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Life in a Bed of Roses
Life in a Bed of Roses
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
Location: Cambridge, ON
Date: Jul 22, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2007

 Just found a bunch of these, which I don't know what they are - neither the flower's name, actually. In any case, I don't think these guys can distinguish roses from wild flowers... Well, maybe the can, but they don't seem to care much about that...

The scene and image reminded me the (universal) proverb "Life is Not a Bed of Roses", therefore my purposely twisted title.

Portuguese: "A vida não é um mar de rosas"
Italian: "La vita non è tutta rosa"

No, life is not a bed of roses indeed, nevertheless I am sure we all have "bed of roses" moments in our lives - even seasons. And, related to that, here's such a great promise:
"I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the L-rd In the land of the living. Wait on the L-rd; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the L-rd!" Psalm 27:13-14


Pretty much straight from the camera, no tweaks: crop, USM, re-size, USM, save for web.

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 08/08/2007 08:52:09 AM
Good macro shot! I think these are soldier beetles on queen anne's lace.

(btw...lately I've been submitting pictures to betterphoto.com bc they have specific categories for what I like to shoot)
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08/07/2007 07:15:05 PM
Another top prize winner something besides a bug shot
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Pentax K7
Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF
 08/02/2007 04:20:17 PM
Awesome background! Nice detail on the the bugs, just realized there were two there! haha Geez they get some nice bedding to do the "dance" to.
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Nikon D750
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C
 08/01/2007 09:06:09 PM
Kinky. very nice capture here. 7
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/01/2007 06:39:07 AM
Laugh bonus of 2
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