Wild Blue Yonder
by kirbic

Comment by kirbic:
Thanks to all! I'm just in shock at having "doubled". It'll be pure hell to follow tho.
I really want to thank all the voters for seeing how the blue played as a little more than just a background here.

Message edited by author 2004-08-09 22:29:59.

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by kirbic

Comment by kirbic:
Thanks to all, this was the one and only shot from about 1.5 hours of shooting out in the back yard that was even remotely challenge-worthy. Still, I really need to work on my lighting, and maybe catch some dragonflies if I'm ever going to best Jacko, LOL!

I also wanted to add some additional details that I forgot to include during submission...

This guy was busy having dinner on some weeds in a bck corner of our land. I still had good illumination from late afternoon sun, but with 1:1 magnification, I still needed quite a bit of fill flash. The 1/60 shutter speed preserved some of the ambient light, at the cost of a very slight blur on the thorax, which is only slightly visible in this reduced-size version. He would not make a very good large print however.

With the combination of title and image, I was going the "anthromorphic route", that is assigning human emotions/reactions to the subject. I imagined his thoughts on the fact that I disturbed the priviacy of his dinner with my photographic intrusion... can you look in his eyes and imagine his thoughts? Yikes!


Message edited by author 2004-08-09 22:38:23.

Wild Blue Yonder
by kirbic

Comment by Sonifo:
Awesome detail. congrats!

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by kirbic

Comment by Sonifo:
This is one wicked creature. Not sure how folks can photograph them. They are mean! Great shot! Congrats.

Wild Blue Yonder
by kirbic

Comment by charmayne:
congratulations on a great shot and another ribbon, in one day with two completely different subjects and style, thats a wonderful talent!

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by kirbic

Comment by charmayne:
Great, Great shot, well deseved ribbon, congratulations!

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by kirbic

Comment by RHoldenSr:
Congratualtions!

You and Jacko (Bug Man) are raising the standards for DPC challenges :)

Wild Blue Yonder
by kirbic

Comment by RHoldenSr:
Congratulations on the great work!

We use to call Mechanical Engineers "Tin Knockers" but not sure what they call one in the electronics field. Plumbing Engineers were call "Turd Herders" and Electrical Engineers (Me) were all called "Sparky"

Again very well done.

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by kirbic

Comment by rich:
Terrific finish Kirbic - when I saw this one and a few others I put aside any hopes of getting a ribbon in this challenge. Stellar work.

Wild Blue Yonder
by kirbic

Comment by tfaust:
This is just cool... Someday I really want to attend the EAA at Osh Kosh. Congrats on another ribbon!