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Challenge: Image Grain (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
Location: Japan, by a road
Date: Oct 19, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2005

 A bee hoverfly approaching a small thistle flower, where other bees were hanging out. Virtually unsized crop of the image that included the other bees hoverflies and the flower - I just liked how this bee hoverfly was on the bright spot.

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Place: 188 out of 274
Avg (all users): 4.9679
Avg (commenters): 5.5714
Avg (participants): 4.8190
Avg (non-participants): 5.2113
Views since voting: 1043
Views during voting: 359
Votes: 187
Comments: 9
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 10/31/2005 01:50:39 AM
I think you did great; it has an edgy, hyper-real immediacy to it. I think this should have scored higher int he challenge, myself.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/30/2005 10:57:20 PM
A really good photo, that would be even better without the grain (I know, what can you do...)
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 10/30/2005 12:27:33 PM
Nice capture, but, I'm not sure that the addition of grain to this sort of shot improves it
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 10/29/2005 07:04:08 AM
I wondered if some fool would try get us to swallow an insect macro with grain. Well, it turns out I'm the fool, because you've done it and it's terrific. The use of the grain effectively isolates the bug in his little round bubble of relative clarity, and the result is a very clever (and legitimate) fresh take on the idea of an insect macro. Great job! 7
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 10/25/2005 11:37:51 PM
The overall effect is nice, although the grain does not ad as much as the rest of the process that gave this picture its earthy tonality. The only change I would make is t ensure that the grain was the same colour as its surrounding environment. That is the problem of digital grain that is not present in film grain.
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 10/25/2005 02:01:34 PM
Nice background, really makes your subject pop.
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 10/25/2005 01:40:02 PM
Yes - it is a hoverfly - but a nice capture anyway. The grain here is not particularly important, but it looks OK.
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 10/25/2005 09:11:20 AM
Nice capture. The grain seems to distort the picture and make it look out of focus instead of adding to it.
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 10/24/2005 08:44:47 PM
How cool is that!
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