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A Soft Look.
A Soft Look.
BrianR


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Challenge: Insects II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
Location: Home, Hervey Bay, Australia
Date: Apr 14, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Animals, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2007

 This effect was done deliberate, when the challenge came out I said to my self that there is going to be a large number of up close macro, sharp and distinctive, thought could I achieve the opposite with a soft style of capture and if I used a big lens, and a shallow DOF with the right background (not busy) it may just come off.

The background is the tiled roof on the house next door, the flowers are a butterfly bush in our garden, and you recognize the bee, lighting is natural 90deg to my right, the true focus is on the left stamens and the green seed cup, the bee is out of focus by the depth of field to create the soft effect, as well as a lot of waiting for a bee to fly into position.
Like the look I achieved, hope others do as well.

Many may not like it possibly a 4.5 will be close for DPC.

This exceeded my expecttations by 0.4141 I'm excited....

Sharpen more, twice.



Statistics
Place: 143 out of 180
Avg (all users): 4.9141
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.7093
Avg (non-participants): 5.0714
Views since voting: 914
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 198
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/23/2007 10:30:00 AM
One of my favorites in this challenge! The colors are great, the perspective! Great Job!
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/23/2007 10:23:27 AM
This is underrated in my opinion. It has excellent composition and bokeh. I imagine you got hurt in voting due to large area of negative space. I commend your artistic choice here, however. Great entry.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus C-2500L
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 04/22/2007 03:25:32 PM
Not much as a study of an insect, but I'll have to give you 7 for the pictorial quality and the resonant title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 04/17/2007 11:09:35 PM
good composition and bokeh
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2007 01:44:04 PM
Pretty colour in the flower. The bee doesn't look to be in focus and it's too dark in that area of the photo. Not sure I like the background colour, it makes everything look dull. Maybe a bighter colour would help this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 04/16/2007 03:47:22 AM
Ooo Very Pretty
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/16/2007 02:58:13 AM
nice capture, nice composition, nice colors! the insect is a little bit out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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