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Challenge: Indoor Macro Shot III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Livingroom
Date: Jan 10, 2014
Aperture: 10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2014

This is a dead dragonfly that's been on my shelf for a little over a year. I blew the dust off of him with a can of air and rubbed his wings a little. At some point during shooting his head fell off and his little brain guts fell out. That was pretty gross.

Lightroom
Preset: A-Game 2
Graduated Filter
Exposure Adjustment

Photoshop
Cloned out a spot or two
Topaz DeNoise
Masked Vibrance layer
Masked Hue/Saturation layer
Masked Brightness/Contrast layer
Vignette
Dodging/burning
Resize/Sharpen x2
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 93
Avg (all users): 5.9294
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.9792
Avg (non-participants): 5.8649
Views since voting: 596
Views during voting: 181
Votes: 85
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)


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07/24/2014 02:49:33 PM
There is something to finding a beautifully colored dead creature, and thinking that the shell and much more is permanent, although life is fleeting...
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01/20/2014 04:22:21 PM
Your comment made me laugh, as I also have dead insects on a shelve with dust. This is one of my favorites of the challenge.
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01/20/2014 12:51:05 AM
This was one of my top 3. I'm sorry I didn't get back to comment, Michelle. I love this, and I was sort of kicking myself because I have the ingredients in my 'one day' shelf, but I didn't think of them. (And thanks for the warning about brain guts. I'll try to look after the head if I ever do get to try this.)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2014 10:40:21 PM
Gorgeous, top three for me!
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01/19/2014 09:40:05 PM
beautiful
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01/18/2014 04:23:24 PM
I love the stained-glass-like appearance of the wings.
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01/17/2014 12:07:29 PM
Beautiful detail on the wing
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01/16/2014 06:52:00 PM
Nicely collected.
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01/13/2014 09:44:01 PM
The title fits the image. Love the lighting/color in the wings.
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