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Hornet in Hiding
Hornet in Hiding
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shallow DOF IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: home
Date: Sep 8, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 80
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 8, 2008

 This hornet had the pleasure of being nuked by me, along with his 20 buddies. We had two nests about 3 feet apart. A few fell, so after a few days I decided to shoot a few of them in the adjacent flower bed. I tried for a few weeks to get a shot of them while alive, but I couldn't go through with it.

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 324
Avg (all users): 5.3315
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0122
Avg (non-participants): 5.5882
Views since voting: 820
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 184
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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SiPix Blink
 11/14/2008 12:06:37 PM
I really like the way that you've focussed the attention on the eye.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/08/2008 02:59:10 PM
I think it's a good shot, but not a good subject for shallow DOF because of the nature of this shot you were always going to be minimising your impact, the fact that the flower has become your main element is I believe the reason you scored quite low.

Still an interesting shot though and it certainly looks like he is about to jump out from his hiding place :)
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/08/2008 05:47:16 AM
That score does seem a bit low.

I think it would have been better to have more of his face (head) in focus. As it is you have one eye and part of the antennas. I think that is a waste of your focus plane, which is already limited by shooting in macro.

Perhaps you were trying to show the hornet as hiding before it attacks, but the huge flower at the bottom half of the picture is unnecessary. If you can get a closer crop, I would crop more of the flower.

I don't have much success with macros myself, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 09/11/2008 08:26:33 PM
Could the colours have been any more smashing? :) My word, some folk have all the photo opp luck.
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/10/2008 01:40:41 PM
Eeek, that's a bit frightening. Nice colors, DOF and interesting subject.
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