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09/14/2006 12:12:12 PM |
| beautiful macro! the colours and detail are superb!! |
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12/25/2005 07:56:43 PM |
| What an amazingly detailed image. I feel like I'm inside a nearby flower, observing! This is just lovely with the colors and clarity! |
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02/05/2005 05:54:45 PM |
As a former entomologist who nearly died from the arthropod-borne disease I was working with, I have a negative bias toward insect photos. However, I'm making an exception; your photo is extraordinary!
The emotional punch that your photo conveys is right up there with the best photos I've seen and judged. The clarity of detail in both the flower and the butterfly is truly wonderful. The mix of colors is breath-taking. And you have avoided the temptation to center your subject. I feel my eyes being led in a particular direction, regardless of where they start.
The use of a white background is at the same time very simple and very tricky. Your use of it has given the photo an almost painting-like quality to it. Keep up this wonderful work!
I give it a ten. |
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11/20/2004 08:41:26 PM |
| extraodinarey...great great great....congratulation |
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09/11/2003 02:04:11 AM |
| What a beautiful shot! Great color, composition, lighting, everything. One of the best photos I have seen here. |
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09/05/2003 10:46:10 PM |
| This photo is absolutely stunning! Definately going into my favorites. I am simply amazed with the talent at this website. Absolutely gorgoues! |
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06/24/2003 11:11:27 AM |
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06/22/2003 06:09:35 PM |
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06/20/2003 09:42:25 AM |
| I have only one BIG COMPLAINT!! why is this photo not offered as print for sale? Such a beautiful image. My very first reaction was to look for the "Order Print" button. Connie you actually have several images that I would love to hang around the house. |
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06/20/2003 12:43:47 AM |
Connie,
Congrats on an excellent image. You always seem to have the ability to "see" the world around you. Your insight into what can be done to create a wondorous experience for the viewer is extrordinary.
Bob
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06/20/2003 12:21:31 AM |
| As I already said in the early comments - this is the best photo I have seen on DP Challenge. Could you share what kind of portable light you used for the highlighting. Congrats on your placement. |
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06/19/2003 01:06:38 PM |
| See I knew you had a excellent image just not center court in a championship ball game still first in my heart and a favorite of mine. |
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06/18/2003 11:51:38 PM |
| Beautiful image, Connie. Congrats on the excellent finish! |
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06/18/2003 03:09:13 PM |
I always bring bugs & things into the house....lol
I had the vase and background already in place. (My background is a white stretchy material that I tack up tightly over the window with the sun coming in from behind.) You can use a handheld light to highlight the front of your subjects also. I gently put the butterfly on the flower. The butterfly will walk around on the flower and sometimes it will fly off but in most cases it will fly to a window so it's easy to get them and set back on the flower. When I am done I release them unharmed. I also use a small child’s net to catch things. Net is under $3.00 at wal-mart...
P.S it helps to a have a little patience when photographing small critters :)
Thanks everyone....
Connie
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06/18/2003 02:29:08 PM |
| My thought was the same as acab-lab...how did you get him to pose??? |
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06/18/2003 01:09:33 PM |
| Beautiful shot! Would love to know how you got him to pose like that after bringing him in the house, wow :) |
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06/18/2003 10:57:27 AM |
| Great shot..congratlations |
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06/18/2003 08:26:08 AM |
| wonderfl capture Connie. Congrats on the ribbon |
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06/18/2003 07:22:09 AM |
| definitely one of my favorites. awesome shot! |
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06/18/2003 03:16:38 AM |
God bless and take care Connie. Well deserved win :)
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06/18/2003 03:08:42 AM |
Congratulations, you are a very talented woman.
All you need is another RED ribbon for a Triple Triple on your ribbons.
I wish you a speedy recovery...... |
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06/18/2003 02:04:00 AM |
Connie, you're very talented. "Good Clean Fun" remains one of my favorite photos of all time (not just DPC). This time, you pulled it off marvelously with this flower and butterfly. Just goes to show flowers (an old cliché) can still be captured in all their visual splendor. (and I don`t like flower shots! LOL!) Congratulations. I think you well deserve your spot in the top 3 winners.
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06/18/2003 12:49:18 AM |
| Lovely shot! Another ribbon for your collection! Congrats! |
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06/18/2003 12:12:05 AM |
| like a painting, this is a beautiful shot. congratulations. I am sure yyou're very proud of it. |
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06/18/2003 12:07:16 AM |
| Beautiful Connie! Congratulations! |
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06/18/2003 12:05:43 AM |
| congratulations, connie! beautiful photo! |
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06/18/2003 12:02:54 AM |
| Beautiful Connie, as is all your work. Well done. |
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06/17/2003 05:25:11 PM |
| Is that a real butterfly? How the heck do some you guys get these incredible set-ups!?!?!?! What can you say.....this picture is simply amazing. |
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06/17/2003 11:07:12 AM |
| Very beautiful. Love the focus and the colors and the fact you captured this in a single photo and for the challenge. Now, this is going to sound strange coming from me, knowing my love for the perfect white background (which you've defintely achieved here, but it looks unnatural. I would fully expect some blurred green vegetation in the background. Plus, the angle of the flower and the butterfly on it looks a little strange, too. Regardless, focus and lighting is exquisite. (7) |
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06/17/2003 10:34:41 AM |
| Very striking. Lighting on butterfly seems good but seems a bit too much on the flower? 8 |
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06/16/2003 11:31:55 PM |
| The lighting and pure white backgraound are very effective. I love the butterfly and I love the flower even more. Together they are a bit much. |
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06/16/2003 10:14:09 AM |
| The photo is right on except the white, unnatural background. Entomologists like the real thing. |
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06/15/2003 06:55:55 PM |
| Such a delicate photo, and well lit. |
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06/15/2003 05:17:05 PM |
| IMO it looks too unnatural with that white background. |
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06/15/2003 03:52:58 PM |
| This is really nice... very professional looking. I like the white background, amazing you got the butterfly to stay for the photo? Is it a real, live butterfly? Very nice macro. The only thing I question would be if there is room to put in the type. Just a little something that might be important for the magazine cover... I'm sure there could be a way though. Nice job! Good luck! |
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06/15/2003 03:32:05 PM |
| Very nice, clean and simple. Nothing to distract the viewer's eye here. 8 |
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06/15/2003 12:59:25 PM |
| Very sharp and well posed...not sure how you got this one! Great idea. thanks |
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06/15/2003 08:51:14 AM |
| A little bright, but genuinely a good photo. |
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06/15/2003 08:07:33 AM |
| Beautiful, wouldn't change a thing. Perfect 10. |
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06/14/2003 09:32:05 PM |
| The best photo I have seen on DPChallenge - 10+++ |
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06/14/2003 04:19:57 PM |
| This image has a very high "WOW" coefficient. Good color, composition, preparation and a high degree of difficulty. |
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06/14/2003 04:07:23 PM |
| Ahhhhh this is a beautiful shot. My only real complaint is that the photo feels kinda out of place with the studio setup (i.e. white background). The butterfly alone, or the flower alone on the stark white is fine, but with both together my mind wants to know "where's all the grass, trees, and other greenage in the background?" |
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06/14/2003 01:27:48 PM |
| I like the lighting on this one - it makes for a very airy, ethereal effect that's so appropriate for your subject! Nice balance to the image, as well. |
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06/14/2003 12:54:18 AM |
This is a wonderful shot. It is a bit too high key for my taste.
This is a great shot. |
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06/13/2003 05:40:19 PM |
| I honestly can't find a single thing wrong with this photo...it's one if not the only photo in the entire challenge that I can acutally see being a magazine cover. Good job. 10. |
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06/13/2003 05:33:49 PM |
| beautiful shot, excelent coloring and lighting.....10 |
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06/13/2003 12:15:18 PM |
| excellent image the only way I believe is to cut this out an paste it to the white background let me know how you did this I want to give you a 10--thanks again I like your image a lot |
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06/12/2003 08:22:30 PM |
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06/12/2003 06:42:53 PM |
| this one is insane it is soooooooo cool.... fantastic job... this one should get a ribbon |
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06/12/2003 12:37:10 PM |
| It's just a matter of taste, but I don't particularly like the white background. However, this is an awesome shot. Your composition is just wonderful, and lighting couldn't be better. Sharpness is extremely good. Congratulations on a very good shot. 9 |
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06/12/2003 12:11:43 PM |
| Perfection, not a down side at all. well done.10 |
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06/12/2003 11:43:07 AM |
| Absolutely beautiful. Congrats! Very sharp, perfect exposure and lots of interesting color. 8 |
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06/12/2003 11:05:14 AM |
| very well done. I wonder how you were able to get this shot in front of a perfect white bgr. makes me think it was done in a studio... Maybe the butterfly is part of your personal collection, and the setup is a montage in studio. Makes me wonder... ;-) very good. 10. |
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06/12/2003 09:46:06 AM |
What Sharp & Beautifull Macro shot.
Perfectly composed, great colors and texture. I can see it on a cover. |
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06/12/2003 09:07:34 AM |
| Nice macro shot, just not sure about the white background. |
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06/11/2003 02:00:35 PM |
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06/11/2003 11:23:47 AM |
| Nice and crisp... simple and elegant -- could easily really be a magazine cover. Great work! - 10 |
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06/11/2003 10:35:07 AM |
| Pretty shot pretty colors pretty light |
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06/11/2003 10:17:52 AM |
I like the high contrast and clean look. great composition too. good job! 8 from me.
LM |
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06/11/2003 07:55:09 AM |
| Vry very nice picture, excellent composition, colors, but I do not know how you achive this without using computer. for me this looks like shot of the screen and there some job has been done in PS. but I do not want to give you low rate because of the rules! = 10 |
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06/11/2003 03:12:15 AM |
| Beautiful - a winner for me. My only 10 so far |
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06/11/2003 01:07:11 AM |
Very good, nice colors...
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