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Challenge: Diagonal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: my backyard
Date: Nov 27, 2006
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 27, 2006
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Taken right after a break in the rain. I was looking around in my backyard just looking for something that would look good diagonally like a vine or a flower. Didn't find much, so I started poking around under the rocks in my backyard like I used to do when I was a kid. And just like when I was a kid, I found little salamanders who had come under the rocks to protect themselves from the rain.
Most of them were hibernating, so it's quite easy to just pick them up, place them, and pose them how you want. I chose a backlit leaf as the 'foreground' because of the lovely color and detail you get from silliouets. I didn't realize until editing, that the leaf had feather-like diagonal lines in it, so I was pretty stoked about that.
Shooting wasn't too difficult except that I had to cycle through a few salamanders because they would wake up a little bit, twitch, and then fall off the leaf. After they fell, I couldn't find them because of our deep grass, but I'm sure they're fine :)
I think I could've made this better if I was allowed to do advanced editing...like get rid of the blotchy look on the leaf, remove a couple of spots, and outline the critter a little better. Oh well...
Hope people like it, especially with my disgustingly low scores lately -__-, |
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02/02/2007 01:04:17 PM |
| Looks like a plastic salamander |
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12/07/2006 08:39:01 PM |
| I would like to be able to say "You Suck", but I guess I can't with this shot. Nice job and congrats on the 6. |
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12/06/2006 08:26:29 PM |
| Too cool, nice shot! Love the color and I think the shadow makes for a strong set up. What can I say 6-10's Way to go. |
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12/06/2006 07:49:03 PM |
| The curve of the salamandar's body and water droplets are beautiful. Congratulations on your 6+ finish, very much deserved! |
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12/06/2006 05:58:04 AM |
| Ooo like the silhouette of the salamander |
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12/01/2006 07:25:45 PM |
| I really loved the way you did this shot. Highly inventive. |
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12/01/2006 12:07:21 PM |
| well composed, could be sharper |
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11/30/2006 01:12:56 AM |
| Intriguing; salamander looks like a shadow (assume he's in front of the plane of focus), his shape suggesting the f holes on stringed instruments, and the treatment of the leaf veins (framing) is fine. Could wish for left hind leg to be more cooperative, but them's salamanders. |
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11/29/2006 11:38:56 PM |
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11/29/2006 06:54:54 PM |
| Love it. Nice silhouette. The salamder lines contrast perfectly with the veins of the leaves. |
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11/29/2006 10:00:53 AM |
| Wish I could see that other back leg but this is an interesting perspective and a nice, curvy diagonal. |
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