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Challenge: Stock Photography II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Date: Mar 15, 2005
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2005

 Found this Preying Mantis sitting on top of this poor old "Happy plant" when I arrived home from work. Snapped him form our veranda hand held using the 200mm lens.

Adjustments
NEF
Layers
Levels
Curves
Brightness / contrast
Crop heavily.
USM
Dodge and burn
Select the eyes and darken the pupels
Clone at about 9% on top of the overexposed leaves.

Funny but the only part not sharp is the head. Maybe he was shakin? lol
Oops forgot neat image.

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 258
Avg (all users): 5.8054
Avg (commenters): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 5.7313
Avg (non-participants): 5.9195
Views since voting: 954
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 221
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2005 12:48:04 AM
Wonderful shot-i love the green on green..excellent composition,, where you placed the subject, it gives the whole thing a great context.
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 03/26/2005 10:29:48 PM
wish the antenaes were clearer...great image overall 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/26/2005 03:58:43 PM
Very cool!! No suggestions for improvement! You've nailed in here IMO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/23/2005 09:58:33 PM
I really like the photo but I wish the backgropund were something other than green in order to show more contrast.
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 03/23/2005 12:36:55 PM
Although the subject seems well focused, it tends to get lost in the dark background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2005 04:05:17 PM
great shot 10
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 03/22/2005 10:04:18 AM
Excellent composition. Great bokeh with loads of room for text or a title. The leaf on the right slightly distracting but I tip this for a top 10 finish.
Good luck 8 ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2005 01:21:24 AM
Fascinating creature and a wonderful nature shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 05:03:30 PM
wow. That is just a cool image. Excellent capture. And the greens are separated nicely. 8 will pass again. It reminds me of "Antz."
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 01:34:15 PM
cool shot, dig the composition
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 03/21/2005 11:21:24 AM
This is just amazing! It looks like it's posing for the shot!
It makes me imagine a tennis shoe add, for shock absortion, like for Mizuno or Nike!
LOVELY - 9.
Not giving it a 10 cz I think that that one only green leaf distracts a bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 08:44:49 AM
Nice catch, and a good background here. Maybe a little too much negative space for a stock photo, and a tighter crop/closer shot would give some more detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 08:18:41 AM
i would have lost the space / tighter crop
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 03/21/2005 12:36:31 AM
Wow! Tack sharp focus. Please PM me and let me know what setup u have. Great job. :))))
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