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Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Manila, Philippines
Date: Sep 7, 2003
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/180s
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2003

 Here's a moth on a sundrop. I couldn't assemble my tripod/camera fast enough to take the shot, so this was made with the camera held by hand. I got 6 takes of this guy before it flew off. The pic here is one of the better macro shots in the series.
PS: While taking shots, the moth was retracting its proboscis (the black pipe-looking organ in the mouth area). The other pics in the series show it at different lengths.

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.7619
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5824
Avg (non-participants): 6.0536
Views since voting: 963
Votes: 147
Comments: 11
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 09/15/2003 12:21:29 AM
Zeus' Top Pic(k)s: 3. Place
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/14/2003 11:38:22 PM
Great subject. Nice depth of field. Wish you could caught the wings extended to add more area covered by the insect.
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 09/14/2003 10:19:19 PM
This is a unique angle for a butterly shot. Nice rich colors and good choice of focus.
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 09/14/2003 06:55:30 PM
A gorgeous rendering, technically proficient, a feast of an image! The folded wings vs. the rotundity of the petal, the repetition of warm tones between subject and habitat (the blurred -blotch-, the washed yellows) make for an unusual and striking aesthetic and natural composition.

The lack of a decorative border, especially, is a very fine distinction.
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 09/12/2003 07:22:03 PM
A little more depth of field would have been nice. I feel there is too much blur in the picture for my tastes. If the wings were in focus it would have be fabulous. Great capture still!
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 09/09/2003 11:34:33 AM
He really is furry, eeeekkk : )!! nice shot, good use of DOF
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 09/09/2003 10:32:43 AM
nice vantage point
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 09/08/2003 09:22:31 PM
Great composition. The contrasts could be enhanced a little.
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 09/08/2003 12:36:36 PM
Yet, nice title -- he needs a shave.

In terms of composition I like the layout of the picture, good balance.

Technically I'll gripe a little bit, I'd like to have seen either a little bit more/a little bit less depth of field. I think either up to the antenna should have been in focus, or just the head of the butterfly.
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 09/08/2003 11:09:46 AM
Really a good composition.
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 09/08/2003 03:34:40 AM
I like the composition, but find the centre of the flower, though OOF, distracts me from the butterflies face. Also, it looks a little ocersharpened (light halo around the eyes and legs).
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