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the very hungry caterpillars
the very hungry caterpillars
howardj


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro AF for Canon
Location: London, UK
Date: Sep 23, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 24, 2006

 These were in our garden - I'm not sure what type they are. The caterpillar's face is slightly out of focus, but hopefully not by enough to be too noticeable. I used a tripod to try to get as much depth of field as possible, but since it was quite windy it was not possible to get the shutter speed down too low.

- Cropped
- Yellow saturation increased using hue / saturation
- Impact of this on the leaf edge masked out
- Two smart sharpen layers, the second to give a stronger effect on the caterpillar's face

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Votes: 176
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 09:45:08 AM
Nice macro shot. The hairs on the lower caterpillar are a bit OOF. Maybe increase the saturation of colors a bit to make this really pop.
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 10/02/2006 05:24:55 PM
good detail and colors here
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 10/02/2006 09:08:47 AM
Nice DOF.
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 10/02/2006 05:06:07 AM
love the crispness and the composition, well done
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 10/01/2006 09:49:56 AM
Nice focus and DOF.
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 10/01/2006 07:51:09 AM
great close up shot with good colour!
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 10/01/2006 06:48:23 AM
This is one of those images that gives one a very pleasant surprise, as it is really a great macro.....
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