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Look Who's Smiling Now!
Look Who's Smiling Now!
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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Olympus SP-310
Location: Heffley Creek, BC
Date: Jun 4, 2006
Galleries: Nature, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2007

 Yes, it's spiders behind with a smiley on it. This is an all-natural smile too! I took a couple pictures of the spider, trying to see just how macro my new cam could get. When downloaded, his happy face behind appeared! I was amazed, still am. Smiley is one of my favorite symbols, and to find it in nature...it was a cool catch. Not the greatest of shots (still new to the camera) but I had to submit it for it's uniqueness. The spider was actually about the size of a pinhead, blowing in a light wind to boot. I figure I got lucky with this one since it had so many things going against it turning out at all. I did some dodge/burn on the background to lend more contrast , as well as some painting, for the same effect. I highlighted some webs a tad, and did a tiny bit of cleanup on the spider to get rid of a bit of halo action. The face is all Ma Natures work!

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Place: 697 out of 712
Avg (all users): 4.3109
Avg (commenters): 3.7917
Avg (participants): 4.2388
Avg (non-participants): 4.5281
Views since voting: 955
Views during voting: 567
Votes: 357
Comments: 25
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 10:56:20 PM
I really like this capture, as the spider is interesting and the background a nice contrast. I think for a higher score in this contest, the spider would have to be sharper, though. What a funny face on his abdomen!
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 01/25/2007 02:30:40 PM
I like the composition and colors here. However, it suffers from lack of focus.
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 01/24/2007 11:54:01 PM
great idea. keep having fun with this stuff, and don't worry about the scores. just keep trying and practicing.
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 01/24/2007 09:55:39 PM
Great colors and composition but the focus is weak. Good luck!
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 01/23/2007 09:55:07 AM
Good color on the background; spider could be a bit more in focus.
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 01/19/2007 10:32:15 PM
This would be much better if the focus were sharper.
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 01/19/2007 12:45:46 AM
The happy-face is amazing. It's probably meant to look like a big scary mouth. Nice composition and lighting.
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 01/18/2007 02:23:53 PM
Doesn't seem in focus??
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 01/18/2007 03:21:59 AM
Too blurry.
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 01/16/2007 10:09:49 AM
funny but the photo is not very good, sorry :-)
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 01/16/2007 12:49:03 AM
A little to soft and out od focus...
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 01/15/2007 10:38:21 PM
That's pretty funny!
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 01/15/2007 08:10:17 AM
Nice attempt. The image is really oof and very grainy,though. It is hard to get these images without a really good macro lens.
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 01/14/2007 04:01:08 PM
Looks good in the thumbnail, but in full size, spidey looks pretty blurry to me. Maybe this was greatly cropped? Either way, quality aside, I really like the way it's so minimalistic and clean.
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 01/14/2007 09:35:06 AM
too out of focus - otherwise would be a good shot
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 01/14/2007 08:05:12 AM
cute spider. A little out of focus
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 01/14/2007 06:02:28 AM
quite out of focus and small... a bit noisy as well...the dof is nice
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 01/13/2007 10:30:24 PM
out of focus
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 01/12/2007 11:31:29 PM
Could of used some more sharpness
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 01/12/2007 05:55:35 PM
I like, just a bit too blurred
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 01/12/2007 04:21:23 PM
Seems very poor quality for a Best Of challenge - the web is barely visible and the spider is not in focus at all.
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 01/12/2007 12:09:56 PM
looks soft
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 01/12/2007 08:25:35 AM
This is a really nice shot but the focus seems a bit off.
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 01/12/2007 05:59:36 AM
focus on eyes
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 01/12/2007 12:16:19 AM
wow that's cool.
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