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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Home, OH
Date: Aug 4, 2008
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2009

Cicada coming out of its shell last summer. Was attached to our garage door.

In Photoshop:
cropped,
adjusted levels,
usm: 157%, 1, 2
adjusted levels again
saved for web

Statistics
Place: 817 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.1537
Avg (commenters): 5.5135
Avg (participants): 5.1465
Avg (non-participants): 5.1918
Views since voting: 530
Views during voting: 609
Votes: 462
Comments: 41
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 04:53:37 PM
Cicadas are such funky bugs!
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03/17/2009 02:11:00 PM
Good capture!!
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03/17/2009 08:13:20 AM
The color is so cool here, it almost looks unnatural.
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03/16/2009 07:11:25 PM
I find the background a little too distracting. (and the bug scares me, but that won't affect the score).
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03/16/2009 07:05:35 PM
Back for bump and comment. Excellent clarity and colors. I'm not particularly fond of the angle, but it's not a biggie.
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03/16/2009 01:34:58 PM
Yucky cool! Good job.

Not voting yet.
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03/16/2009 08:28:45 AM
what the... ? oh what is it anyway?

but you see the noise and the flash.. just three sorry ;)
brano
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03/16/2009 03:02:28 AM
Nice colors
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03/16/2009 12:08:18 AM
nice shot
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03/16/2009 12:02:01 AM
Well captured and presented. What the heck is this???
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03/15/2009 06:42:10 PM
Nice macro of a unique bug.
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03/15/2009 05:19:18 PM
cool macro, the thing to improve here would be to have a more appealing , nice bokeh background. So in cases like this, you mave to selectively add a blur selectively to your background , 6
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03/15/2009 12:04:18 PM
Wonderful close-up. Lovely detail. 7
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03/15/2009 08:00:53 AM
The colour is amazing, so is the detail. Glad we don't have these here!
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03/15/2009 06:10:22 AM
Good macro
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03/14/2009 08:36:19 PM
Nice macro with beautiful greens.
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03/14/2009 06:45:06 PM
good dof
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03/14/2009 05:49:17 PM
cool macro, love the green color in this image
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03/14/2009 02:44:39 PM
Good sharpness around the eyes. Well captured.
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03/14/2009 02:32:15 PM
fun and colorful macro
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03/14/2009 11:49:28 AM
Nice tight macro. Good use of filling the frame.
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03/14/2009 10:28:31 AM
To witness this is awesome. Incredible colors. Angle is a little odd.
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03/14/2009 08:16:47 AM
wow ... cool color .. is that a cicada?
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03/14/2009 07:38:51 AM
Excellent!
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03/14/2009 06:56:34 AM
Interesting shot. Not something you see every day. The lighting is a tad harsh, but well captured.
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03/14/2009 01:15:25 AM
great close up
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03/13/2009 03:24:34 PM
Nice pic - one of those "gotta walk up on it" moments. Wish it was a little sharper on the bug - maybe a macro lens?
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03/13/2009 08:53:57 AM
OOF. Cool color of green though.
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03/13/2009 06:07:57 AM
Great capture! Excellent color, sharpness and DOF. I've been willing to capture this moment, but never had the chance, congratulations!!
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03/13/2009 05:21:10 AM
picture looks a bit flat and noisy.
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03/12/2009 11:24:19 PM
Image is a bit noisy, colors are interesting.
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03/12/2009 12:52:13 PM
damn thats ugly good detail tho
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03/12/2009 12:32:57 PM
Most colorful locust I've seen.
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03/12/2009 09:13:58 AM
very well done macro, i would crop a little more on the right to balance the bug a little more on the image, also a little too much sharpening, still a very nice catch
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03/12/2009 06:51:32 AM
I don't believe I have seen a shot of one of these at this stage before, incredible.
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03/12/2009 05:58:29 AM
Beautiful detail.
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03/11/2009 04:48:02 PM
Ugly....in a good way.
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03/11/2009 02:50:48 PM
I have never seen a cicada (I think that is what this is!) so green! Great shot!
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03/11/2009 10:42:08 AM
you have just a "little haloing" around the wings from over sharpening, but that doesn't distract from you photo...great colors
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03/11/2009 04:31:49 AM
Eww. Nice detail.
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03/11/2009 04:08:48 AM
Nice macro but the background is really noisy. Good color on the bug tho (if its a bug?).
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