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I have to print an image for my kid’s school mollusk project. Not much mollusk around this time of year, but I found this small land snail by turning some landscaping timber in the yard. Which of these do you think would make the best 8x10 print? Thanks for any input.

Cheers
WK

This one I will print 4x6 just to show the size of the snail. Taken with a Nikon Coolpix 800 (10 yrs old!) in “macro” mode.

Nikon D70, Sigma 180mm EX lens, f/18, 1/200 second, SB800 off camera & hand held

Same camera, lens, settings as above

Nikon D70, Sigma 105mm Ex lens, f/16, 1/160 second, SB800 off camera & hand held

i think i like the first one the most, has the best composition
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1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
0.0.2 pink toed tarantula (mambo mambo, and un-named)
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0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
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I like the second one, when the snail is on the rock. It shows the whole snail in focus, but the first thing that catches your eye is the long body. Also, there is no distractions as there are in the first one. The second would be a great photo for the project!!!

David
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Thanks for your comments. I'm leaning towards #2, too. In the bottom two, one of the snail's eye stalks cross over two different colored backgrounds. If both stalks were completely over the green leaf, the last picture would have been better in my opinion.

Cheers,
WK

nah i meant the second one with the rock sorry

btw wk i put up some new reverse macro shots on my site, tell me what you think http://community.webshots.com/user/yoibegangsta
under um, the folder named new reverse macro
yea word
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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
0.0.2 pink toed tarantula (mambo mambo, and un-named)
0.0.1 green iguana (iguanadonatello)
0.0.1 fantasy frog
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs

Thanks for the input. I'm thinking #2 is the one to print. My kid likes that one also. Since it's his project I should let him pick.

I look forward to checking out your latest reversed-lens shots. I've been wanting to get one of those rings and trying some shots with stacked lenses.

Cheers,
WK

Very nice shots in that second batch! It's amazing how much magnification you can get with that technique. What did you do to improve the sharpness this time around? Tripod? Did you finally spring for a reversing ring so the lens wasn't wobbling?

Cheers,
WK

nope, no new equipment, i just took my time taking these shots and heh, forced myself to take a deep breath and hold it before i'd actually take the shot, to keep mysel ffrom shaking so much
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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
0.0.2 pink toed tarantula (mambo mambo, and un-named)
0.0.1 green iguana (iguanadonatello)
0.0.1 fantasy frog
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs