Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit.
-Rudolf Arnheim, psychologist and author (1904-2007)
Invert, clone sensor dust (this pollen is annoying me! *smile*), Highlights/shadows, Curves/Levels, Contrast/Brightness, Saturation, Crop, Border, Resize, USM, Neat Image, Save for Web
I'm hoping for a personal best. *sigh* But does a dead dragonfly get me there? I doubt it. *heavy sigh*
POST Challenge: Oh my WORD! I'm thrilled! I knew the moment I saw the dragonfly that he was perfect for the Negative Images job. Usually, I shoot a couple of ideas and then choose one, but I liked him from the beginning. I refreshed Update Scores quite a bit this week. Started out at over a 7 with 3x votes -- so that was a first for me and a thrill. I'm completely thrilled with 9th place and my first little star. *big grin*
Thanks folks, for your kind comments. It's a good day in Lydiaville today. *smile*
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Place: 9 out of 355 Avg (all users): 6.6879 Avg (commenters): 8.5000 Avg (participants): 6.3293 Avg (non-participants): 7.0800 Views since voting: 3204 Views during voting: 270 Votes: 157 Comments: 23 Favorites: 7 (view)
Lydia, WOW! This is SO amazing! You did such an expert job making this so artful and beautiful. I think the star by this image looks very classy and appropriate. And it is a fine image to have top honors on your profile page :) CONGRATULATIONS!
You got your personal best AND a top ten! And this is a beautiful, sad image. The words you posted with it go so well - it is amazing how detailed and somehow emotion-laden this small creature is. Congratulations! Oh, and I thought I'd commented on this before, but apparently I did not - I like how in negative it looks as though the mouth is open, though when viewed in positive it isn't. That's one of the things that makes this work so well in negative.
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