I left my bedroom window open and when I came back my Dionaea flytrap had caught this bat!
No, honestly, it's just a confetti-bat I put into the trap.
Editing: camera noise removal, sharpen, curves, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, black border.
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Thanks for all your comments. This was my very first submission and I'm proud of my place. Although I must admit I hoped for a Top 50...
Your comments are very helpful to me. I know now what to worry about when I'm going to take my next shots.
I knew about those white teeth but I could not change it. The light had to be very close because otherwise the silhouette of the bat (actually a Halloween confetti) would not have come out as well.
About the colors: Many said they didn't like them. I first tried a blue background, but in the end I decided for the biggest possible contrast. The colours were not ment to be soothing, but to cry out loud. ('Murder, murder' ;)
One of the best I've seen so far. Giving you and 8. Almost gave you a 9 but the "teeth" are quite blown out. Love the green against the red bg. Great idea with the bat. Good luck!
I like this picture a lot and think it's very creative in terms of color, subject, lighting... But I don't think it's completely natural, so I'm bumping it down a little.
Well this is a goodie! Perhaps a halloween caption would have been just as appropriate. Slightly overblown highlights. I'm assuming you had control over the lighting so I wonder if moving the lighting further away would have helped give a better balance, but then you might not have had such a good impression of the bat.
Hmmmmmm The fly trap is certainly bizarre. I'm not so sure about the bat (cut-out?) in the fly trap. It kind of detracts from the idea of nature. Nice colors and focus. I'll give some more thought to the score. :)
I see someone has a green thumb and has homegrown their own natural bat seedling. Great creation, background enhances the green, a little over exposed in the upper left area. Thanks.
Awesome shot if it is unmanipulated. I had gone over about 30 shots and all of them average or poor and then this comes along so it´s hard not to give it a 10. I love the colours and the whole idea.
Wow! Fabulous! Great detail and sharpness. I love the choice of background and how the green and red complement each other. Also, the backlighting is perfect.
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