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Week 3 - Busy
Week 3 - Busy
Ann


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: San Diego (Balboa Park)
Date: Jan 17, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/750
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2009

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Comments: 25
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 Again I had no idea what to do this week, and not much time, so I went to the cactus garden in the park, 2 minutes from my house, with my new macro lens. The lighting is bright sunshine, pretty much right over my shoulder. Not my favorite, but the bees seem to like it.

post processing:
* rotate
* crop (a lot-this is nearly 100%)
* levels
* NeatImage
* USM, 15,30,0
* resize
* sharpen

I must learn to get closer to the bugs without scaring them away.

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 02/21/2009 05:57:35 PM
Great detail in the image and depth of field.
cheers,
JKH
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 02/17/2009 11:29:48 PM
That turned out well with that bright light. Excellent composition
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 02/04/2009 09:24:30 PM
Beautiful shot
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 02/03/2009 09:54:19 PM
This is fantastic. Very good focus, lighiting, colos and details.
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 02/02/2009 12:36:40 PM
The detail is terrific, Great capture.
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 02/02/2009 12:09:35 PM
great detail on this one
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 02/01/2009 08:32:49 PM
Great detail and love that colour range.
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 02/01/2009 08:17:04 AM
Not sure why you want to get closer - this is pretty impressive! And it's a nice warm orange on my monitor (whuch has strong red/orange tones) - not overdone at all.
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 02/01/2009 12:51:30 AM
What a wonderful and beautiful picture. The colors are gorgeous!
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 01/31/2009 12:23:56 PM
Really good comp...
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 01/29/2009 10:03:06 PM
PAW - Excellent, sharp bee and cactus flower and beautiful bokeh in the background. Nicely composed. Yes, the flower does look pretty orange in my notebook monitor also. You live 2 minutes from Balboa Park? Good location, definitely with enough material for a year of Urban Nature PAWs. I go there a lot and was there Saturday evening with about 120 of my closest photographer friends in the San Diego Photography Meetup. We should get together some time and shoot. It would let me meet one of my 2009 goals to meet some DPCers.

Boyd
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 01/28/2009 07:23:47 PM
I am usually NOT a fan of macro bug shots, but this is beyond awesome.
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 01/28/2009 02:54:38 PM
very cool macro with a good bokeh
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 01/28/2009 09:56:32 AM
Hi Ann, As to your monitor question, this does look very bright on mine but no, I wouldn't describe it as overprocessed or psychedelic. Then again, your new monitor probably is a lot better than my old Dell!
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 01/28/2009 12:52:48 AM
Wow, perfect in every way. Really incredible. Colour fantastic and the background blur and colouring is amazing.
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 01/28/2009 12:50:44 AM
Wow, perfect in every way. Really incredible.
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 01/27/2009 09:57:08 AM
Oh MAN! Didn't take you long to master that new lens, did it! This is awesome! Perfect detail. Perfect in every way as a matter of fact :)

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 01/26/2009 09:59:25 AM
LOL re: your bug-stalking skills! Great macro.
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 01/25/2009 06:32:32 AM
Great macro, not sure how you could have got much closer at all!
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 01/25/2009 01:54:09 AM
Lovely details and angle is spot on.
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 01/25/2009 01:24:22 AM
Very good macro. Nice details and DOF
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 01/24/2009 09:30:53 PM
Awesome very sharp
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 01/24/2009 08:33:09 PM
Cool little pollen stash on its rear leg.
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 01/24/2009 08:30:03 PM
Indeed busy! Great details!
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 01/24/2009 06:12:08 PM
Good macro with lots of detail. The diagonal lines from the flower are good.
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