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Cicada....A Shell of Itself
Cicada....A Shell of Itself
trevytrev


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Insects II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: St Louis
Date: Apr 12, 2007
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, DPChallenge GTGs
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2007

 Cicada shell taken with flash directly behind it. Would have liked not to have the darker edge on the left side but when I went to rearrange the flash I hit the shell and it fell and broke. I might get beat up on this since some might say it's not actually an insect anymore but a shell of an insect. I guess we will see.

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Statistics
Place: 47 out of 180
Avg (all users): 6.1618
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.9444
Avg (non-participants): 6.3333
Views since voting: 876
Views during voting: 436
Votes: 204
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 12/29/2008 01:14:21 PM
what a creepy cool photo. looks like somethign out of a nightmare
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 06/06/2007 07:04:30 PM
Oh, I just noticed this. I love empty cicada shells and am always trying to think of unique ways to photograph them. You have done a fantastic job here and I would have given this an 8 or 9.
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 04/24/2007 05:36:52 AM
YEAH! I was expecting this to do VERY WELL! It's a shame. WEll good work anyways!
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 04/23/2007 10:33:45 PM
47th? You were robbed.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/22/2007 11:12:50 PM
This one was hard for me to vote on, awesome picture!! Great compostion, clarity, and detail. But there is no insect in the piture. 7 anyway, great work.
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 04/22/2007 09:10:40 PM
wow, really cool photo - the lighting is fantastic
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 04/22/2007 02:14:19 PM
Great lighting, nice shot.
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 04/21/2007 02:13:32 PM
great sht
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 04/20/2007 09:18:16 PM
Amazing lighting. That thing seems to glow.
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 04/20/2007 02:29:34 PM
Very, very creepy and eery photograph. But it's definitely your skill in lighting this that makes it that way. Great job!
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 04/20/2007 10:11:52 AM
I love this one! Kinda grewsome (sp?) looking but very nice with the backlight and the transparancy of the shell. I do kinda get a sense of it not being in focus as much as it could....but that may just be me.
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 04/19/2007 12:51:49 PM
Cool!
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 04/18/2007 06:37:55 AM
My brother used to chase me around with cicada shells when we were younger. I hated those cicadas...but I love this one. Very well executed!
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 04/17/2007 10:25:42 PM
nice use of light.
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 04/17/2007 06:25:40 AM
nice lighting
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 04/17/2007 06:14:16 AM
ribbon?
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 04/16/2007 05:39:26 PM
Nice shot of a creep!
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 04/16/2007 03:11:00 PM
i love this perspective, very nice
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 04/16/2007 02:08:45 PM
Very good lighting. Excellent idea.
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 04/16/2007 01:36:26 PM
I've never seen one of these in real life (we don't have them here) and I am not sure I want to! Interesting lighting here, good detail.
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 04/16/2007 05:17:48 AM
This is a beautiful shot. The colours, translucence is beautiful. My favourite
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 04/16/2007 03:03:26 AM
real creepy, but great shot!
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