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Challenge: Fill the Frame (Classic Editing)
Collection: Macro
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: driveway
Date: Jul 25, 2003
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10/3200
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2003

This creature was hanging out on our rock wall earlier this week. It's horizontal wing span was between 4 and 5 inches, and its body was about 3 inches.

Rotated, cropped, saturated a touch, and unsharp mask.

Statistics
Place: 122 out of 142
Avg (all users): 4.7143
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 4.6023
Avg (non-participants): 4.9333
Views since voting: 1346
Votes: 133
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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08/08/2003 05:25:53 AM
hello from CC world Karma

Well, I guess this got pretty thoroughly talked about in the forums, so i don't know that I have much to add to my thoughts as expressed then.

Two things I will put here though, more relative to the reason it scored as it did rather than your photography - I'm sure you got the shot you wanted, and technically there's nothing to criticise.

Firstly i think it was unclear what the hell this was: some of the comments show that, and I had the same reaction - is this some kind off cuddly toy? So i think you perhaps needed to crop it less closely, or show more of it.

Secondly, location: it could really be anywhere, couldn't it? I'd have tried to include something that clearly placed it in a garden, as i think that is required by the challenge.

If you could have achieved both those things and still kept the detail of the furriness of it I think you'd have had a winner.

Good luck

Ed
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08/05/2003 01:43:06 PM
I like the amount of zoom you chose here. You captured alot of detail and I believe has more appeal than just a picture of a moth. What might of helped is just a slight different vantage point to show more of the face.

If I could have voted I probably would have given it a 7 or 8.
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08/05/2003 12:20:15 AM
I'm saddened by your low score, Karma. The focus is wonderful.
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08/04/2003 06:10:40 AM
Lol at how low this is. You did too good a job people thought it was a stuffed animal!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/03/2003 11:17:53 PM
It fills the frame, but...what is it? I feel like I'm missing too many pieces of this subject to figure it out....
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08/03/2003 08:57:27 AM
Is it a moth? Very hard to tell. Technically an excellent shot, I like the colours and you've got a nice combination with the DOF and the shard detail on the left side. Good job, look forward to finding out what it is.
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08/01/2003 02:09:46 PM
i dunno what this is, but i think it could either be a very good macro of a hairy spider... or else its a soft toy or something. the dof is nice, but i dont really see any real focal point of the photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/01/2003 02:24:21 AM
Eww creepy! What is it? I guess it is a macro of some bug right? Whateva, it looks good. Cool colors and DOF. And FURRY!!
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07/28/2003 07:42:02 PM
I have no idea what is this photo about,looks like an accidental shot!
07/28/2003 02:50:33 PM
I can't tell what this is, but the detail/focus is great. The colors are a bit drab.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/28/2003 12:37:53 PM
What the heck....?
Even though I can't figure out what it is, I like the color and DOF. Nice pic. Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/28/2003 09:13:47 AM
Can't figure out what it is.... Cool DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/28/2003 02:46:26 AM
Can't quite work this out - could be a moth, cuddly toy? Good shot and keeps me guessing.
07/28/2003 12:43:01 AM
what the heck is it??


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