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What has four legs and flies?
What has four legs and flies?
emfisher


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Agassiz BC, Canada
Date: May 12, 2007
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/1250
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

I took this when I first got my digital SLR, with my wide angle kit lens, when I still shot mainly in RAW. I took it on the fly (no pun intended) and was actually shooting pictures of groups of cows mostly. Then I zapped myself on their electric fence and spooked them all away.

I used the raw conversion in Photoshop CS2 to lighten it a bit and increase the saturation. After that I used a new adjustment layer (brightness contrast) of just the nose to bring out the drips on the nose and some more detail there. Finally I sharpened the entire work with unsharp mask and cropped it to produce better composition.

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Votes: 471
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03/17/2009 11:48:22 PM
LOL at the title! Disgusting flies though. Cute picture of the horse or cow's nose.
03/17/2009 09:11:25 PM
Oh, that's just gnatsy! I do love a good joke though...
03/17/2009 04:48:40 PM
Interesting commentary piece and very well captured.
03/17/2009 11:45:31 AM
Good idea and nice joke.
03/16/2009 10:54:06 PM
A fly of a moo moo. You had a good capture for de tail.
03/16/2009 08:49:30 PM
Oh, poor cow. That must be so annoying.
03/16/2009 01:02:41 PM
HAHAHA! Great title! Cool shot too.
03/16/2009 12:49:39 PM
and hundred flies.. hm well gross! lol :))
sorry just three from me , coz I dont find it so interesting as you probably do...

good luck though and take care ;D
brano
03/16/2009 12:15:47 PM
I'm affraid this is not a very appealing image...
03/16/2009 09:54:24 AM
Ew, definitely got a visceral reaction from me on this one, which to me means that it's a great shot.
03/16/2009 07:57:30 AM
This is a fascinating image. Has kept me looking for quite a while. I love the bokeh - a real impressionist feel, and the frozen motion of the flies is great. The composition, while unconventional, works well for me.
03/16/2009 04:09:05 AM
Cute title. kind of gross though.
03/16/2009 03:46:48 AM
Good sharp detail in the flies. Well taken.
03/16/2009 01:34:53 AM
A Cow?

Unique perspective, and good focus.
03/15/2009 11:07:16 PM
The only thing I can say is: Poor cow!!!
03/15/2009 10:05:15 PM
Funny ... no way this could smell good
03/15/2009 09:40:28 PM
Funny and disturbing!
03/15/2009 06:52:30 PM
A cow has four legs and a LOT of flies!
03/15/2009 04:34:29 PM
Makes me itchy just looking at it.
03/15/2009 12:04:24 PM
Eww, what detail!!! This certainly is different.
03/15/2009 09:07:14 AM
Uggh!
03/15/2009 09:04:54 AM
fun and creative capture - good luck
03/15/2009 08:23:02 AM
This phot needs to be sharper and I would have like to have seen the animals eyes.
03/15/2009 07:05:42 AM
Look!...no flies on me. Moooooooooooo. Is this really the best photo you ever took and your hidden gem?
03/14/2009 10:51:38 PM
Not sure this is an attractive picture. You've certainly done a great job of capturing lots of detail.
03/14/2009 10:24:24 PM
Interpretation of Topic: Very Creative!!!
Photography: Good
Viewers Reaction: So Funny!
03/14/2009 10:06:17 PM
square crop? would really bring the viewer nose to nose with your subject jmo
03/14/2009 08:12:39 PM
excellent focus on that bodypart, I am sure some may not fine it that appealing. nice one IMO, 6
03/14/2009 08:12:23 AM
Not very attractive, but it's a nice closeup with all the light on the nose.
03/14/2009 05:47:26 AM
lol, great joke :)
03/14/2009 02:05:31 AM
Yuck. Not a pleasing shot, but lots of instant impact.
03/13/2009 09:52:17 PM
comical title :) nice focus on the main subject.
03/13/2009 07:20:36 PM
ooooooo! that is nasty...great focus (not for us) and colors...oooo
03/13/2009 02:44:55 PM
Don't quite know what to say. It's cool that you caught a fly in mid air on the right.
03/13/2009 02:05:18 PM
Ohh... that's kinda gross. Composition is rather off balance, I kinda wish the cow's nose was centered.
03/13/2009 12:32:32 AM
Nice macro.
03/12/2009 04:58:30 PM
what? i give in :)
03/12/2009 04:27:54 PM
Must be awful having flies on your nose - lovely unusual picture :)
03/12/2009 01:30:21 PM
Back to comment: You made me laugh out loud at work with that title. Shame on you.
03/12/2009 01:22:06 PM
Good capture. I think a tighter crop would make it feel a bit more "polished" -- this frame has an accidental feeling to it. If you were going for accidental, you did well. :)
03/12/2009 12:21:56 PM
i just crinkled my nose at this sight of this. hey, at least it evoked a physical reaction unlike 95% of the photos here. (7)
03/12/2009 12:15:21 PM
cropping a little more from the left and bottom would make this a little better. still a nice shot
03/12/2009 07:18:31 AM
Oooo yuck. All of those flies! Nice detail on the nose tho and you even have a fly flying. Good on you for that!
03/12/2009 05:13:50 AM
LOL! Good bovine humor!
03/11/2009 08:50:15 PM
Ewe! You have certainly created an emotional response in me.
03/11/2009 07:40:58 PM
Amazing but really, really gross.
03/11/2009 06:49:29 PM
Great capture. Excellent detail.
03/11/2009 06:07:44 PM
Haha! Great title for this image. The poor thing probably just wish it had a fly trap. =) Unique and interesting photo. Nice job on catching the flying ones on the side. Like the center focus here and your lighting is good.
03/11/2009 02:54:57 PM
Supercow! Poor guy, that must be a pain the butt.
03/11/2009 02:44:40 PM
kinda disgusting
03/11/2009 02:28:14 PM
Ewww... I like the title. Very real shot.
03/11/2009 12:56:17 PM
Great detail - even caught one little bugger flying down towards the bottom of the shot. Catchy title too!
03/11/2009 09:56:42 AM
poor cow
03/11/2009 09:35:51 AM
Poor thing!
03/11/2009 07:33:18 AM
ah, poor guy must be so uncomfortable, great shot
03/11/2009 02:30:57 AM
something smelly?


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