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Challenge: Ducky (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ5
Location: The Garden at the Swimming Pool
Date: Oct 6, 2006
Aperture: F4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/100s
Galleries: Humorous, Nature
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2006

 This picture was taken of a grasshopper who lives in the Hisbiscus plant in the garden of the swimming pool. I used the black felt as the background and gently held up the rubber duckie to the grasshopper. I had to be quick to take the shot because the grasshopper didn't really like the black felt background, but he was very curious about the rubber duckie as you can see in this photo. I sharpened this photo and blackened out my hand holding the duckie at the bottom and also the corners at the top which the felt didn't completely cover. Increased the green of the grasshopper and lightened him up a bit. The saturation has been increase to get a better yellow and green overall. Thanks for looking and any constructive critique is appreciated!!!

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.7561
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.6071
Avg (non-participants): 5.8333
Views since voting: 972
Views during voting: 339
Votes: 246
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/09/2007 02:45:41 PM
Call the "Cute Police"! ... Nice one. LOL
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 10/18/2006 10:31:17 AM
Another top 20 image that did not gets its due. Sorry. It was an 8 in my book and had potential for a 10.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/13/2006 03:58:22 PM
Colors and lighting look pretty good on this shot, though the light is a little bit harsh on the leaf in the foreground. I like that you included a grasshopper in this shot and the detail on it looks pretty good. The image seems a little bit oversharpened to me, or perhaps the contrast is slightly high.
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 10/12/2006 10:05:28 PM
Nice combination of natural and artificial, good arrangement, composition, perspective, sharpness and colors. I think that the crop is a bit too tight, as the large duck seems overly dominant. Just a thought, I like it.
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 10/12/2006 01:57:01 PM
Meets Challenge = 2
Technical Stuff = 2
Creativity = 2
Overall Impression = 1
Biased Wow Factor = 0
How long did you wait for this ? :)
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 10/12/2006 12:40:12 PM
very nice colors and focus-which is rare in this challenge.
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 10/12/2006 09:11:19 AM
the lighting seems a bit harsh here but cute idea and nice composition.
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 10/11/2006 05:43:26 PM
clean and neat
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 10/11/2006 04:49:40 PM
Nice sharp colors. Grasshopper is really not needed in the shot and the top antenna distracts just a bit as it is over the duck's face. 8.
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 10/11/2006 07:36:19 AM
Very nice! you could have healed the scratches on the ducks beak. I gave it a 9.
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 10/11/2006 12:27:52 AM
Cute! I love how the ducky's eyes really look like he's watching the bug... whatever that bug is!
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