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Blue-legged hermit crab
Blue-legged hermit crab
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Apr 19, 2008
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Apr 19, 2008

 This a blue-legged hermit crab. I have 13 or so living in my saltwater FOWLR(fish only with live rock)tank. This particular guy is one of the largest ones yet still is less than 1 inch long.

Yes this is a DNMC. I really had no idea that crustaceans are classified as arthropods until vtruan pointed it out.By the challenge description, this is a "bug"

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 258
Avg (all users): 6.7436
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 6.8049
Avg (non-participants): 6.6757
Views since voting: 10230
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 156
Comments: 15
Favorites: 4 (view)

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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/06/2010 01:15:27 AM
fabulous!!
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 04/28/2008 01:05:00 PM
The colours are amazing, what a beautiful macro.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 04/28/2008 10:57:13 AM
oh wow what a creature, beautiful shot here
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Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 04/28/2008 07:46:24 AM
I told you it would do well since there are few real biologists here. Great shot and finish. Van
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Panasonic DMC-FZ30
 04/28/2008 03:16:29 AM
Fabulous colours and detail
excellent shot Congrats on your top 10 image
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 04/28/2008 12:56:48 AM
Told ya! Congrats on the top ten.

A bug this is not.

Message edited by author 2008-04-28 00:57:27.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/27/2008 02:37:49 PM
great capture - like the composition. the border doesn't add anything for me, though.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/25/2008 03:44:35 AM
Lovely colours. My wife has an aquarium and loves this. She wants one of these crabs too. The blue legged ones are hard to get here.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/24/2008 09:46:32 PM
This is just awesome. The color and detail are outstanding. My only nitpick is the left antennae being cut off. Still getting an 8 from me!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/22/2008 04:12:07 PM
Too short DOF for my beginner taste.5
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 04/21/2008 10:57:51 PM
Wow, that's one psychedelic crab :) I'm curious to find out how much saturation adjustment was used, or is that all him?
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/21/2008 09:20:05 PM
how gnarly is that
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 04/21/2008 10:15:09 AM
Amazing colors, great rendition.
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Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 04/21/2008 09:30:29 AM
[thumb]//tolweb.org/tree?group=Arthropoda&contgroup=Bilateria[/thumb] DNMC an Arthropoda. Great shot though.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/21/2008 12:22:02 AM
Fabulous! Bright, colorful and unusual!
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