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Challenge: Failure (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Local Pond
Date: May 20, 2006
Aperture: f19
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2 seconds
Date Uploaded: May 21, 2006

 Damselfly hiding from the Camera

PS Work:
Sever crop and rotate
Reduce noise in red channel
Levels to get black and white points
Curves to deepen mid range contrast
Saturation, +yellow, +green, -red
sharpen USM

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 129
Avg (all users): 6.1558
Avg (commenters): 7.2759
Avg (participants): 5.8627
Avg (non-participants): 6.2389
Views since voting: 1153
Views during voting: 407
Votes: 231
Comments: 35
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 06/04/2006 04:43:14 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Such a funny capture.
 05/31/2006 06:30:01 AM
If the focus hadn't let this down a little, would have been a ribbon for sure, great capture nevertheless.
 05/31/2006 03:52:33 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Love this picture.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2006 03:25:33 PM
Funny.
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 05/29/2006 05:29:30 PM
9- love the picture, only reason not a 10 because it looks a little blurry
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 05/29/2006 02:18:38 PM
Just love this one, great capture.
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 05/28/2006 01:53:45 PM
hilarious! i just wish it was a bit more in focus. nice capture, nonetheless.
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 05/28/2006 10:25:58 AM
definately top ten material. 9 from me (a bit less shaky would have made the 10)
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 05/28/2006 04:14:14 AM
Great idea - this made me chuckle! Good composition and dof. I wish the overall focus were a bit sharper though - this would have been absolutely tops if it was tack sharp.
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 05/27/2006 10:30:56 PM
great
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 05/27/2006 02:58:42 PM
This shot is perfect but I cannot give it a 10 since I don't think it fits the challenge of 'Failure' enough. Great work though!
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 05/26/2006 11:53:42 PM
very cute
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 05/26/2006 01:19:52 PM
Cute. Neat eyes. Failure?
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 05/26/2006 12:50:22 PM
nice piture!!!!!!!
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 05/26/2006 07:53:25 AM
Beautiful is all I can say..10
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 05/25/2006 08:22:08 PM
i love this
alot alot
so cool
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 05/25/2006 02:53:50 PM
very cute!!
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 05/25/2006 10:20:54 AM
Very cool. Nice photo.
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 05/25/2006 07:27:24 AM
Awesome little bug, the color and detail is great.
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 05/25/2006 02:39:29 AM
Nice composition and lovely colours. But uh, could be sharper..
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 05/25/2006 12:31:58 AM
This sould be a hands-down winner if it were fully crisp and focused. That truly is a big shame, because with a macro it's essential. This is a fantastic choice of subject though and it's well composed so far that you deserve credit.
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 05/24/2006 09:47:48 PM
Excellent focus and great depth of field, but I only get a small sense of failure from this one. You captured great detail and a very interesting subject. I also like the composition as the stalk provide a terrific leading line.
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 05/24/2006 07:53:16 PM
Wonderful damselfly, but I see failure only in your title.
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 05/24/2006 07:47:36 PM
returning to comment:
I nearly fell off my chair when I opened this photo... it hit my funny bone hard! Failure to hide lol... with those eyes, for sure... I am adding this to my favourites - on a more serious side, the sdof works well...... nice crisp focus on the green stalk the the wee beastie is clinging to... the little bug is a tad soft but it works - bumping up
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 05/24/2006 05:40:38 PM
that's cute! nice DOF and color, maybe a sharper focus? ok 9
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 05/24/2006 04:55:47 PM
Oh my, that is fantastic! Well done!
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 05/24/2006 03:08:02 PM
This is a great capture but it's not quite in focus.
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 05/24/2006 01:46:54 PM
Great Shot. Damn if it was just a bit sharper.
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 05/24/2006 12:30:10 PM
haha...GREAT photo. Very nice Macro shot.
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 05/24/2006 12:25:00 PM
where is the failure in this without the title,a brilliant photo....5
 05/24/2006 12:13:05 PM
very cute!
 05/24/2006 08:23:49 AM
My god if this was sharp it would be GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 05/24/2006 07:36:28 AM
Man, if this was sharper it would be awesome.
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 05/23/2006 10:43:01 PM
Love it! Not that great a shot really, in a lot of ways, but this is screamingly funny in concept and the execution is competent enough to get a high score from me. Good job!
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 05/23/2006 09:04:17 PM
I like the photo, but am not sure if it is spot-on with the theme of "failure".
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