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08/07/2007 11:37:51 AM |
Excellent capture! Sharp, clear, clean and very crispy!
By the way, you've doing very well with your new camera, Lynn. I also love wild flowers, but don't know the names of anyone. Great job on your front page!!! |
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07/19/2007 11:56:33 PM |
| Oh wow! Nice job capturing all the detail of this fly! |
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07/15/2007 09:22:38 PM |
| Nicely captured..... I love the title..... |
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07/11/2007 06:26:43 PM |
Originally posted by Tuckersmom:
Now that is one gorgeous flower perfectly captured. LOVE IT. The green is such a nice soothing green and the white just pops. Detail is great and the fly is a nice touch (although I'm not much of a bug person). Only one thing I would change and this is really picky, I know, would be to remove that little piece of debris on that one leaf on the right side. |
I agree with everything except removing the debris ... hey, that's nature. Love it as it is. This is an absolutely fantastic shot. Beautiful!!!! |
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07/10/2007 01:25:38 AM |
| That is a strange looking pointy little fly. I love the leaves for this flower. |
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07/03/2007 09:26:38 PM |
| Oh, that is not a pretty bug! Interesting contrast to have that hairy-looking beast on top of the delicate, pale flower ... |
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07/03/2007 08:57:40 PM |
| Now that is one gorgeous flower perfectly captured. LOVE IT. The green is such a nice soothing green and the white just pops. Detail is great and the fly is a nice touch (although I'm not much of a bug person). Only one thing I would change and this is really picky, I know, would be to remove that little piece of debris on that one leaf on the right side. |
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07/03/2007 01:20:41 PM |
| So clear! Snow-on-the-mountains are beautiful, and you did them justice with this image. |
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07/03/2007 08:17:00 AM |
| Beautiful focus, great detail! I'm glad we don't get those types of flies around here! |
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07/03/2007 05:21:45 AM |
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07/03/2007 04:32:56 AM |
| Nicely captured! Look at those hairy legs..... Wonderful detail! |
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07/03/2007 01:52:38 AM |
in the words of Mick Jagger: "Hey! You! Get offa my flower!" :)
A robber Fly, eh? I guess this must be some sort of surveillance photo then. LOL
Oh sorry - I am in a weird mood tonight. The images is fantastic. Brad's edit makes it even more so - bringing out the detail in that criminal insect. :) |
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07/03/2007 12:43:00 AM |
| Nice detail on the fly and the flower! Either that is one big fly or a small flower. |
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07/03/2007 12:37:23 AM |
| I have been wondering what that flower is! That is one creepy looking fly! |
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07/03/2007 12:05:48 AM |
Originally posted by Brad:
The more I looked at this, the more I saw could be done with it: |
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it so much. I sent you a PM. |
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07/02/2007 11:55:49 PM |
| Snow on the mountain a great shade plant. I seldom notice them in bloom, this is great. |
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07/02/2007 11:45:03 PM |
What do you mean ooops it was set to 400? 400 is fine on the 350D/400D.
The tones & levels here look good, as is the sharpness.
The more I looked at this, the more I saw could be done with it:
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between them to see the changes easily)
What I did to it was to make a new layer and select the fly and bring some shadow detail out, then history brush everything back that wasn't the fly. Then made a new layer via copy, used the selective color adjustment, yellow, and added 20% yellow, and erased back all teh leaves to make sure I didn't change their subtle tones. Flattened. Then using the color picker tool (eyedropper), I selected a rather bold yellow (hex#faee2e), and using a soft-edged brush in color burn mode at about 6%, painted over the yellows in the flowers, repeating a few times until it looked plausible without over-saturation. Overlay mode would work as well, and would not alter the base pixels. When done, I flattened and went to selective color adjustments and bumped the whites just a touch.
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07/02/2007 11:03:23 PM |
| Odd combination, but nice shot! |
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07/02/2007 10:44:14 PM |
| Odd combination leads to a nice image. That robber fly does look like a thief. :) |
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07/02/2007 10:40:07 PM |
| So many different flowers, so little time! "D This is a nice comp & thank you very much for the information. Bugs & flowers go together like PB&J! |
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07/02/2007 10:33:43 PM |
Haven't encountered Snow on the Mountain before. Great photo.
The flower is so tailored and the fly is very hairy and filigree.
The contrast is really interesting.(I'm a big bug fan anyhow.) |
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07/02/2007 10:30:42 PM |
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07/02/2007 10:23:16 PM |
| Beautiful focus and detail. Lovely colors. |
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