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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro for Nikon
Location: Ottawa, Rideau Hall
Date: Jul 24, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2007

 There is going to be some MAJOR competition in this challenge...

Anyways, this shot was taken something like the day before the bokeh challenge was anounced it think wich got my nickers in a twist big time. This shot was pure luck to some extent.

The subject is a japanese beatle on a cone flower (ecchinacea) and the DOF happen to work in my advantage here because when the shadow from my lens fell on him he turned around and looked and raised his back paws in self defense. And the DOF line happen to land on his head which gives the photo that much more ummpff.

Obviously i used a macro lens, but as you all can figure no lens can take such a close up. So i had to zoom in via photoshop. I had to crop to such as extent that this shot is actually 725x725! So what you see is pretty much what you get. You can't blow this shot up anymore.


Processing:

Neat Image! (gosh what a difference in image quality!)
A bit of saturation (+10)
Crop
Resize

Good luck to all with the challenge that will most likely have something like 800 submissions!


Pre-voting gitters:

Hmmm, I really wanted a Best of 2006 challenge so i could submit this shot. Now I'm feeling like I should back out before I get disappointed with the score....But like IreneM said..what did she say...? It was something along the lines of "can't make an omlette with out breaking a few eggs". She didn't say that, but i think that's what she meant ;)


Statistics
Place: 420 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.6105
Avg (commenters): 6.6500
Avg (participants): 5.5349
Avg (non-participants): 5.8372
Views since voting: 1140
Views during voting: 485
Votes: 344
Comments: 26
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 09/10/2007 11:51:32 AM
Splendid colors - the shallow DOF is lovely here!
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 09/09/2007 08:24:12 PM
Don't ask me how I got here 9 months later, but I'm stunned this didn't do better.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 11:33:56 PM
I like the short DOF here and background colors. 7.
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 01/25/2007 05:27:05 AM
I know it's almost impossible to do this when working in macro, but I wonder if it might have been a more interesting photo if you'd had a wider DOF, so that the details of its body would have been in focus too.
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 01/25/2007 12:09:36 AM
WOW - nice capture! I love how this macro revealed the textures in this beetle's carapace. The colors are fantastic as well! << 9 >>
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 01/24/2007 10:42:52 PM
lovely colors, perfect dof.
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 01/24/2007 12:59:01 PM
Love the close-up. I like the blurred look but I think it's a bit overdone.
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 01/21/2007 04:36:31 PM
Loving the crazy DOF and warm colors.
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 01/20/2007 11:02:42 PM
this is probably the only time I will ever give a 7 to a japanese beetle. well done.
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 01/19/2007 05:58:40 PM
Loooove the colours and especially how the background colours mimic the beetle ones. Though I usually love extremely shallow DOF, I think it could afford to be just a touch deeper here.
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 01/18/2007 10:51:55 PM
Wow, very cool macro. Like the shallow DOF and the circle bokeh on his legs and body. Great job!
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 01/17/2007 05:04:46 PM
Very nice color, composition, lighting, ect, and DOF, tho I personally would have liked a little more in focus to see more of this facinating buggaboo.
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 01/16/2007 06:58:58 PM
Very good macro, great colors.
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 01/16/2007 12:36:31 AM
This is definately in your face type of shot.....
 01/15/2007 02:59:18 PM
ugly dude. nice photo. 7
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 01/14/2007 02:55:52 PM
Just a smidge more DOF on this and it would have been an amazing shot. Still good. 7
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 01/13/2007 04:17:23 PM
great color
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 01/13/2007 01:51:46 PM
Nice but DOF TOO shallow
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 01/12/2007 07:44:17 PM
excellent macro, great title, stunning colours...God makes great stuff!
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 01/12/2007 06:35:30 PM
Great colors!
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 01/12/2007 04:09:35 PM
Very cool macro and RICH colors! I like this alot.
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 01/12/2007 03:12:16 PM
I think more of the body should have been in focus.
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 01/12/2007 02:55:21 PM
this would benefit to a wider depth of field
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 01/12/2007 01:59:08 PM
im not sure i like the shallow DOF. maybe just a bit deeper would have helped.
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 01/12/2007 01:45:48 PM
Best: Bold macro
Worst: When attempting this, make sure the head is perfectly in focus..
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 01/12/2007 08:09:41 AM
Wow awesome DOF 9
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