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Baby Aphid
Baby Aphid
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Challenge: Insects II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax FA D 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Location: Japan, at school
Date: Apr 12, 2007
Aperture: 0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2007

Rotated, Autosharpened, resized, autosharpened, saved.

Taken with 50mm macro lens plus extension tubes.

The greenish blob at the right is a full-size aphid.

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 180
Avg (all users): 6.1414
Avg (commenters): 7.4118
Avg (participants): 6.0805
Avg (non-participants): 6.1892
Views since voting: 936
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 198
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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04/25/2007 07:22:54 AM
Man - I had really hoped to see this one place much higher. Great colors, great model. This was just a fun pic that really made me smile. Excellent image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/22/2007 08:54:51 PM
Phot0genic too...7
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04/21/2007 11:07:02 PM
That's pretty small. Good find!
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04/21/2007 10:31:04 PM
Neat catch and title.
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04/20/2007 07:59:11 AM
Great color and very close, Great job
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04/18/2007 02:10:15 AM
nice DOF
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04/16/2007 08:51:53 PM
great subject for a minimal challenge. bump
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04/16/2007 05:30:11 PM
Nice DOF (or is it too much?). Anyway, I like it!
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04/16/2007 04:48:27 PM
how cute!!! i love it, i dont know what that shiney thing is next to the aphid but its a tad destracting but i still love this picture
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04/16/2007 04:28:38 PM
Quite remarkable to see the world that is aphid sized. Very good.
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04/16/2007 04:08:15 PM
Great macro. Perfect DOF...
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04/16/2007 01:32:58 PM
Very good DOF.....great colour and clarity. Those aphids are tiny so you did a great job.
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04/16/2007 11:52:57 AM
Great colors! nice crisp and bright.
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04/16/2007 10:53:32 AM
This is so good! I love the minimalist feel you've created. the perspecitve is awesome!
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04/16/2007 09:36:08 AM
I love this shot. Great DOF, beautiful colors, sharp detail where needed. I hope this scores well for you. Bumping up to 9.
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04/16/2007 09:10:18 AM
There are some very great details in this extreme close-up of this aphid's world - right down to the tiny legs and the eye on this creature. This photo really brings us an up close and personal view of this tiny creature that we would normally not see. Lighting is wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated very well. Hmmmm, while a greater DOF would capture all the details of the foreground and background of the flower I wonder if that level of detail would greatly 'hide' the aphid from view - it certainly may make it harder to notice. Here the lack of detail in the front and back of the flower makes the eye travel to where there is a greater level of detail and thus we spot the aphid more readily. But if anytime in the future you do wish to get a greater DOF where both the background and foreground are in sharp focus and get lots of detail all you need is a tripod, a higher aperature setting (F8 or higher), and slower shutter speed (and hopefully the bug will not move when one is doing this;-) ).
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04/16/2007 08:45:28 AM
Your control of the DOF here is a marvel. What an absolute pain in the rear this must have been trying to get the right area to show clear and probably quickly with what appears to be a live insect. Nice work.
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04/16/2007 08:30:38 AM
I like the narrow DOF.
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