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HexAHome
HexAHome
Dennisheckman


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Challenge: Constructed By Nature (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Home
Date: Feb 16, 2010
Aperture: f16
ISO: 800
Shutter: 2.0 sec
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2010

I originally wanted to capture something like a cave or some really awesome ice structures, but I saw this wasp nest in my shed from last summer and thought..hmmm...Things Made by Nature...Perfect!

I used 68mm worth of extension tubes along with the Canon 100mm macro lens.

adjusted exposure a bit in Lightroom
adjusted black levels
adjusted fill light
adjusted brightness a bit
added a very light vignette
opened in PS CS4
sharpened using Noiseware Pro
USM
adjusted levels slightly
Contrast slightly
resized and submitted


Statistics
Place: 24 out of 119
Avg (all users): 6.2124
Avg (commenters): 7.4545
Avg (participants): 6.1020
Avg (non-participants): 6.2429
Views since voting: 1050
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 226
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/23/2010 09:59:03 PM
Great lighting and focus. I hope this makes the front page.
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02/23/2010 12:09:51 AM
Very interesting! It's not often we see a hive!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/22/2010 07:24:48 PM
Nice job on the DOF. The detail is very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/22/2010 06:44:38 AM
My favorite of the challenge. It's different from everything else, and it is in fact something that nature constructed, instead of being born naturally. Do I make any sense? I hope so.
Anyway, great job. Very cool DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/21/2010 11:45:41 AM
Unusual, well done
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02/20/2010 07:58:28 PM
nice close capture. a little dull and a little dark on the right, maybe a tighter crop. 5 ETA: after going back, i only gave 4 photos a 5 on this challenge and this shouldn't have been one of them. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/19/2010 01:03:54 PM
a bee or hornet or honey will make look nicer home
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/18/2010 08:45:51 PM
what is this, something to do with a bee?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/18/2010 12:33:27 AM
amazing....how did you shoot this?
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02/17/2010 12:07:44 PM
Really Good
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02/17/2010 05:52:34 AM
nice macro, like the dof 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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