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Starfish
Starfish
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Challenge: Wildlife II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
Location: East Sussex. UK
Date: Jan 23, 2006
Aperture: f9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2006

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Place: 96 out of 261
Avg (all users): 5.7590
Avg (commenters): 6.0500
Avg (participants): 5.3465
Avg (non-participants): 5.9394
Views since voting: 914
Views during voting: 411
Votes: 332
Comments: 20
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01/31/2006 09:21:22 PM
The lighting is just right for this.
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01/31/2006 04:34:08 PM
Beautiful lighting.
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01/31/2006 03:24:47 PM
wow that is truly amazing!
01/30/2006 01:00:43 PM
Very nice photo, but I don't think it fits the category of "non-domesticated mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians"
01/30/2006 11:29:22 AM
Beautiful lighting and colors.
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01/30/2006 11:29:18 AM
great colors!
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01/29/2006 08:53:08 PM
Nice lighting. Starfish are not included in the challenge description.
01/29/2006 07:09:15 AM
I recognize that starfish :) Good luck
01/29/2006 01:43:11 AM
hope you threw it back in the water after taking the shot ;) I like the angle its interesting along with the crop and feeling of the sun .. nice work :)
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01/28/2006 08:12:41 AM
Even with the seaweed, this starfish is really a sharp, colorful and textured well taken image.....
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01/27/2006 03:17:35 PM
May be a different angle could make this more interesting... You know, the colors and the lighting are just perfect, but I see a very... dull and common angle...
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01/27/2006 01:06:52 PM
I like the contrasting textures, the lighting, and the subject. Nit pick - cropped off an arm...which should regenerate over time.
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01/26/2006 05:41:53 PM
I have so wanted to find one of these myself!! Just like Rupert Bear.....7
01/26/2006 02:51:59 PM
Beautiful photo, but not, "a mammal, bird reptile or amphibian."....3
01/26/2006 03:36:34 AM
You have cut of a tentacle: which is a very sad thing, too bad. Cutting of little pieces of persons is a stupid mistake to make as a photographer, mind this in future photographs!
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01/25/2006 06:51:25 PM
5 - Looks like good potential with the colors and natural sunlight. Criticism; sharper, the 'arm' not cropped/chopped and a little more space perhaps on the left/bottom make this even better in my opinion. Good 'find' in a seemingly natural environment. Yes they are 'animals', if interested some more info: Answers.com on Starfish (Sea Stars) Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Echinodermata, Class: Asteroidea and from Enchanted Learning - Sea Stars "Sea stars (also known as starfish) are spiny, hard-skinned animals that live on the rocky sea floor. These invertebrates are NOT fish; they are echinoderms.
Diet: Sea stars are carnivores (meat-eaters). They eat clams, oysters, coral, fish, and other animals. They push their stomach out through their mouth (located on the underside of the sea star) and digest the prey. Anatomy: Most sea stars have five arms (or a multiple of five) that radiate from a central disk. Sea stars do not have a brain; they have a simple ring of nerve cells that moves information around the body. Eyespots (primitive light sensors) are at the tip of each arm. If a sea star's arm is cut off, it will regenerate (regrow). Classification: Kingdom Animalia (animals), Phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms), Class Asteroidea (sea stars), about 2,000 species. "
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01/25/2006 02:16:54 PM
Probably not to wild, LOL. I do like the shot.
01/25/2006 10:45:54 AM
Nice color and interesting subject. I'm not sure if I love this angle of view. I realize it helps the viewer see the star shape but it looks a bit flat to me. I would suggest a much lower angle of view to capture the light slanting across the starfish which would bring out more detail in the texture and heighten the drama a bit. It also solves the problem of the photographer casting a shadow over the subject which looks like what might have happened here.
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01/25/2006 10:34:04 AM
Great lighting, good definition. Wish I could see the rest of that one ray.
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01/25/2006 05:26:13 AM
Maybe the whole starfish would have been just a little better.
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