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jimmsp


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Challenge: Free Study (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: Minneapolis
Date: Jul 9, 2002
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2002

PS: levels, curves, & unsharp; crop & resize

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 175
Avg (all users): 7.0473
Avg (commenters): 8.2143
Avg (participants): 7.0352
Avg (non-participants): 7.0571
Views since voting: 1955
Votes: 317
Comments: 59
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07/22/2002 12:28:00 AM
Oooooo, Ya missed it by ...(that much). Congratulations on a great photo Jim.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2002 11:41:00 PM
Great moment. I love macro shots.
07/21/2002 09:21:00 PM
This is a great shot of the Dragonfly. The only thing I would recommend is to crop a bit more off the right side....the expanse of the light color is distracting.
07/21/2002 09:06:00 PM
I wish I had a pretty dragonfly like that.
07/21/2002 07:42:00 PM
Incredible shot, excellent clarity and bright color. Just a personal preference, I would center him in the frame.
07/21/2002 06:00:00 PM
great!!
07/21/2002 03:48:00 AM
kewl!! great photo--9--amitchell
07/20/2002 09:27:00 PM
terrific
07/20/2002 02:09:00 PM
Really great macro - this is a truly great photo. talented work.
Ruthann
07/20/2002 11:08:00 AM
Composition8,
Technical Aspects10,
Meets Challenge10,
Originality7,
Average Score9,
Autool.
07/20/2002 02:35:00 AM
This is fabulous. the DOF, the coloring, it's the yellow thing in bottom left and top right that 'bug' me (sorry) - love it. great job. 9 cthenk
07/20/2002 02:23:00 AM
Very nice macro shot. Very good composition and technically excellent.
07/19/2002 04:17:00 PM
a very cool shot of the dragon fly. usually i'd like to see them more from the front, but this is great with the colors and texture (wish you could submit this next week?) of the wings. two small nitpicky things to remove (outside of this challenge of course) would be to clone out the bottom left and top right corner. my top 10 this week. -- gr8photos (9)
07/19/2002 08:09:00 AM
nice shot
07/19/2002 01:57:00 AM
Beautiful colors. The colors are excellent. Did I mention how vibrant the colors are?
Picture-1
Colors-9
Total-10
07/19/2002 12:54:00 AM
nice shot!
07/19/2002 12:20:00 AM
Beautiful! One of God's amazing creatures! Well done!
07/18/2002 06:33:00 PM
Great shot! (Better than the one I didn't submit, whew!) Very good wings!!!! I like the blue kind better, but I couldn't get one to sit still, either. 10 Swash
07/18/2002 01:49:00 PM
by far the best macro I have seen this week. The depth of field and the sharpness is right on the money. The only thing that keeps me from giving a ten on this photo was out of your control... I dont think the background works well... the blur is good but the uneven color and contrast is a bit distracting from your subject... = 9 - jmsetzler
07/18/2002 08:55:00 AM
Very sharp. That's nice. Little bit unbalanced becaue of the body, and dark background are on the left, and right side is too empty.
07/17/2002 07:07:00 PM
absolutely gorgeous.
07/17/2002 06:04:00 PM
nice detail in the wings. however, too many flying insects in this challenge
07/17/2002 06:02:00 PM
Too many bug photos...
07/17/2002 04:02:00 PM
nice shot, great dof, i'd like to see a little centering though.
07/17/2002 02:26:00 PM
Great macro.
07/17/2002 02:06:00 PM
Beautiful. The only distracting element is in the lower right, but you can't crop it without losing part of the dragonfly. Great focus and clarity. The green bud gives it just the right amount of bright color I think. karmat
07/17/2002 01:01:00 PM
now this is truly spectacular. great depth of field, and great focus. wow...the colour is lively, and this is just amazing.
07/17/2002 12:50:00 PM
Wow! Really nice capture -- these guys flit around so fast I don't know how you were able to get this photograph! Beautiful colors and detail. One of my favorites this week -- 10. (LanSnake)
07/17/2002 08:42:00 AM
nice wing detail; looks like a lot of photoshop manipulation in insect's body colors
07/17/2002 08:39:00 AM
Nice picture. Good focus. Good lighting.
07/17/2002 08:29:00 AM
Nice work!
07/17/2002 03:12:00 AM
excellent focusing. that's where good optics must come in handy - i need to get physically very close to get this macro with coolpix 995 :)
07/17/2002 01:21:00 AM
Good control of DOF for both depth and positioning. Did you get a shot from the front too?
07/16/2002 05:34:00 PM
Love dragon flys, brings back memories of Evenings in south Mississippi
07/16/2002 04:10:00 PM
I was kinda getting sick of the bug pics, but this one is particularly well done.
07/16/2002 12:12:00 PM
Love dragonflys,and this is the best one I've seen in a long time!!!
07/16/2002 06:04:00 AM
nice detail
07/16/2002 01:23:00 AM
Such excellent control, placement, light, etc.
07/16/2002 12:41:00 AM
This is very nice shot... Good subject , good focus, nice framing ... I do find the flower pot to the left somewhat distracting though... 8 ... RLS
07/16/2002 12:29:00 AM
the area to the right is rather distracting... should be more closer
07/15/2002 11:11:00 PM
Great macro. I can't get them to stay still long enough :-)
07/15/2002 09:47:00 PM
Excellent insect macro. Close up, detailed, sharp, and well composed.
07/15/2002 08:34:00 PM
Incredible.
07/15/2002 06:02:00 PM
Great focus !
07/15/2002 05:12:00 PM
Great detail and colors, and awesome depth of field. I was considering taking some dragonfly shots this week, but now I'm glad I didn't :)
07/15/2002 03:59:00 PM
Great shot! I spent hours wandering around my back yard trying to take pictures of fireflies so I can really appreciate the effort that went into this one. 10
07/15/2002 03:17:00 PM
Really nice macro ! DOF is PERFECT !
07/15/2002 02:59:00 PM
I've shot close to 200 pix of dragonflies trying to get as good a shot as this. Well done. (And thanks for raising the bar! I'll aim a little higher now)
07/15/2002 02:11:00 PM
Good shot.
07/15/2002 01:27:00 PM
Very well executed macro shot. I've been complaining about poor depth of field control all morning and your's is the first picture that's done right.
07/15/2002 01:18:00 PM
Fine composition, color, clean, clear shot. Well done. Kee
07/15/2002 01:01:00 PM
great macro! very sharp!
07/15/2002 12:02:00 PM
Very nice detail in this macro shot *7* --balynch
07/15/2002 10:52:00 AM
wonderfull
07/15/2002 10:36:00 AM
I tried to take a photo of one these. It was tuff. Very good! 9
07/15/2002 09:51:00 AM
Holy cow,that's plain amazin'
07/15/2002 08:53:00 AM
Excellent sharp focus. Great subject.
07/15/2002 07:59:00 AM
A very clear capture.
07/15/2002 01:15:00 AM
Very sharp! You really captured the beauty of it's wings and head/eye area. Very cool, 7


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