Brian the Snail

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-10-28 4:15]

Hello Alan,
Nice to see you back.Wonderful post.I liked POV,colors,details,sharpness and composition a lot.Excellent work!
TFS...:-)

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• LordPotty (8388)
• [2006-10-28 4:28]

Who likes ' The Magic Roundabout' then ? MEEEE!
Very pretty shot Alan.
I don't think we have snailses quite like these here in New Zealand.
Looks great on the pink flower.
Cheers,Steve

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• manyee (19714)
• [2006-10-28 4:30]

Hello Alan,
Good to see you again. : )
What a beautiful image. The colors are gorgeous, and the light is just perfect. I really like the delicate quality of the details on the snails. Your excellent focus and exposure bring out the various textures admirably.
TFS. : )

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• SelenE (12188)
• [2006-10-28 4:31]

Hi Allan,
A nice and colorful composition with fresh flowers, and a dark BG. Good focus on the snail. TFS
Selen

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• Janice (17458)
• [2006-10-28 4:37]

Brian looks like he loves your pink flower. I love its expression as it looks into the petals like this. Do snails have expressions? Do they have names? Good one Alan!
Janice

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• jrubiocasado (5240)
• [2006-10-28 4:52]

Hi Alan.
Very nice you work, great colors and compo, great text wiht information.
TFS
Regards.

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• Silvio2006 (23904)
• [2006-10-28 4:55]

Hi Alan, great macro with good sharpness and splendid details, wonderful colors, bellissima
Ciao Silvio

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• horia (12472)
• [2006-10-28 5:35]

Hi Alan and a very warm welcome back!
It's very nice to finaly see another one of your pictures...glad you made time for TN :)
What an interestin composition...the snail does look a bit wierd on that beutifully colors flower.
The DOF is impecable here, the details are very sharp and the lighting excellent.
Very well done, again, my friend!
Cheers, TFS and hope to see more :)
Horia

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• cataclysta (4495)
• [2006-10-28 5:54]

Hellow Alan
Very good sharp image with perfect DOF and very good composition and colors
Thanks
Krzysztof

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• cedryk (5022)
• [2006-10-28 6:09]

Hello Alan,
Very unusual set of colours and subjects. A snail in pink flower. Works very well with the composition, very good light and exposure.
Best greetings,
Michal

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• ellis49 (28681)
• [2006-10-28 6:13]

Hi Alan,
nice to see you again. The snails are maybe not so fast but the are good to climp.
The picture of the snail is wonderful in colours and light.
Well composed and good POV.
Well done.

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• Hil (4839)
• [2006-10-28 6:20]
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Hi Alan

Superb shot, great POV and I love the composition with the flowers in the foreground contrasting with the dark BG, good details and I love the colours. I look forward to seing a shot of Dylan next as I suppose Dougal And Ermentrude aren't allowed on TN and I don't suppose there are many Zebadee's knocking about.

TFS Hilary :o)

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• vanderschelden (26584)
• [2006-10-28 6:50]

Hi Alan,
Good light.
Excellent sharpness.
TFS
Annick

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2006-10-28 8:12]

hi alan
les escorgets ne sont pas vraiment interresant a photographier pour moi,mais la avec le fond noir et les couleurs des fleurs c'est magnifique.
bravo.
laurent

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• greenpinkorange (1767)
• [2006-10-28 8:58]

Sometimes i wonder how did these snails get on top of flowers. Aren't they too heavy? Anyway, really nice and sharp image of the snail. Excellent lighting and composition. Macro is good too.
Steph

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-10-28 9:11]

Hello Alan,

Great details, very crisp, nicly composed and capture photo, perfect details, very crisp, nice colors and POV, Perfect use of DOF,
Great Job,

TFS Kyle

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-10-28 9:29]

Una perfecta composición amigo mío... nitidez, colorido, POV, profundidad de campo, foco, fondo... todo con la misma calidad técnica.
Me fascinan los detalles que lograste captar en el caracol resaltados aun más por el contraste de color sobre las flores.
Sólo una pregunta entre nosotros... colocaste tú al molusco sobre las flores? ;-)
Con admiración... Ricardo

A perfect composition my friend... clarity, coloring, POV, field depth, focus, backdrop... everything with the same technical quality.
I fascinate the details that you were able to capture in the snail even stood out more for the color contrast on the flowers.
Only a question among us... did you place the mollusk on the flowers? ;-)
With admiration... Ricardo

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• Hay_kes (3434)
• [2006-10-28 9:41]

Hi Alan,
Very beautiful macro.wonderful colours, details and sharp.Well composed.greetings.

hAyAti

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• pankajbajpai (14202)
• [2006-10-28 10:29]

hi,
lovely shot, the focus on the snail is perfect.the dof is very good. the composition is nice. the darg bg suits the image perfectly.
tfs
regards
pankaj

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• jmp (8400)
• [2006-10-28 16:50]

Hi Alan,
I share your sentence At last, a few spare hours for TN...!
Beautiful picture in many aspect, for not say in every aspect!
Position of snail is perfect for the composition. Colors are wonderful, both in the snail as in the flower. Reflection are lovely, background is delicated. The pose of the head of the snail is lovely... Congratulation!
TFS, José M.

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• annagrace (2992)
• [2006-10-28 16:52]

Awesome capture, you don't usually photograph slimy things so this is really interesting, LOL! Too many vodka/cranberries last night, trying to recover today.

Happy Halloween, my British friend!

Alli

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• marhowie (34537)
• [2006-10-29 7:33]

Beautiful capture Alan.
I can truly say that I have never seen a snail done so well!! :)
Very well done.

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• FranciscoSales (781)
• [2006-10-29 13:56]

Hi Alan!
Uma composição bem original! Um contraste grande entre a "beleza" e o "exótico"!
Bélissima foto, cores e nitidez perfeitas!!!
Parabéns!!!

Francisco Sales

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• coasties (27512)
• [2006-10-29 22:58]

Hi Alan

Ha. ha.... interesting title! Great clarity to the shot. Love the colour of the flower. No nits here my friend! Just back from competing in the Targa Rally. A very successful event this year. Won our class, received the award for the highest placed husband and wife team and came third in the series! No bad for a 1973 car.

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• saguzar (6633)
• [2006-11-01 17:45]

Hi Alan,
Beautiful composition, I like the colourful of the image, illumination and the good focus on the snail.
good job
Hernán

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• TAZ (10918)
• [2006-11-07 5:35]

Hello Alan,
In october I starded new works at home then I was a bit inactive on TN, so today I am happy to discover your new superb photo. I like this snail who seems cute in your pleasant composition. Colors, exposure, sharpness and DOF are very good.
Bravo my friend and thanks for sharing.

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• AnimalExplorer (8322)
• [2006-11-11 13:17]

Cool mollusc macro the framing is excellent with nice colors and details. Also precise flash exposure control make this a pleasing image. :)

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• mbasil (3059)
• [2006-11-12 13:53]

Great contrast in colors and texture, Alan. Wonderful lighting including the flash fill. Great piece of work!
Mike

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• Viera (484)
• [2006-12-29 3:24]

Hi Alan,
superb photo,you have perfectly captured the snail.He has good sharpness and natural colours.Excellent work!
Thanks for your welcoming of me on TN.
Regards,
Viera

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• claudine (9853)
• [2006-12-29 6:20]

Hello Alan,
Where were you??? I was happily surprised to see a comment from you on one of my picture. I guess that you must be very busy at work. I see that you posted this picture a little while ago and I didn't see it. I like this little fellow called Brian, lol. Details are really amazing in a superb POV, composition and great lightning with excellent use of the flash.

I wish you a great New Year to come filled with many other nice pictures, health, love and not too much work ;) Take care,
Claudine

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• hester (10944)
• [2006-12-29 16:39]

Hello Alan

Great snail, Lovely textures and a great POV. Sharp details as well

TFS

Karan

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2006-12-30 16:13]

Excellent shot Alan! Great POV, excellent sharpness, brilliant colours and lighting too. This is an excellent composition. I like it very much. Thank you for posting my friend.
I wish you a Happy New Year.
Greetings
Heinz

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• extramundi (12692)
• [2007-01-02 5:02]

Hey Alan, nice we meet around again :)
You bring a very clear and pleasant capture of this snail, with a very good lighting, details and a wonderful perch which adds a very artistic look to it. Beautiful contrast of the contour against the dark BG. Great composition, MF.
I wishyou the best for 2007 too!
Best regards, Felipe.

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• jeanpaul (13845)
• [2007-04-19 18:03]

Hello Alan
Félicitation pour cette jolie prise en macro .la composition est très belle iansi que les couleurs et les détails de cette limace sur cette belle fleur sont fantastiques.
Merci et au revoir...JP

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• pablominto (15470)
• [2007-07-03 0:35]

Hello Alan,
Really interesting to see Brian in that colour setting!
Great details are captured, a fine pose from your model...
Pleasant composition, attractive diagonal!
Greetings,
Pablo -