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Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-720UZ
Location: Syracuse, NY
Date: Sep 4, 2003
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2003

 I went out with my cam to photography my new neighborhood and watched some footballers practice. I pulled out the cam and I sat on the outside of the fence near some brush. This little guy zoomed my face and landed 2 feet from me. Turn, macro, zoom, focus, fire.

Obviously played a lot with saturation/sharpness, etc. I like it. Hope you do.


Statistics
Place: 59 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.8194
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5914
Avg (non-participants): 6.1613
Views since voting: 949
Votes: 155
Comments: 10
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 09/15/2003 10:48:14 AM
David - I actually centered this guy because of the triangle of lines. I thought by putting the lines on the thirds it would show up better as part of the picture. *shrug* :)

I think the centering hurt this score - but only because we're taught at DPC "never center, never center." I think there are times to break the rule and I definitely did it on purpose. Maybe it wasn't effective.

@Stdavidson - I used NeatImage with a sharpening to achieve the non-pixelated background - plus I didn't overzoom and I always shoot on iso 100.

M
 09/14/2003 09:41:58 PM
Way to go, thats a great score :) Love the colors in this shot :) I don't know how people get shots like this. I never see any interesting insects outside lol
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09/14/2003 06:57:42 PM
Looks nice-- I say an 8
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 09/14/2003 06:29:22 PM
What stunning wings! And the lines you've used really work for me here. Lighting seems just a tad bright, but nice photo. Have you tried placing this insect in one of the thirds? It might indicate its environment more, which would echo your use of line.
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 09/12/2003 12:58:50 PM
Aptly titled, nicely focused and nice color
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 09/12/2003 10:11:32 AM
A perfect picture!! Funny too!! :) 10
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 09/11/2003 05:34:06 AM
Good attempt at humor with the title. It photo is clear, but the composition might be better if the insect wasn't centered, perhaps more to the lower right to enhance the idea of falling off.
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 09/10/2003 08:23:55 PM
Very nice
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 09/08/2003 01:24:31 PM
Super smooth soft background. No pixelation here.
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 09/08/2003 07:17:22 AM
Ya got to be fast, and it looks like you did a good job. Good capture.
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