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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Sigma 28-135mm f/3.8-5.6 Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Stratford Butterfly Farm
Date: Sep 14, 2008
Aperture: F8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

 background desaturated

Statistics
Place: 765 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.2460
Avg (commenters): 6.1961
Avg (participants): 5.2470
Avg (non-participants): 5.2405
Views since voting: 926
Views during voting: 655
Votes: 500
Comments: 55
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:59:10 PM
I love the artistic feel to this. Beautiful!
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 03/17/2009 06:22:58 PM
Beautiful use of selective desat.
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 03/17/2009 04:20:07 PM
I like how symmetrical this is, at least for the wings, the colors really pop with selective desat.
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 03/17/2009 10:34:52 AM
Lovely b&w processing combined with color. Striking composition. 7
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 03/17/2009 10:14:37 AM
Good selective desaturation. The background could use more contrast though.
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 03/17/2009 10:12:39 AM
Beautiful butterfly! Great design & color. Wish it was a bit sharper/detailed and the color popped a little more - Still nice though.
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 03/17/2009 02:18:54 AM
Beautiful butterfly well displayed with the selective desaturation.
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 03/16/2009 10:56:18 PM
Perfect. Color is good for a book.
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 03/16/2009 10:47:45 PM
Oh! Fabulous. Truly. I really like the out of balance background throwing the viewer out of balance and then the subject popping the viewer back to center. Well done. I hope this does well for you.

Not voting yet.
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 03/16/2009 01:36:34 PM
Good use of color to draw us into our subject.
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 03/16/2009 08:57:33 AM
Nice contrast!
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 03/16/2009 05:11:54 AM
Lovely insect. Well framed and shot.
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 03/16/2009 03:49:33 AM
good detail
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 03/16/2009 12:40:51 AM
Great idea using the selective desaturation to enhance the symmetrical pattern in the butterflie's wings.
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 03/15/2009 01:57:39 PM
Nice shot. Like the B&W vs Color.
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 03/15/2009 12:03:03 PM
A very pretty butterfly, good detail.
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 03/15/2009 11:33:50 AM
I think this works and I'm not a huge fan of selective desaturation. I wish the beautiful butterfly were a tad more sharp. :~)
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 03/15/2009 11:23:12 AM
I like the desaturation but the moth could have been a bit sharper
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 03/15/2009 10:14:47 AM
Really like the use of selective desat
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 03/15/2009 09:28:00 AM
great tone and good PP job - the compesition is too centred - just my opp
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 03/15/2009 05:37:01 AM
interesting ;)


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 03/15/2009 05:07:31 AM
interesting selective desat, the vines in the background are a distraction. If you could make this a little cleaner , there is a nice Japanese feel to this shot., 6
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 03/14/2009 09:34:14 PM
this looks like the bug from the silence of the lambs. great choice of desat-7
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 03/14/2009 08:13:46 PM
Beautiful shot!

It is just such symmetry and design in nature that reveals a glimpse of the Creator...
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 03/14/2009 07:31:11 PM
beautiful moth / butterfly - love the red / black / white on the wings, and the detail on the body. Nice selective desat on the rest of the shot.
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 03/14/2009 05:49:59 PM
Nice job on the selective desat.
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 03/14/2009 05:17:09 PM
The selective desat really makes this guy stand out
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 03/14/2009 03:07:42 PM
good use of selective color
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 03/14/2009 11:58:39 AM
Wonderful composition and great capture. Really like the selective color.
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 03/14/2009 11:33:49 AM
Cool!!
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 03/14/2009 10:17:14 AM
Love the use of desat, here.
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 03/14/2009 09:51:17 AM
Beautiful butterfly and nice processing.
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 03/14/2009 09:20:12 AM
I like this, and normally I don't care for selective desat. I like that he's not ubercrisp - the softness really adds to him, I think.
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 03/13/2009 11:29:13 PM
Good use of selective desaturation to bring the focus right to the butterfly.
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 03/13/2009 08:12:25 PM
Pretty shot. Nice desat.
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 03/13/2009 04:43:26 PM
Love the composition, the colors, the apparent selective desat. Well done.
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 03/13/2009 08:42:41 AM
nicely captured
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 03/12/2009 06:19:01 PM
I like the composition and selective desat, but the title really doesn't work for me.
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 03/12/2009 05:56:59 PM
nice desaturation
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 03/12/2009 12:18:12 PM
Nice work.
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 03/12/2009 10:50:28 AM
Beautifully done; partial desat works well and the various shapes in the composition are nice. Only wish that lower left shadow was not there; it kinda' spoils the symmetry for me.
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 03/12/2009 10:13:35 AM
selective desat works quite well , but the b&w should have better contrast.
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 03/11/2009 11:48:26 PM
Lovely capture of the full wingspan, and such pretty colors to show off!
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 03/11/2009 09:34:48 PM
I like the color splash against the gray wood
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 03/11/2009 08:18:09 PM
I'm not usually impressed with selected de-sat images but this one is a stand out to me. I love that little butterfly. I've never seen one just like it. If I had to name it, Geisha would certainly do it. Beautiful.
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 03/11/2009 07:58:17 PM
Beautiful, I love the color against the fence, and the composition is perfect.
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 03/11/2009 07:05:23 PM
Beautiful butterfly. Selective color works nice for it.
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 03/11/2009 06:35:45 PM
My first to vote on and I love it. I have never seen such a beautiful butterfly. My first vote in this challenge is a 10.
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 03/11/2009 05:49:08 PM
Interesting natural composition. I like the selective desat.
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 03/11/2009 04:41:08 PM
Needs a little more focus but I like that you desaturated it.
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 03/11/2009 04:35:27 PM
Very vibrant color. Good choice for a selective desat.
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 03/11/2009 04:20:35 PM
The composition could be a little more intersting.
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 03/11/2009 02:48:46 PM
Really like your choice of desat here, works well for me
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 03/11/2009 09:59:25 AM
dont like the selective desat
 03/11/2009 08:03:04 AM
nice selective desat to isolate the butterfly
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