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Beauty on the Beach
Beauty on the Beach
jeannybeany


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD200
Location: Ocean Beach NJ
Date: Sep 20, 2006
Aperture: auto
ISO: 400
Shutter: auto
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2006

 Taken on auto... beautiful day, all natural sunlight... these butterflies fly all over the beach all day and this one was nice enough to let me get close to her. I know the right tip of the wing is missing, but she flew away right after i got the shot

Post Processing:
adjusted levels
increased contrast +8
despeckled

Just trying to get close enough to the butterfly was hard enough, getting him to open like this took some patience. I just wanted to show the contrast of the bright butterfly against the light sand, and just capture the beauty of my favorite creature!!

Statistics
Place: 520 out of 615
Avg (all users): 4.9106
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 4.8963
Avg (non-participants): 4.9545
Views since voting: 615
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 179
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/10/2006 12:00:50 PM
4.9? Wow. A bit hammered on that.

Technicals: Focus is good. Lighting is good. Composition is good. Screw anybody who knicked you for cutting off the wing. It can be just as easily said that it provides the impression of the butterfly not being contained by frame and is ready to spring off the screen.

The feel/the game: I think the shot probably just didn't "wow" people in a 600 entry challenge. Note the 88 5s you got. That, to me, signifies people looking for literally 2-3 seconds and saying, "this picture isn't bad (so I can't give 4 or less), but it doesn't do too much for me (so I can't give 6 or more). 5". I sorta agree. The canvas is a bit stark, which isn't bad, but also doesn't hold our attention too long.
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 10/09/2006 07:34:32 AM
Sorry about the wing... i know it was disappointing... sometimes you just have to go with what you've got!!!

Thanks for the votes regardless!!!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/04/2006 11:50:38 PM
shame that the wing is cut of...otherwise a solid shot
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 10/04/2006 10:13:04 PM
great colors, wish the wing wasn't cropped out
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 10/02/2006 09:35:22 PM
Lovely shot of the monarch! FYI, this is a male (see the dark scales on the hind wings?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2006 03:09:57 PM
Great clarity and colour here. The wing and shadow being clipped off to the right is a shame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2006 08:51:22 PM
Would have been nice to get the entire butterfly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2006 03:34:23 AM
that poor fella is slurping for nectar in the wrong place!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2006 02:58:13 AM
wow, that bug is confused. It's trying to suck out nectar from the sans...pretty desperate

i like the colors in this, but not so much the crop.
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