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Guido Franssens 2 months ago

Nice charlie!

Charlie Packard Many thanks Guido...handheld :)

Guido Franssens A saucepan would not be of much use here :)

suliman almawash 5 months ago

the color are fantastic
great work Charlie :)

Charlie Packard Greetings Suliman :)...it's all the hard work of Zeiss...but thank you for your lovely comment!

I was last in Kuwait in 1972 and I hope your country is now prospering again after that little hiccup with your neighbour!

Matjaz Cater 8 months ago

Nice contrasts and tones!

Charlie Packard Kind words from an expert like yourself, Matjaz...thank you :)

chat noir 10 months ago

a luminous beauty :)

Charlie Packard Thank you Philomena :)
These flowers are so tiny they need all the help they can get to survive...I'll bet they look even more attractive to insects!!

Hannes Cmarits 11 months ago

WOW. D700 but this is only one part. the other is the lens and not to forget your mind and eyes.
Excellent.

Charlie Packard Thank you for your kind comment Hannes. For me the lens quality is so important and all I have to do is press the shutter...sometimes it works :)

Wayne Pearson 12 months ago

This is breathtaking Charlie, simplicity working with nature at it's best, congratulations. I am thrilled to see that you also use a D700, I recently replaced my D300 and I am really happy. All the best Charlie.

Charlie Packard Many thanks Wayne...the D700 is a total delight! Also kept my D200 as the best 1.5x 'TC' available :) If only one's composition skills could be developed so easily !!

Marei 12 months ago

The light is very beautiful, Charlie.

Charlie Packard Thank you for your kind words, Marei :>) The D700 measured the 0800 light well; what really pleased me was the perfect manual focus I achieved @ f2.8 before breakfast and with a bit of a hangover !!

Marei Thank You, Charlie.
Your Zeiss lenses are great! :-)

Helminadia Ranford 1 year ago

sweet image indeed !

Charlie Packard Many thanks Helminadia...these tiny flowers rarely get noticed!

Leon 1 year ago

the color are fantastic.

Charlie Packard Thank you for your kind comment, León, I'm really glad you like it...of course, Carl Zeiss did all the hard work! :)

Wings 2 years ago

So you have a zeiss lens on your Nikon? wow! YOu should be out shooting blue bells

Charlie Packard Sometimes a reply takes a long time to construct !! Apologies, Wings, and thanks for your comment. You'll be glad to hear that I checked out this year's bluebells last week and they are nearly ready. Whether the curators like my efforts is another matter altogether :) Zeiss can do little wrong in my opinion.

Niels Christian Wulff 2 years ago

Very nice, sharp and crisp!!
/Wulff

Charlie Packard Thanks, Niels, much appreciated :)

Monica 2 years ago

Wonderful!

Charlie Packard Many thanks, Monica

Helle Lorenzen 2 years ago

Beautiful colors, light and comp.

Charlie Packard Thanks for your kind comment,Helle :)

Dragi 2 years ago

Bravo !

Charlie Packard Thank you, Dragi !

auster 2 years ago

Clean image. Well done.

Charlie Packard Many thanks auster...I tried to keep it simple :)

Thomas Wegner 2 years ago

great composition and colors.

Charlie Packard Thanks for taking the time to comment, Thomas. It was an interesting challenge to try and get this tiny, often insignificant, flower accepted

Thomas Wegner Charlie. what about your lens? Zeiss is really expensive. Do you have a lens with autofocus or manual focus? What is your experience with the lens. Perhaps you could send me an few pictures. I am really interested in zeiss optic.

Charlie Packard Thomas, they are manual focus and worth it...I was lucky enough to make my purchases before the £UK collapsed! I never had autofocus on my film cameras and find manual focus preferable for my landscape and nature interests.
I used my Zeiss ZF lenses for most of my shooting last year. You can get an idea of their performance at http://www.pbase.com/charliepackard

BTW this shot was handheld. I was in Northumberland for a photographic course and had to inspect the hotel's kitchen garden as the food had been so good the previous evening! :)

Thomas Wegner Charlie!
Wow, you have a "Zeiss Lens Park". ;-) Thanks for your webaddress. The pictures are very intersting.