Day 27: The Fog
by Blue Moon

Comment by TCGuru:
That is so pretty... I wrote an awful story about fog once, it ate people!! LOL I do love to watch it roll up over the hills and under the trees though. Nice capture... really takes me to a place I used to love.

The New Happy Meal: Free Insulin with Every 800 Calorie Happy Meal!
by Blue Moon

Comment by Tammer:
Lol - I'm not sure how well of an advetisement this would make for a fast food place. I would have scored it higher without the medical objects.

The New Happy Meal: Free Insulin with Every 800 Calorie Happy Meal!
by Blue Moon

Comment by h2:
excellent idea, very well executed

The New Happy Meal: Free Insulin with Every 800 Calorie Happy Meal!
by Blue Moon

Comment by train:
This is probably a ribbon winner
Well thought out and a good message
Well done on this

The New Happy Meal: Free Insulin with Every 800 Calorie Happy Meal!
by Blue Moon

Comment by MacDonald:
Great statement and a good job photographing it too!

The New Happy Meal: Free Insulin with Every 800 Calorie Happy Meal!
by Blue Moon

Comment by escapetooz:
I like the idea, I was thinking something similar myself but I don't think you quite pulled it off.

The Spider and the Fly
by Blue Moon

Comment by cosmin_m:
In my experience the s3 is focuses better (on auto) when using the super-macro. For this shot I would have used the manual focus and at least 200 iso (or try to obtain more natural light) and also maybe tried to get closer to the subject.
On the spider shots i try to get the spider and the web in focus, this usually means a shallow angle on the web plane... i'll try to find an example for this.
Also it seems to me this image is either a heavy crop or the photo quality was set on low when the picture was taken. Maybe an USM followed by noise removal would have rendered a better look to the picture.

You have some great shots, but this one is not. Didn't voted, but I wouldn't have given more than 5.

Please note that I consider i don't have the necessary skills to post images to this site yet, so take my advices with a grain of salt :)

Day 32: The Spider and The Fly Outtake
by Blue Moon

Comment by MudHut:
This is the better of the two. Its more dramatic with the web around the fly

The Spider and the Fly
by Blue Moon

Comment by MudHut:
I didn't vote in this challenge nor have I read the comments on this shot. I find this shot uninteresting because its so centred in the frame. Its quite hard to separate visually the fly from the spider. The composition is very plain. Just from seeing the thumbnail of the outtake it appears the better shot of the two. Also I don't know the Stones track. Maybe if you had chosen a better know Stones song to shot, your votes would have gone up ??Hope this helps sorry. Graham

The Spider and the Fly
by Blue Moon

Comment by Gordon:
Since you asked for comments:

For a macro shot - it isn't particularly sharp - we are all spoiled by tack sharp macro images of bugs and spiders, so this is lacking.

It also isn't particularly close up - maybe 90% of the frame is background and the subject gets lost. What is there is bang in the center of the frame, which isn't usually the most dynamic composition.

The background & light or lighting isn't particularly interesting or appealing either.

Hopefully some of that helps explain the score.

Message edited by author 2007-08-11 18:12:27.