 Creative Notes
Cactus explosion! These little guys were just popping out of the sand like hungry little worms so I leaned over with my fisheye lens to capture this image. It was tough stuff to get the tripod situated where I needed it which was a couple inches from the prickles. The Conservatory said I couldn't touch 'em. I wouldn't want to touch 'em.
 Technical Notes
The 15mm Canon Fisheye lens focuses at VERY close range and I came within a couple inches of the cacti. I took three frames, bracketed by two stops. I combined them, ToneMapped and then jacked the contrast way up. A little cropping was necessary to control the movement of the photo but not much really.
Place: Seattle Conservatory, USA
Date: November 10th, 2006
Time: 3:40pm
Camera Settings
- Shutter Speed: 2, 8 and 30 sec
- Lens Aperature: f/22
- Focal Length: 15 mm
- ISO Speed: 100
- Flash: did not fire
- Exposure Comp: -2, 0 and +2
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