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Spotted Beauty
Spotted Beauty
Brenb


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: My front yard
Date: Sep 5, 2005
Aperture: f 5.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2006

I know this won't place well but wanted to enter one anyway. I did so little shooting this year except the last few months for challenges. I am hoping for a less busy and more shooting year.

Raw adjustments
Cloned out a few stray spots
Softened and burned background edges
Upped Saturation
Cropped
Neat Image
Sharpened

Statistics
Place: 674 out of 833
Avg (all users): 5.0253
Avg (commenters): 5.4444
Avg (participants): 4.9832
Avg (non-participants): 5.2208
Views since voting: 907
Views during voting: 568
Votes: 434
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2006 08:38:29 PM
Beautiful colors and a good/unique angle of view. Nice that you shot flower and buterfly with wings up, rather than the typical wings spread shot. Bumping up on final look.
01/29/2006 04:49:35 PM
Macros have to be in excellent focus to be effective.
01/28/2006 07:30:29 PM
nice capture, nice macro, color seems a bit muddy but nice, b&w good, nice texture, dof great, nice comp, overall a nice job
01/28/2006 05:38:45 PM
Not as crisp and vivid as I would expect from an image of this type 5
01/27/2006 08:24:42 PM
Increasing the contrast would give this photo more "pop" and I think a slight touch of USM would sharpen it up nicely.
01/26/2006 05:43:31 PM
Looks like this has been cropped pretty tight. Still an awesome shot
01/26/2006 08:09:42 AM
Delicate, and so nicely taken.....
01/25/2006 06:38:29 PM
Not quite in focus
01/23/2006 09:14:18 AM
Nice macro. A little blurry though.
01/22/2006 03:39:53 PM
A little flat in the contrast and lighting. Lacks the blacks in the shadows and edges to really stand it out.
01/21/2006 11:03:37 AM
Nice macro!
01/20/2006 04:45:46 PM
great macro shot, i like the color
01/20/2006 01:03:59 PM
More contrast and sharpness would do great. Good Luck
01/19/2006 08:59:33 PM
This would have been nice if it hadn't been blurry and the grain is very evident. 5
01/18/2006 10:54:56 PM
10 from me....good luck!
01/17/2006 12:46:17 PM
Very nice comp. A little soft, but it doesn't really take anything way. Nice.
01/16/2006 04:14:58 PM
This would have been a great macro if it was in focus. 2
01/16/2006 02:37:06 PM
blurry
01/16/2006 01:32:35 AM
I don't think it's called a spotted beauty. It is an Agraulis vanillae - Gulf Fritillary.


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