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Challenge: Hope (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Home
Date: Aug 21, 2004
Aperture: 3.2
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2004
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Hope: continuing on in the face of adversity and against the odds. My definition, not some dictionary's.
I'm sure I'm heading for a middle-of-the-road (at best) score and place with this one. My guess is I'll get comments that this does not depict hope, that there's too much out of focus (I like the blur that implies movement) and that it is too blown out (again, I was deliberately overexposing for this).
I like the unusual view of a bug and that, because of the overexposure, the glass is almost like a sketch and doesn't dominate the shot, but is significant enough to provide context.
Postprocessing included neatimage, levels, brightness, contrast, desaturation of blue (the martini glass has a blue tint), and a boost of other colors. Cropped, resized, USM applied.
Shot with Tamron 28-75mm SP AF XR Di at 75mm and macro filter. +2.3 exposure compensation, aperture priority.
No grasshoppers were harmed in the taking of this photo. |
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09/07/2004 07:14:24 PM |
The DOF is arguable but otherwise - excellent.
Message edited by HBunch - Critique Club status removed. |
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08/31/2004 07:17:35 PM |
I have to wonder how this fits the topic.
4 from me. |
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08/31/2004 05:20:46 PM |
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08/31/2004 02:15:15 PM |
| Doesn't convey hope to me, seems to be nudged in the challenge. Yet, it still makes sense. Cool macro, nice action capture, |
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08/31/2004 01:31:15 PM |
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08/31/2004 09:53:08 AM |
| Yeh, there's just something about it - great contrast with lots of white space, just the hint of the barrier holding him back, the instinctive drive for preservation fueling a constant search for escape, nice colors and selective focus on the slower areas of movement, good cropping and composition. He's also got a pretty jaunty stance. I just loved it. |
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08/29/2004 06:01:52 AM |
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08/28/2004 06:00:28 PM |
| Quite an ugly Bug.... Good Pic. |
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08/27/2004 05:54:37 PM |
| Funny, this is the first one that made me laugh. (thanks). Yep, funny. Good photo, too... |
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08/27/2004 04:04:12 PM |
| I would place this photo very high in this challenge, maybe in top 10, it's humourous and the composition is very good, I like it. |
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08/26/2004 10:50:27 AM |
| not enough depth of field but I like the leg posture a lot |
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08/26/2004 08:57:44 AM |
| Nice concept and except for focus, nicely executed. Focus is going to be pretty hard through the glass do degree of difficulty is pretty high. |
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08/26/2004 03:55:16 AM |
| This is very cool and original shut |
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08/25/2004 11:50:20 PM |
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08/25/2004 01:58:50 PM |
| Apart from the fact that I personally do not find most insects aesthetically appealing, this fella appears more to be singing an aria at the top of its lungs under a spotlight than to be struggling/hoping to be free. But still, creative thinking and set-up. |
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08/25/2004 11:04:48 AM |
| excellent shot. This says Desperation to me, but kudos to you! 9 |
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08/25/2004 06:23:17 AM |
| Oh goodness it's Jimminy Cricket! ha ha |
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08/24/2004 08:43:23 PM |
| looks like an olympic challenger |
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08/24/2004 08:37:41 PM |
| I like the photo but don't think it fits the challenge.. it's hope, not determination. |
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