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Gazing Grasshopper
Gazing Grasshopper
jessielude


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Challenge: High Contrast IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G10
Location: Backyard
Date: Jun 25, 2009
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 1/100
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2009

I was playing with the flower from a recently picked bunch of crape myrtle blossoms and one fell in my firepit. I went to grab the camera since it had such great contrast and had a little visitor. He was sooo tiny! About 1/2" long. I wish I could have captured his translucency and wish he was a little more crisp but I had to settle to try to capture his vivid green on the black charcoal. I'd love critiques, especially bad ones.. I learn best that way!

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Votes: 132
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07/10/2009 01:45:11 AM
When shooting anything as small as these items are, it's a lot better if you can use a monopod to hold the camera steady. I guess that to get this, you had to go with what you had in hand. Another trick that I use often is to set the self timer to 2 seconds, which helps a lot with camera shake when I push the shutter button.
Composition could be improved by trimming off the bottom and left third, and ending up with the subjects in a diagonal , corner to corner. There is a lot of dark space, even though it has texture, in the left and lower areas that is not really adding punch to the effect of the shot.
I guess that what I am trying to say is to try to zoom or move in closer to the primary subjects if you can, when you shoot.
Keep shooting and enter often. A side challenge is a great way to find friends here, and get tons of good feedback if you have time to get into one.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/03/2009 04:52:47 PM
Challenge Relevance:6 Impact/Emotion/Mood:5.5 Technicals:6 Processing:5 Creativity:5.5
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07/01/2009 01:20:30 PM
bright color of flower out of dark stone.
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