Focus- Day 4 (Macro) by olivetreeann

Focus- Day 4 (Macro)

From yesterday's picnic. I love corn on the cob!
nice perspective
May 29th, 2012  
This is great! It almost looks like painting. The kernels are so perfect.
May 30th, 2012  
Great macro shot. Looks so good!
May 30th, 2012  
Looks mouth watering. haven't had any corn for a while. great focus.
May 30th, 2012  
Yummy! Great macro, love the colors and softness
May 30th, 2012  
where is the butter, I am ready
May 30th, 2012  
Oh I miss this, peaces and cream variety? Great macro!
May 30th, 2012  
Oh yum!!! Pass the butter, salt and pepper ... and I'm a happy camper!
May 30th, 2012  
Such a Memorial Day staple! Perfect symbol and great shot!
May 30th, 2012  
Great macro.
May 30th, 2012  
Nice macro
May 30th, 2012  
Oh yes!! I LOVE corn on the cob! And focus is stupendous!
May 30th, 2012  
I just got hungry...
May 30th, 2012  
oh ann excellent - excellent - excellent!
May 30th, 2012  
they have like a pearly texture. did you add the noise? excellent focus. i like it.
May 30th, 2012  
What a fun shot!! Looks like summer!!
May 30th, 2012  
Oh now that looks very tastey
May 30th, 2012  
@kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi. I was looking for something slightly less than typical.
@lisjam1 Thanks Lisa! It's basically sooc- some fine tuning to retain the color when transferring from computer to processing to 365, that's all.
@eudora Thanks Diane!
@bruni Thanks Bruni!
@crickle1969 Thanks Chrystal!
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry- yes, and we use real butter- no margarine!
@httpgeffed Thanks Colleen- I've always called this Bread and Butter, but I don't know if it has another name. Peaches and Cream sounds good to me.
@karenann Thanks Karenann!
@beachradish Thanks Beachradish!
@anazad511 Thanks so much Ana!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@amyhughes Thanks Amy! Had to be patient with this one. The little p & s macro setting sometimes gets confused as to what it should be focusing on when there are lots of little things to choose from! The kernels were really throwing it off at first!
@dmariewms Feel free to dig in Marie!
@adobewaters Thank you so much Adobe! I enjoy your enthusiastic reviews!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki. No, no noise added. This one is basically sooc. I do find that what is 100% sharp in the camera sometimes loses its edge when I upload to the computer, so I sharpen it in Picmonkey or iPiccy (whichever I'm using) just slightly to restore the clean edges. I also find that the color loses some umph when I put the shot onto 365, so I usually bump up the hue and saturation just a notch too. But in both cases it's just a slight refinement to make the shot as I saw it. I'm not sure which stage adds the "noise"- maybe the sharpening does it.
@twinsplusone Thanks Sharon! It's felt like summer here too!
May 30th, 2012  
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! Come on over- bring the family!
May 30th, 2012  
Nothing like it fresh on the cob, great shot
May 30th, 2012  
@olivetreeann We actually have a Time Share up at Quail Hollow, in Drums. How close are you to that area? The unfortunate thing about that time share is that it's a bad week,and we have barely used it.
May 30th, 2012  
Me too! Great angle!
May 30th, 2012  
Wonderful angle. A fav. Love the interest of the multi-colored kernels.
May 30th, 2012  
That's an awesome macro! Excellent angle too. Looks so real I want to take a bite of it!
May 30th, 2012  
Neat idea for a shot
May 30th, 2012  
I do too and this looks delicious!
May 30th, 2012  
@wenbow Thanks Wendy!
@digitalrn I'm not sure Rick but I will see if I can find it on a map (Drums that is) and let you know!
@cortens Thanks Julie!
@allie912 Thank you so much Allison!!
@michaelelliott Thanks Michael!
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!
@groovygirlrn Thank you Sheri!
May 30th, 2012  
Bev
Great close up, great detail, great color, great focus... Great job! :D
May 30th, 2012  
@prttblues thanks Bev!!
May 30th, 2012  
Absolutely yummy looking! Great focus and detail! Fav.
May 30th, 2012  
I love it too! this is really a nice shot, great shades and textures!
May 30th, 2012  
Stunning detail!
May 30th, 2012  
Oh my Favorite Too!!! Perfect pov and color and textures!! i want to eat some right now! FAV!
May 30th, 2012  
Great corn macro! I kept meaning to do this, but the girls kept eating my targets! :) Your multi-coloured corn is much more interesting anyway :)
May 30th, 2012  
great pov and composition. i love the sheen on the corn cobs. It makes them look like pearls :)
May 30th, 2012  
Splendid macro shot, Ann. Love the pov and angle.
May 30th, 2012  
Fabulous corn macro shot....you did well!
May 30th, 2012  
@olivetreeann - must've been from the sharpening. it's beautiful though, and i think it's what made the texture pearly-like. a lot of people, i've read around here and on the discussions board, that the colours of their photos change, sometimes quite significantly, when they upload on 365. i don't have that problem. yet. :-)
May 30th, 2012  
@salza Thank you Sally! Thank you so much!!
@vickisfotos Thank you Vicki!
@boogie Thank you Mags!
@ellimae Thank you Ellen! Thank you very much!!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia! I know- your little buddies bring some interesting challenges to picture taking!
@sabine Thank you Sabine!
@sangwann Thanks Dione. I wanted to do something that was close to the kernels, but a little unexpected. This angle seemed to do that for me.
@cimes1 Thanks Carole!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki. I haven't had as bad of a problem as some of the folks do, but I see just a slight enough difference that I like to restore it.

Thanks to everyone. I think the sheen that some of you are reacting to was caused by the location of my corn when I shot it (which is why I chose to take it there too!). It was in my stainless steel sink just after shucking. It's a good example of how your surroundings affect the light in your photo. Up on the counter it would not have gotten that metallic glow. I love using my sink as a "light box" and have used it a couple times for various objects.
May 30th, 2012  
@olivetreeann great idea! (adds to list of 'must do's'
May 30th, 2012  
great picture, well done.
May 30th, 2012  
Brilliant - you can really see the texture.
May 30th, 2012  
Wow! Looks like a rack of eggs to me;-) Love it!
May 30th, 2012  
Great way to remember the day! Nicely done shot.
May 30th, 2012  
Great color and texture, love it! :-) It would make a fun puzzle :-)
May 30th, 2012  
Oh, excellent - well faultless actually :-) That graininess works brilliantly.
May 30th, 2012  
What an awesome closeup! The colors are so warm and beautiful!
May 30th, 2012  
Congrats again. I just saw this shot in the PP!!!
May 30th, 2012  
Ohhh ... yum! I also love it!
May 30th, 2012  
Look at all those perfect kernels lined up in a row! I love corn too!
May 30th, 2012  
Hmmm me too and lovely shot as well
May 30th, 2012  
Beautiful, the lighting of this photo really shows up the details in the corn!
May 30th, 2012  
@boogie @mhatch @la_photographic @tanyasamol @lesphoto @vposey @automaticslim @buttercup @anazad511 @paulavdmerwe @espyetta @melorac @potsbypam

Thank you Mags, Mark, Laura, Tanya, Leslie, Vickie, Automatic, Mary, Ana (thanks for the heads up on the PP!), Paula, MaryBeth, Carole, and Pam!

Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, high compliments and most of all for making my day!!! I'm so excited about this one!
May 30th, 2012  
Great macro shot!
May 31st, 2012  
great shot, wonderful details
May 31st, 2012  
@lyoungs1023 Thank you Elizabeth!
@snipsnap Thank you Ramona!
Thanks so much to both of you!!
May 31st, 2012  
thanks for the little pointer...I don't have a metal sink, but I will look around to find similar things in the future!
May 31st, 2012  
@vickisfotos The "thing" with the sink is that it mutes the natural light- softens it, so keep your eyes open for that kind of effect. Now, if I have the kitchen light on, it sharpens that kind of light. It's fun to see the different ways light works- both natural and incandescent.
May 31st, 2012  
Yum! Yellow and white- my favorite!
May 31st, 2012  
Sue
These look like pearls, beautiful!
May 31st, 2012  
Congrats on the PP!
May 31st, 2012  
Congratulations on the PP - well deserved :)
May 31st, 2012  
@kchuk Thank you Elyse!
@redpants Thank you Sue!
@lisjam1 Thank you Lisa!
@boogie Thank you Mags!

Thank you all! You've made my day!!
May 31st, 2012  
Love love love love and more love!
May 31st, 2012  
nice macro shot, you can really see the creamy of the corn. salt and butter makes it perfect to it yumm!!
May 31st, 2012  
@tbray Thank you Tara! I LOVE your comment!!
@cottoncandy Thank you Mischell! I just like butter on mine- but my husband likes it with salt too.
June 1st, 2012  
Beautiful light - the kernels are almost glowing. Suddenly I have a corn craving.
June 1st, 2012  
@ladyjane lol Lady Jane! Glad you like the shot!
June 1st, 2012  
Excellent shot! Gets one ready for summertime!
June 4th, 2012  
Yum. Bicolour
June 4th, 2012  
@hiquerr Thanks for the view and comment hiquerr!
@peterdegraaff Thanks Peter!
June 4th, 2012  
Lyn
I remember seeing this on the PP and needing to go straight to Kroger. . . ;->
June 15th, 2012  
@lyno lol That's funny! I was so surprised when this popped up there. You never know what will land on the PP!
June 15th, 2012  
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