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Challenge: HDR V (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Date: Aug 8, 2014
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2014

The discarded exoskeleton of a Praying Mantis on a waterlily. Yes, it's weird, and harshly processed, which kind of suits the subject matter. No, I don't expect it to do well against gorgeous landscapes. But it might get a comment or two ;-)

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, NIK CEP (tonal contrast, detail extractor), resize, Topaz Detail, blurred background a little.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 55
Avg (all users): 5.6742
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.3889
Avg (non-participants): 5.8679
Views since voting: 374
Views during voting: 207
Votes: 89
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/20/2014 09:05:52 AM
Unique.
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08/19/2014 10:17:03 AM
A fascinating scene -- I love the texture and contrast of beauty and the beast. If I were to offer one suggestion, the dark areas look a little washed out. I might try bring up the black levels a bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/19/2014 06:16:34 AM
Lovely textures and feel! Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/16/2014 11:42:28 AM
The contrast and tone mapping got out of control here. For contrast, there is barely any. The histogram looks flat. The tone mapping causes things to bleed together.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/15/2014 07:45:29 PM
what is that? cool!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/15/2014 02:23:27 AM
Is he dead?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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