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King of the Castle
King of the Castle
ChapmanStapleford


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Natural Light Indoors (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
Location: Mi casa
Date: Apr 12, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3.2 sec
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2010

 Found these two fighting for potted ficus sumpremacy.

Carried the bunch inside and set them near the window with a black cloth behind the set up.

Then really tweaked the whites, blacks, contrast and saturation.

Suprised it turned out like this, but I like it.

Statistics
Place: 96 out of 158
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Avg (commenters): 6.6000
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Views since voting: 835
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 202
Comments: 7
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Canon EOS-70D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 04/22/2010 08:47:13 AM
I've said this on a few other images, and again, I can't believe this didn't do better in this challenge. Interesting, well composed, sharp... anyway... heres a MUAIMHO as a small offering of compensation for the voting masses not recognising a wonderful photo.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 04/20/2010 10:31:16 AM
Wow, such contrast! Makes me wonder how you achieved this with natural light? Good stuff.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 04/17/2010 03:59:42 PM
wicked shot. nicely done!!
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/14/2010 08:48:56 PM
Do you have thes bugs INDOORS
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 04/14/2010 08:03:25 PM
I can only take it for granted that this was shot in natural light indoors as there are no visual clues telling me otherwise. One thing I might suggest to change about this is to zoom in closer or crop it square and get the most size out of the image to enjoy all the detail that is in the thistles and the bugs. It's not really rule of thirds or centered as far as a composition is concerned.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/14/2010 11:22:11 AM
What an odd mixture!!! What is the top bug and WHAT is that plant??? I like the lighting but the background is too flat sold
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 04/14/2010 04:17:15 AM
ok,,,,, would like to see this one littler closer,,,,,, nice one,,,,
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