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One Square Meal
One Square Meal
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Challenge: Square (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-S85
Location: my apt.
Date: Jan 26, 2003
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2003

I should have included something to show how small these buggers are... sugar ants are miniscule! the crouton is smaller than a penny!

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Place: 146 out of 179
Avg (all users): 4.5585
Avg (commenters): 5.4167
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Votes: 188
Comments: 13
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02/09/2003 11:39:06 AM
Critique Club

Interesting concept. What would have made the execution better?

Well, the ants and the brown spots on the crouton are really close to the same color. So maybe you needed some lighting angle that would bring the ants out more. Otherwise they are kind of getting lost.

Maybe a dark bg would have worked better. More contrast.

Your shot is grainy. Which doesn't make sense because the DSC-85 is a really nice camera. Is this a tiny crop? Could you have gotten closer and cropped less? What would a shot looked like of one of the corners with an ant HUGE?

I like your suggestion about a penny for scale. Definitely would have tied it into 'real life' better.

I personally would also have probably shot it from a 'weirder' angle. I would have taken out of the box the absolutely squarest most perfect crouton in there, so the geometry would be impossible to miss. Maybe even gone in closer on an ant.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/02/2003 12:03:28 AM
Looks like it was toxic to the one on the bottom left...
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02/01/2003 11:20:15 PM
Not for me. The ants can have it. Wish it had been in a little better focus so the ants would really stand out. Especially the one falling off and the one laying on it's back. Looks like it wasn't good for them either. Nice photo.
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01/30/2003 08:35:28 PM
eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I love bugs and I see a square so I'll give you a 7. I think this shot would work better if the whole (crouton?) was if focus. Jacko. 7
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01/30/2003 02:24:04 PM
Composition: Good
Technical: Personally more DOF would be nice
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Really interesting pic, I'd just like to see more of it
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01/30/2003 12:40:35 AM
EeeeOooohhh. That's icky. But at least its nicely photographed.
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01/29/2003 08:14:15 PM
Really good creativity. I like how you put the ants on the piece of food.
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01/28/2003 02:39:07 PM
Intresting picture, what are they on???
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01/28/2003 12:20:45 PM
This is the nastiest picture I've ever seen, so I'll rate you on quality. I would have liked to see more clarity around the edge of the block.
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01/27/2003 09:10:21 PM
Wish everything was sharper.
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01/27/2003 05:30:11 PM
Eeeeew, and not really square anyway!! Focus is soft.
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01/27/2003 02:29:34 PM
are the ants dead or alilve?
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01/27/2003 03:42:36 AM
Square meal? Looks disgusting.
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