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Challenge: Free Study 2009-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 250D 58mm Close Up Lens
Location: Home, Washington, USA
Date: Aug 12, 2009
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/159
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 19, 2009

This fellow sat quite still on a big white lily for a long time while I figured out how to use this close-up lens I've had for a while but have never really practiced with.

-Handheld, Tv mode
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia TH = 5 (applied twice)
-Enlarge Canvas to make 2-pixel black border
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 177KB

Statistics
Place: 376 out of 414
Avg (all users): 4.8220
Avg (commenters): 5.4000
Avg (participants): 4.7766
Avg (non-participants): 5.0000
Views since voting: 1330
Views during voting: 208
Votes: 118
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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07/29/2019 02:24:24 AM
you're very lucky he stayed still while you figured things out ..
that is almost a miracle ..
so you are beating me in that respect .. that has NEVER happened for me ..
anyway .. i'm liking the details on his wing .. he looks like he could morph into a super hero any second .. a lot of those super heros have that plastic looking gear .. !!
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06/02/2010 08:43:33 PM
I quite liked it and gave it a 7 in voting!
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06/02/2010 06:31:26 PM
You're right; it is interesting to have unusual bits of a bug in focus. I don't think of bees as having muscles, but they do ... they must. You've succeeded in making me ponder the physiology of bees :-)
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06/02/2010 05:58:45 PM
Very clear and sharp.....nice!
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06/02/2010 05:37:01 PM
Bees are never easy to shoot as they rarely pose just the way you want them too ... I agree that having the head in focus is important but you have enough detail in this to give me the creepy crawlies :)
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06/02/2010 03:34:50 PM
Think the image needs the head of this fellow in focus and the green part on the bottom doesn't help the image very much. Still, it's a nice photo with some very nice details!
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09/09/2009 04:26:03 PM
Thanks for your comments. This one is pretty cool too--I like the yellow tuft of fur on his back. If only there was a little more light on its side, so you could see more detail in the black hairs. The wing and legs look great, though!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2009 08:16:46 PM
Would be better for me if the head was the focus of the shot. It's an odd composition as it is i feel. - (later) Actually, i've come back to this photograph and spent more time looking at it, and my initial thoughts have changed. I really do like it a lot more now. The unusual focus really makes the shot, give it a kind of mysterious air which can be lacking in a lot of the usual insect macro shots. It's great. Bumping my voting score from a 5 to an 8. I really like this!
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09/05/2009 03:00:17 PM
great macro
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09/01/2009 11:13:06 PM
Great Macro....a little too real for a bee phobic! LOL
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09/01/2009 09:37:02 AM
Generally, the head/eye of a living creature is the key area of interest and should be in focus. However, in this image most of the bee is out of focus and dark.
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09/01/2009 03:06:19 AM
I know taking such shots is really difficult but the lighting is poor in this shot & subject not looks so interesting.
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