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Thirsty fly
Thirsty fly
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Challenge: Macro II (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit, New Jersey, USA
Date: Sep 16, 2003
Aperture: F 51
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2003

 Shot while working on flower images, at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum. Early morning after an all night rainstorm. Off camera diffused fill flash used to gain depth of field, and deal with wildly variable natural lighting. Used Nikkor 60mm macro, manual exposure. Shot RAW, leveled, white balanced, contrast adjusted in Nikon Capture, cropped for composition in Photoshop 7.

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 200
Avg (all users): 5.5882
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5849
Avg (non-participants): 5.5957
Views since voting: 907
Votes: 153
Comments: 9
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Nikon D70
 09/29/2003 12:34:06 AM
Wow. tough critics! I really like the colors in this one. The black bg helps it stand out. Interesting little insect with very good focus and lighting. I love all of the water on the flower. You might clone out the bottom right corner to just black now that you can edit. Otherwise, I'm not sure that you can really improve on this. It may be possible to burn some of the lighter water areas on the flower so that it isn't so bright. It's a very nice macro though!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm FinePix E510 Zoom
 09/27/2003 01:37:40 PM
Great colours and details.
Sony DSC-F707
 09/26/2003 01:34:37 PM
Nice landing spot for this ugly bugger. Fly detail seems a bit soft.
Canon EOS-10D
 09/25/2003 06:21:31 PM
Shlurp. Nice and sharp - good detail. I'd crop out the empty space to the right of the flower.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 09/22/2003 01:06:55 PM
Wonderful color, light and the water drops are great.
Sony DSC-F828
 09/22/2003 12:11:31 PM
very nice....I like all the droplets
Olympus SP-550 UZ
 09/22/2003 11:11:02 AM
I think the fly took away from the rose here. It would have been a better rating by me without.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 09/22/2003 10:31:14 AM
nice fly - it might possibly have had more impact with more of the rose cropped out
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 09/22/2003 03:19:47 AM
Really great detail on the fly. Waterdroplets are absolutely beautiful and really makes this shot shine. The pink color of the flower brings the piece out of the darker background.
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