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Everything Has Its Beauty But Not Everyone Sees It
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Challenge: Motivational Poster II (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Alexandria, VA
Date: Aug 27, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2007

 A hummingbird moth on a thistle. I've been trying harder lately to look carefully at some of the more ordinary things around here, to see and appreciate the beauty of things like a bug on a weed.

Had the teleconverter on for a focal length of 420mm on this shot.

Thought about cropping or cloning out the OOF thistles or cropping the whole subject much tighter but ultimately decided I liked the heavier composition with the text underneath.

PP - converted from RAW, dodged moth slightly, added border, resized, sharpened, added text, increased saturation.

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 165
Avg (all users): 5.7742
Avg (commenters): 6.9091
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Votes: 186
Comments: 12
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/09/2007 11:17:43 PM
Nice slogan, and the image is great for it. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/09/2007 02:37:20 AM
Great macro, nice poster, good to see you don't miss the small things.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 09/08/2007 08:50:42 PM
Beautiful capture of the humnmingbird moth. Great bokeh. One of my favorites. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2007 03:49:18 PM
Good stuff, would have liked to see more detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 09/05/2007 07:10:43 PM
i like this but the the capture is a little dark. that darkness seems to be accentuated by the black border
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/05/2007 11:32:24 AM
the type is overpowering your great image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus C-765UZ
Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro
 09/04/2007 09:19:37 AM
Beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 09/04/2007 01:06:03 AM
Lovely message and photograph. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/03/2007 07:01:38 PM
What kind of bug is that? It looks like a shrimp with humming bird wings.

Nice colours & sharp macro. Beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/03/2007 02:59:02 PM
there's a lot of beauty in your image- nice effort 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/03/2007 10:08:16 AM
Great capture! Would have liked a bit better focus on the bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/03/2007 07:44:58 AM
Very nice. I love it! 10
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