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Liquefy
Liquefy
Blue Moon


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-12 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Date: Dec 7, 2008
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2008

 A beautifully disinigrating moth/butterfly I noticed in our old fountain one morning. One month later the wings (broken into more pieces) are still there.

crop, curves, changed color balance and sat to be more cyan-green, cloned out a black thing in the water by the wing which was really distracting, burned the wings and edges of water, smart sharpened, border, resized.

Voters might score me down for the center composition (since for the most part it is anti-photography to do centered things) but I really think it works best here. Also, you can still see the dead fly and the random wing and leg when it's composed like this.

Statistics
Place: 170 out of 407
Avg (all users): 5.7329
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6542
Avg (non-participants): 5.8889
Views since voting: 911
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 161
Comments: 16
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 03/17/2009 04:40:07 PM
Love the idea, and the way you carried it out. Beautiful.
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 02/20/2009 03:24:25 PM
Nothing really dies, just absorbed by something else...
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 01/10/2009 09:36:21 AM
You really presented a unique find in a most interesting composition - Centered works well!
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 01/08/2009 03:03:51 AM
Excellent image, well done for seeing something beautiful there. The centering works well for what is essentially an artistic take on a specimen shot :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2009 09:23:05 PM
someone shot pointandshoot right in the heart. the king is dead. love live the king!
 01/07/2009 02:25:57 PM
6 - Like this. I do like that this is centered, but wonder if it might have been even stronger less centered (or maybe a framing variation (more rectangular))... but your call. (PS - Thanks for the spelling lesson)
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 01/07/2009 05:32:13 AM
I wish all DPC insect shots were this good! No, I suppose I don't because then I might not enjoy this one as much as I do. Great title, BTW.
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 01/03/2009 11:18:19 PM
SPLAT!
 01/03/2009 09:33:41 PM
all you need is a reflection of someone in the water and you have "Silence of the Lambs":) i like the texture in both the wings and the stuff floating on the water
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 01/03/2009 05:46:24 PM
Bad day to me a moth! I like the colors and centered placement of the subject.
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 01/03/2009 07:03:42 AM
woah! a bodyless butterfly! interesting shot
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 01/02/2009 08:16:24 PM
This has to be one of the most original photos in the challenge and more interesting for its originality. Thanks for taking a risk with it.
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 01/01/2009 06:43:13 PM
That is a really neat image. The background works very well.
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 01/01/2009 12:48:27 PM
Yuck! But very good job of it! I wouldn't have thought you could make this look so good.
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 01/01/2009 08:44:41 AM
Sadly beautiful. That wing/leaf to the side off sets the centering of the moth.
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 01/01/2009 01:05:13 AM
Very well composed. Kind of a morbid shot and I like it!
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