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This flower's mine. Get your own!!
This flower's mine. Get your own!!
Spitfyr


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Challenge: Insects II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My back yard
Date: Apr 11, 2007
Aperture: f/18
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2007

 Last month these guys were swarming and were all over the shop at work. I grabbed a couple and froze them hoping a challenge would come up soon that I could use them in. I was just about to toss them when..."Insects II" comes along! I pulled them from the freezer and hot glued them to a flower. Unfortunately it was a windy day and I had to take about 40 shots to get one somewhat in focus. This was the best for focus and light. I wanted to try again the next day when it was less windy. I came home and found that the birds had eaten my bugs. I sure wanted to take a few more shots. I'm not happy with the composition and would have liked to tinker more with exposure, white balance and saturation in the camera. Oh well. I'm not expexcting too high of a score.

Resized, saved for web, sharpened...what an editing nightmare!

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 180
Avg (all users): 6.1415
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
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Avg (non-participants): 6.2417
Views since voting: 798
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 205
Comments: 7
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04/22/2007 04:44:48 PM
Good capture with nice coloring....7
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 04/21/2007 06:54:53 PM
Those are pretty cool!
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 04/20/2007 03:58:32 AM
is this a moth?
 04/19/2007 10:52:04 AM
This is great! Wonderful capture with the two hawk moths.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/17/2007 05:17:01 PM
Not centered on the subject (lacks balance), but I still like the image, lots of detail, 6
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 04/16/2007 09:33:23 AM
Very good clarity and detail in this.
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 04/15/2007 11:01:19 PM
no need to fight boys!, interesting shot...and during the day of the two moths...interesting.
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