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Bejeweled Gecko - Hidden Apéritif
Bejeweled Gecko - Hidden Apéritif
HarveyG


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Treasures (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: Oct 4, 2009
Aperture: F/10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80s
Galleries: Animals, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2009

 Spotting such a well camouflaged Gecko was treasure enough for me...and getting his eye and the ant in focus while hand held at 1/80th of a second was tough. I only got about 10 or so shots of him/her.
Export from RAW, USM, cropped to make the Gecko main focus, and ant secondary, added border.
I wanted to call it "Aaaaachooo!" but thought that might not work with the Challenge Title...or the DNMC brigade who won't make the connection of sneezing Gecko, Airborne Ant, Lost Treasure (Food)...

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.2205
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.1656
Views since voting: 1422
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 195
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/29/2009 06:46:14 PM
Very cool. I think I saw one of those in Botswana.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/14/2009 01:05:48 AM
Originally posted by EstimatedEyes:
Angle of the shot hurts this and loses interest. Get down lower and shoot across his nose, not down at it. Too snapshottish to me, and not much tie to the challenge. Sorry. 4

ETA: I've looked again and I think I see what you're going for, with his tongue reaching into a crack. Hard to see against that background, and still doesn't conjure up a "treasure" to me, but bumping you up to a 5 because its closer than I initially gave you credit for.


Thx for commenting and ETA'ing. His tongue however is not poking out. I would have cropped this shot better if not for the ant...who is actually dangling on a spiders web!
 10/14/2009 01:03:39 AM
Thanks commentators (4 of you found Waldo, the hidden ant) and voters! I'm thinking 73 of the voters also spotted him. This challenge and the stats below tell me a lot about how DPC thinks and interprets them. I also realised that subjective/dubious challenges should result in a shot that almost needs to be in your face to do well.

<5 = 45 (I don't think they got it)
=5 = 77 (I think they did or didn't get it and were being kind)
>5 = 73 (I think they got it)

Message edited by author 2009-10-14 01:29:38.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/11/2009 08:32:27 AM
The ant as aperitif?5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/09/2009 04:49:35 PM
Angle of the shot hurts this and loses interest. Get down lower and shoot across his nose, not down at it. Too snapshottish to me, and not much tie to the challenge. Sorry. 4

ETA: I've looked again and I think I see what you're going for, with his tongue reaching into a crack. Hard to see against that background, and still doesn't conjure up a "treasure" to me, but bumping you up to a 5 because its closer than I initially gave you credit for.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/09/2009 01:35:45 PM
Matches the challenge, good focus. Solid 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2009 09:08:56 PM
i didnt see the "apertif" on my fist pass, which makes this an even better shot to meet the challenge. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2009 03:41:12 PM
wow
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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