DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Hey buddy, can you pass the salt?
Hey buddy, can you pass the salt?
DrAchoo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Popcorn (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
Location: Camas, WA
Date: Nov 6, 2007
Aperture: 1/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Humorous, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 6, 2007

Found this guy this morning and I just couldn't help it. If I get the DNMC vote, well, I can't totally blame them, but there is popcorn in the shot, eh?

Converted from RAW, very small S/H, hue shift on the blues (to compensate for monitor RGB), sharpen.

POST: Ahhh, sweet 4th. It's been a while, but it still feels cozy like home. ;) I would have actually felt sorta bad if this had ribboned because I really thought it would get a 5.5.

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 74
Avg (all users): 6.6741
Avg (commenters): 8.0800
Avg (participants): 5.9730
Avg (non-participants): 6.7681
Views since voting: 3379
Views during voting: 536
Votes: 313
Comments: 38
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
02/22/2008 10:40:14 PM
I love this picture
and the title is perfect
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/06/2007 06:19:18 PM
P E R F E C T.............
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/16/2007 05:15:41 AM
Whew. I was getting worried there for awhile. You had several not-4ths recently. This is more like it. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 05:51:44 PM
Congrats on # 10 (4ths that is)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 03:29:51 PM
haha..love it and the title!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 12:18:04 PM
I was right. Nice shot, Doctor, and congrats on an HM.

edit: What, do you have these things in a terrarium or something?

Message edited by author 2007-11-14 12:18:55.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 06:38:32 AM
Well aren't you active. Sorry you didn't get the yellow but still a good finish. I had a feeling it was yours but I thought that you would only enter so many challenges during the DPL. hahaha Congrats on a wonderful image and 4th place.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 02:29:10 AM
I found this image brilliant. Great colours, saturation and quite sharp. Not to mention it's very funny. It deserved to ribbon imho... not that you need it, of course ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 02:10:42 AM
Foreground Bokeh, wrong challenge, Ha,Ha. good fourth.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 12:21:31 AM
I'm pretty sure if you shot for the brown you'd still pick up another honorable mention.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 12:09:24 AM
The Green Monster strikes again! ;-P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2007 12:07:16 AM
He, he, another 4th? Who would have thunk it! :))))
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/13/2007 04:40:22 PM
Bold blue and really tight focus make this work, unlike so many of the other popcorn and bug images. Think you're the winner so far. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/13/2007 01:48:52 PM
Very nice color and clarity!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/13/2007 12:31:37 AM
Not really a picture of "popcorn" though, is it? :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/12/2007 10:47:46 PM
that's really cool!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/12/2007 10:19:06 PM
wonderful dof. great comp and color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/12/2007 05:46:47 AM
very nice and creative, perhaps though a bit tighter on the mantis and more angle down next time. plus brighter mantis.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/12/2007 02:51:59 AM
:) I like the thought and creativity.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/11/2007 11:02:22 PM
The blue background works very well to set off the mantis and popcorn.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/11/2007 10:06:55 PM
Awesome shot, great DOF, great colors and a very interesting little friend!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/11/2007 08:21:32 PM
My first 10. He's a beaut.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/11/2007 02:58:16 AM
I'll pass the salt if it passes me the shoe(horn) to squash it. :P No vote.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/11/2007 02:39:05 AM
I usually don't care for the "bug" images, but this one caught my eye and it is very well done. I think it is the rich blue background that "makes" the image for me. Nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/10/2007 07:48:52 PM
OMG! What a shot!!! So dynamic! Well Done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/10/2007 12:23:56 PM
this better ribbon. Its very good. I like the background color too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/10/2007 11:57:38 AM
The insect and background are awesome.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/10/2007 05:13:38 AM
Quite inspired.

Surely a ribbon ?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/09/2007 02:01:48 PM
Somehow, I don't think the Media Wizards of Madison Ave. were behind this image...but I bet I know who was. We shall see.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/09/2007 12:27:54 PM
Very creative. Love the pose. My pick for the blue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/09/2007 08:12:55 AM
Watch out little fella, there's a big hairy spider crawling around there somewhere.

Love it. Surprising, great sharpness, lighting and color. This one rocks (9)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/08/2007 11:23:26 PM
Haha!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/08/2007 07:46:20 PM
Hey - is this preying mantis abuse?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/08/2007 05:53:24 PM
Very clever photo for this challenge, maybe needs a bit more DOF up front. Nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/08/2007 09:02:26 AM
Not his natural habitat, is it? Nicely done, though a slightly odd combination.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/07/2007 09:33:54 PM
Like the front bokeh... a week to early :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/07/2007 05:44:41 AM
nice idea, a bit too much oof foreground, a simple crop could fix it, good lighting and use of colors 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/07/2007 04:54:16 AM
great fun title and image
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/18/2024 07:17:56 PM EDT.