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Are you getting my good side?
Are you getting my good side?
DrAchoo


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Challenge: Shallow DOF IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
Location: Eugene, OR
Date: Sep 5, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 5, 2008

 These little guys have the great habit of showing up during a perfect week. Jennifer caught this one in the back seat of a friend's car. Their little girl was freaking out and my wonderful wife piped up, "I'll take that!" She scooped it into a bag and brought it home for me. Emily III has been chowing down on caught grasshoppers in a 10 gallon aquarium between photoshoots.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 324
Avg (all users): 6.7135
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 6.6104
Avg (non-participants): 6.7826
Views since voting: 2988
Views during voting: 359
Votes: 192
Comments: 23
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 09/17/2008 10:26:21 AM
Congrats Doc on the top ten. I still have yet to see one of these guys around here.
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 09/17/2008 08:49:54 AM
Can you eat these for protein Doc? Great shot...nice to see you in the top 10
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 09/17/2008 07:41:17 AM
Congrats, Doc! You got me by two places :-) And I do love a good preying mantis photo, especially with such shallow DOF!
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 09/17/2008 05:46:27 AM
I like this very much well done
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 09/17/2008 02:29:23 AM
Perfect dof!!! Wonderful shot!!
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 09/17/2008 01:29:49 AM
This was my pick for top-spot, and while a top 10 is nothing to sniff at, it boggles my mind that some of the things that beat this... well... beat it.

It's not only the technical aspects either, but this mantis exudes a personality that shouldn't be attributable to an insect. The pose, the lighting, the isolation, it all comes together in an amazing, amazing way. Incredibly amazing. Too amazing for these dingbats that vote on such things ;)
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 09/17/2008 12:13:29 AM
DoF effects are so effective here, nice original capture and congrats on the top 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/15/2008 05:17:01 PM
Very cool subject, I like what you chose to focus on! Cool square framing, too, I'm a sucker for that.
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 09/13/2008 01:22:11 PM
Outstanding macro, love the shallow DOF here. It really helps to give this shot a cool creepy factor.
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 09/12/2008 07:25:15 PM
EXCELLENT!!!
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 09/12/2008 01:16:56 PM
OH wow!! i like it
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 09/12/2008 01:03:39 AM
excellent capture! 9
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 09/11/2008 11:48:10 PM
This is one of my favorites! The color, lighting, subject and surrounding is perfect. Great job!
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 09/11/2008 09:03:15 PM
Oh wow. This is beautiful. He looks like he's posing for you. Absolutely lovely image. I love how he fades out of focus and only his head and arms are poking through. Wonderful => 9
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 09/11/2008 08:55:32 PM
fantastic use of the technique - you guys who can deliver these shots of incredible bugs really blow me away
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 09/11/2008 11:29:29 AM
He's looming at me, and he's just a bug! I love the way things seem to materialize out of the background in very shallow DOF shots like this.
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 09/11/2008 01:02:47 AM
Wow! That dof is very shallow and you have got sharp focus just where it is needed.
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 09/11/2008 12:57:07 AM
Browsing through and thought I would leave some love. This is gorgeous and encompasses exactly what this challenge was screaming for. Very nicely done.
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 09/10/2008 07:03:20 PM
Oh my, that's quite good, isn't it? One heck of a shallow dof and I love the colour.
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 09/10/2008 01:34:03 PM
Ooo, he seems to pop out of the picture. I like the effect.
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 09/10/2008 12:38:19 PM
what ya ok
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 09/10/2008 12:15:41 PM
like he has a good side ;-) excellent shot!
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 09/10/2008 09:22:45 AM
Mantis's are sooo cool. This may have been the shallowest DOF you could have gotten. Nice job.
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