005 at 4:08 AM

Well cropped/framed - looks great against the blue sky.

Thoughts of: Nik
June 19th, 2005 at 9:04 AM

Perfect colors and very welcoming! The cactus almost looks like it's waving...

Thoughts of: Teja
June 19th, 2005 at 10:06 AM

Yea, I too would've loved to see the sky a bit of a darker blue, but it does work indeed. I love the composition very much.

Thoughts of: JYOSEPH !
June 19th, 2005 at 3:59 PM

This is awesome Ryan. Really nice and vivid. I think the sky works really well here, great shapes, mission accomplished!

Thoughts of: genedavinci
June 20th, 2005 at 12:12 AM

hrm. i would prefer the photo without the small thorn on the left. it's kinda distract me. croppin it out may create a nice clean cut shot i reckon. nonetheless, this is a good image :)

Thoughts of: Mark
June 20th, 2005 at 1:49 AM

I like the contrast and composition.

Another good one, Ryan.

Thoughts of: Darren
June 20th, 2005 at 7:24 AM

Fantastic! The void of blue sky is perfect.

Thoughts of: yungyaw
June 20th, 2005 at 8:59 AM

This is nice but kinda funny shot. Why you titled this "Hug Me"? I really don't dare to hug it. Haha!

Thoughts of: Ed Little, Jr.
June 20th, 2005 at 10:43 AM

Very Nice Ryan...

Thoughts of: Katherine
June 20th, 2005 at 7:33 PM

Nice composure and lovely contrast.

Thoughts of: David Kapp
June 20th, 2005 at 8:55 PM

Awesome colors. They just seem to jump out of the screen.

Thoughts of: Jasmin
June 21st, 2005 at 4:52 AM

Very cute. :) I would like to see it cropped in a square.

Thoughts of: ak
June 21st, 2005 at 10:37 AM

great shot and composition but i think the picture needs a litttle bit more sharpness.

Thoughts of: Abe
June 21st, 2005 at 11:54 AM

I like the color of the sky and the cactus... and the contrast of the two colors is very nice.

Thoughts of: paul
June 21st, 2005 at 6:47 PM

superb detail ryan, love the composition.

Thoughts of: pixelcatcher
June 28th, 2005 at 4:08 PM

you can try to get darker blue and green by rotating the colours about 15degrees (Photoshop CTRL + U) and then increasing saturation - works also great using gimp (www.gimp.org)

greetz

Michael

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