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Scarab,Sand and Spiral
Scarab,Sand and Spiral
BrennanOB


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: South Yarmouth, MA.
Date: Jun 30, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250th
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2005

 My wife found this odd beetle on the beach on Cape Cod, i don't know where the odd yellow came from but I would guess it was the salt water. Shot in raw, converted slightly warmed to compensate for the overcast, then dumped to PS where I darkened it a bit in levels and USMed at 0,.5,160 and by mistake did it twice so I kept it that way. saved for web and usmed at 0,.5,60.

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 374
Avg (all users): 5.8075
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.7875
Avg (non-participants): 5.8481
Views since voting: 922
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 239
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2005 12:06:30 PM
Nice job with good colors and textures.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2005 05:13:22 PM
I love the similar colors between the shell and the scarab! Really nicely done. Good close macro with lots of good detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2005 10:49:21 PM
very nice colors and overall image 9
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 07/07/2005 08:40:36 PM
A little too centered but nice colors and DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2005 08:21:56 PM
I love the color and texture here on the scarab - would like to see a close up of it alone. The shell complements the scarabs color, but it seems odd to see the two together.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2005 03:30:12 PM
Beautiful rich colors, good composition, you could have cropped a bit tighter on the bottom, nice shot
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 07/06/2005 12:48:38 PM
I find these beautiful warm amber tones completely appealing...pretty warm light...lovely irridescence...nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2005 01:37:49 PM
This is pretty. I love the combination of gold bug and gold shell....Awesome.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 03:00:45 PM
Love the colors and the detail, but there's something about the composition that doesn't work too well for me. It sorta looks like the beetle and shell are going to fall out of the picture. Don't know how else to phrase that, but it's kinda optically disturbing to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 01:10:38 AM
Interesting colors
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