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Carnivorous bug getting its vitamin Bee
Carnivorous bug getting its vitamin Bee
Abra


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Orange III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: Nov 24, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40 sec
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Nov 25, 2010

 We have an orange rendered wall in our back yard and when I walked passed I saw this insect (not sure what it is) eating this bee. Well, I thought of this challenge and ran to get my camera. How I wish I had a macro lense (or any descent lens) but I wasn't too unhappy with how this shot turned out.

I'm sure most people will expect this was set up and will recognise that it was not taken with a sharp camera /lens, plus being another bug shot, I don't think this will score too well. I feel it is worth at least a +6 but I doubt it will reach that. Time will tell.

Post challenge

Well, I was way off on my prediction with this shot. Although the photo looked okay to me and I thought it met the challenge I guess you shouldn’t try and do bug shots without a macro (or any decent) lens. I was planning to put this up for comments in the forum but I think I’ve bored people enough during the voting period. I thought my title might have been worth a couple of comments. Sigh…

Thanks dbrodows for you nice comment.

I love this place! Seek help and it will come.

Thanks Bear_Music for ID'ing the bug but especially for the great suggestions.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and for making me laugh.

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 138
Avg (all users): 5.2301
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0784
Avg (non-participants): 5.3548
Views since voting: 731
Views during voting: 204
Votes: 113
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/27/2011 01:24:58 AM
Love the title! LOL
...oh, the pic is pretty awesome, too. :)
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 03/09/2011 04:28:35 PM
OMG .. never seen a robberfly with prey this big .. he sure has a big appetite .. great shot phil .. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/10/2010 01:20:19 AM
I must say the wall looks quite red on my screen. The focus on the bugs are a bit soft, did you have the camera on a tripod? 1/40 sec may not be fast enough to get good handheld closeup shots. Me and my friend have started taking macro shots, and really, it is a difficult art to get the buggers nicely in focus, no matter what lens one uses. From what I've heard, that is the most critical aspect to get right. You should see us running around from bush to bush with a camera on it's tripod. Hilarious. I didn't buy a lens, bought the set of 3 Kenko tubes, they work brilliantly. I still have my arm and leg as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/09/2010 08:49:20 PM
I think the biggest issue here is that robber flies are an oft used subject and any shot of one that you enter is going to be compared to all the work of others, Roz being one of them. Dragonflies are the same way- That got a 5.77 in a FS. If you don't elevate them to a very high level, you'll score par at best.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/09/2010 03:11:49 PM
I think Bear has it right. People seem to prefer what looks like the missionary position.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/09/2010 03:01:59 PM
Something like this might have fared better. It could have been accomplished better from the full size image of course... I did this from a screen capture of your entry.



R.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/09/2010 02:48:36 PM
The "bug" is a Robber Fly...

As for the shot itself, I bet it would have done a lot better if you had rotated it 90 degrees clockwise. and used a gradient to darken what would become the foreground wood. I will take a stab at it...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/01/2010 04:29:05 PM
Primal, i love it.
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