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A Bugs Life
A Bugs Life
Someamateur


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Challenge: Life III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Sigma (Black)
Location: Mount Barker, South Australia
Date: Jan 9, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2009

Taken by my fiance

A very good shot however I'm a little peaved that none of my shots came out.

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01/24/2009 07:44:00 PM
Greetings!

Life was a difficult challenge. This definitely shows something alive, but it doesn't show it in such a way that "life" is the first thing anyone who looks at this thinks of.

Your fiance made this image? Do you realize that images entered to challenges here need to be made by you, not by someone else? :)

About the picture:

It's a good attempt at a closeup (macro), but you are including too much in the frame for it to be effective. You have the worm, the flower, the buds, the stem. Too much information. It might be better to get a whole lot closer and concentrate on one of these only, for example, the worm.

The focus is off. Nothing seems to be really sharp in the picture, and at the same time, nothing is really thrown out of focus for effect. Did you use a tripod or some other support to make this? Use a larger F number (smaller aperture), to get a better area of sharpness. Or, if sticking to a large aperture, make absolutely sure that the important part of the picture is in focus, clear as a bell.

The colours are good, although you could experiment with backgrounds other than the plain brown used here.

I hope this helps.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2009 01:18:27 PM
The colors are good but the focus is off which spoils the otherwise pretty image.
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01/17/2009 11:28:31 AM
A nice composition and contrasting colors.
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01/13/2009 06:46:00 PM
Nice attempt at a macro, but it could have done with more processing, the colours seem a bit dull (even the yellow, which is a vibrant colour).
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01/12/2009 03:18:53 PM
Hmm... blurry and bad lighting...
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01/12/2009 11:32:19 AM
IMHO a tighter crop might work better here.
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