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Fighting Back
MaryO


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Challenge: We Have A Story To Tell (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 31, 2013
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 2800
Shutter: 1/1250
Date Uploaded: Jul 31, 2013

 Spent hours watching this mantis miss one meal after another. Most of the butterflies he captured managed to escape. This one did a split second after I took this.

I admit to being obsessed by bugs in the summertime, so my stories take place on a macro sort of level. Hoping this will not be interpreted as too dark or negative for the challenge. It's a predator/prey fight, but it is a fight, not a surrender to the inevitable.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, levels, CEP (tonal contrast, vignette), dupe layer (blur, erase bugs, reduce opacity and flatten), Nik Silver Efex (sepia sort of thing), flattened in multiply mode, resized, Nik Sharpen, touched up zaggies/noise in a few places, added border.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 91
Avg (all users): 6.1165
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.8846
Avg (non-participants): 6.3529
Views since voting: 518
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 103
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 08/13/2013 09:14:44 PM
At first instant, beautiful - and then I see the grim reality of nature. Great capture and a good portrayal of 'story'.
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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/13/2013 07:18:42 PM
Great capture; right place at the right time.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 08/13/2013 02:27:39 PM
Incredible catch. Probably not much of a fight. bump
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/12/2013 10:35:15 AM
the eastern tiger swallowtail- my favorite butterfly, quite a shame, such is life...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 08/11/2013 10:39:05 PM
That is a really great closeup.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K5II
Pentax SMC DA 55-300mm F4.5-5.8ED
08/10/2013 11:41:05 PM
Nice job, tough catch. NV
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 08/10/2013 07:52:24 AM
Good for some.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 08/09/2013 10:05:29 AM
amazing capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-E1
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 08/08/2013 06:26:10 AM
What happened to "come to my parlor, said the spider to the fly'? Beautiful capture and all the stories we can relay from this. I love it!
Thank you for participating, I am honored! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 08/07/2013 02:34:38 PM
What a perfect metaphor.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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