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day 4. december slice of life. a lucky escape
day 4. december slice of life. a lucky escape
roz


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Collection: 010 - DEC 07. SLICE OF LIFE
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: on the firetrail
Date: Dec 4, 2007
Galleries: Overlays, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2007

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Comments: 18
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 i went for walk this morning and on the way back sasha, our old smelly dog picked up wot i thought was a dead gum leaf .. she was sort of slobbering with it in her mouth ..
she's really gross ..
i told her to drop it coz i was thinking that it might'v been something even worse, like some other animal's droppings ..
anyway, she dropped it and it turned out to be this xmas beetle .. lucky for the beetle that sasha hadnt actually bitten down .. just slobbered .. the beetle was walking when i took this photograph ..
i've sort'v taken it upon myself this slice of life to try and combine two images, like the butterfly from day 3, so that they look 'real' .. the photograph of the cobwebs was taken about 10 minutes before the beetle ..

after putting this in our slice of life i'm thinking i might warp those cobwebs a bit to make it look more like they're in the same scene with the beetle .. at the moment i'm not sure that it looks 'real' .

this is the original that i've put in for Binh btrinh

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 07/02/2008 08:19:58 PM
perfect.....
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 12/09/2007 04:22:09 PM
amazing PP Roz, just love it ;-)
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 12/09/2007 02:46:15 AM
What an interesting little beetle. This picture gave me the shivers, I thought it was some sort of spider at first. It looks as if the beetle is going to come right out of the screen at me. I honestly thought the spider web was part of the picture and not an addition. Nice DOF and combining of pictures.
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 12/07/2007 02:36:43 PM
Your Photoshop skills are great. Excellent shot.
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 12/06/2007 06:11:29 PM
I thought the spider web was real. :) Great shot. Good colors and very interesting.
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 12/06/2007 01:01:27 AM
Good find and good job putting them together.
I remember one year in Canberra, we had millions of them (around the War Memorial in particular), but that was when I was kid. There don't seem to be as many these days...
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 12/05/2007 03:32:10 PM
Great image! I love the editing and to me it looks pretty real. Well done.
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 12/05/2007 03:27:11 PM
The combination in my opinion was a complete success. Great shot! or is that shots.
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 12/04/2007 11:41:44 PM
Your processing is awesome here Roz!
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 12/04/2007 05:37:32 PM
Man I don't know what is real anymore.....good thing you put the original there, or I'd have thought this was the original! LOL That's a stunning photo and a freaky looking bug. Glad we don't have them here but they are colourful.
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 12/04/2007 04:39:24 PM
I think it looks real enough. I love your overlays. This is another well done example.
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 12/04/2007 10:44:55 AM
Nice combination. Your walk are so fun! I enjoy seeing all the fun things you find! Your image is great!
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 12/04/2007 09:48:32 AM
The beetle looks like he's saying "Dude, I made it!". Fantastic macro, as always - even if it is of vermin. Love the combination of the two photos and how the beetle is poking his head out of the web. The front leg almost looks like it's climbing out, too, except for some web on the bottom there. The iridescence on the bug is great - seems to translate into the web, somehow. Neat photo, Roz. Take a photo of something furry, will ya? <---- j/k!!! You know how I feel about the creepies. :op
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 12/04/2007 09:16:39 AM
nice editing - it looks great!
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 12/04/2007 09:16:20 AM
Wow!!
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 12/04/2007 09:10:17 AM
Your adventures on your walks make my day ! Your "smelly dog" gave you a gift LOL ! It really is an unusual image & very well done !
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 12/04/2007 08:33:24 AM
Trippy pic!! I REALLY like it, it looks funky, like the beetle is going to kick the spider's butt that the web belongs too. Neat shot, I like the bright colors of the beetle too.
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 12/04/2007 04:21:19 AM
I feel like I'm looking through the cobweb at the beetle.

That's one lucky beetle!
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