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Daredevil Psychotic Ladybugs
Daredevil Psychotic Ladybugs
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: DPL Album Cover (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: May 12, 2007
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2007

Took a few shots with the new macro lens!

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance

PS:
Crop
NI
Curves
Hue/Sat
Selective Color
A touch of blurring and cloning around the Ladybug
Resize
Sharpen
Added Text
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 153
Avg (all users): 5.5981
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 5.3026
Avg (non-participants): 5.7669
Views since voting: 779
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 209
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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05/21/2007 01:49:07 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Your choice of focal points makes this one a bit distracting. While I can see that parts of the ladybug are focused, I'd really like to see this one with the bug fully focused. I do like the contrast that you achieved.

Lighting: I like the contrast that you created with the lighting here. My only complaint with the lighting is that the focal point is on the brightest part of the image, and that isn't the subject of the image.

Composition/Content: I'll echo the straw comment from below. I'd really like to see the entire bug, as well as the entire bug nicely focused. The straw on this side of the subject seems more accidental than an intentional composition.

My Opinion: Nice idea, and a pretty strong capture. With a bit of a change in the focal point, as well as the composition of the bug, your score would have surely grown.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2007 09:24:21 PM
On The High Wire

slap me again
oh slap me again
I never wanted to be your friend
kick me harder
kick me higher
I'm getting bored on the high wire

net made of gazes
the crowd it amazes
it's one of my phases
why higher? why higher?
I'm getting bored
on the high wire.

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05/17/2007 10:06:57 AM
Color contrasts are amazing. Not too sure about the bugs head being overlayed by the straw - it distracts from the overall composition, though the image definitely needs something to break it up a bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/16/2007 04:23:50 PM
Great macro, cool album title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/16/2007 01:42:49 AM
=D Hilarious!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/15/2007 09:52:11 AM
DOF is really bizzare. I can't decide if I like it or not. I'm gonna have to come back to this one. Colors are great though :-) edit: Okay, I think I really like it a lot. :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/15/2007 04:56:54 AM
More DoF, please...
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05/14/2007 05:54:08 PM
Would have loved it if the ladybug was completely focused.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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