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Protect the Hive!
Protect the Hive!
ThatChickOverThere


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Date: Aug 15, 2008
Aperture: 10
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2008

 This beautiful wasp was protecting his hive which was located in a palm leaf, which provided a sublime background. The sun was shining through and it really provided some great natural light.

Post-processing:
Covert from RAW
rotate 180 degrees
crop
remove sensor dust spots
noise reduction
levels
curves
slight dodge/burn
add saturation in reds/yellows
sharpen
resize for web

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Place: 205 out of 487
Avg (all users): 5.8077
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views since voting: 1766
Views during voting: 217
Votes: 156
Comments: 7
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/06/2008 10:22:07 AM
I really like those bold green and yellow strips behind the wasp. The complement the stripes on the wasp nicely.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/02/2008 10:10:14 PM
I like your leading lines in this bright cheerful picture. The clarity of the wasp is good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 09/01/2008 01:33:45 PM
gosh i hate bees, but the lines are very well used so that yoiur attention is gone right to him. great job. and keep that bee away from me, blah.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/01/2008 08:07:18 AM
nice detail and color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/01/2008 05:38:24 AM
I love the background...great image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/01/2008 05:26:21 AM
I love the bg but the insect seems overprocessed in some way
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 09/01/2008 01:59:19 AM
Protect it from what? The onslaught of Nikonians and Canonites? Cool bug shot. Love the effect of the leaf behind him.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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