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Squash Bug
Squash Bug
pmichaud


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Challenge: A Bug's Life: Insects, Bugs, Beetle III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Miscellaneous stuff
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: My Garden
Date: Oct 26, 2013
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2013

I really do not like to take pictures of bugs and I absolutely despise squash bugs. They invaded my garden this year and destroyed most of my winter squash and pumpkins. I don't know how to get rid of them other than picking them off and, well, squashing them. I will not use pesticides. One year I took my wet/dry vac out there and sucked them up, but that was not an option this year. So it's October and they are still having their way with what's left in the garden...

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 72
Avg (all users): 5.5114
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6500
Avg (non-participants): 5.3958
Views since voting: 277
Views during voting: 189
Votes: 88
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/03/2013 11:31:57 PM
I'm enjoying the light and shapes.
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11/03/2013 10:25:27 PM
Unusually dramatic for a bug pic. 7
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11/03/2013 08:56:00 PM
terrific bokeh; beautiful artistry here. 9
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11/03/2013 01:36:56 PM
looks more like an assassin bug - tough to tell at this angle but I think he has a snork.. great bokeh
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11/01/2013 11:15:00 PM
as Bill Cosby said in related to his kids of his harder hard childhood. On going to school: "going uphill, both ways..."

wow, so sorry for the crooked language... am ashamed but really wanted to leave a lot of comments
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10/28/2013 02:15:55 AM
This photo would benefit immensely from some increased DoF.
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