I had a magnifier on my macro lens and was taking pictures of individual dead flowers on a lilac bush. This creature appeared in the darkroom. I never saw him on the flower. He was barely visible on the original. I had to bring him out with high pass sharpening and curves and channel mixer.
I am overdue for a brown ribbon.
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Initial impression: OMG I have to critique one of Don's pix, I not only have to make it sound like I know what I'm talking about, it also won the brown...! But this shot does grow on you.
Technical: Comp OK, lighting is ambient, maybe ap open a little more to 1/100 or so and f-stop one or two higher. Just a teeny-tiny itty-bitty bit oof.
Artistic: Very impressionistic, the dead leaves and blurry b/g give it a sense of surreality. Does that make sense? Actually the glowy blur does make the bug's wings look somewhat ethereal. Quite nice.
Overall: Ummm....err....*scratching head* I actually cannot think of a way to improve upon this shot. Well done! :-)
Congratulations on your ribbon. I really like this image. The blur and color blends are very pleasing to me. I like the grain too. And the subject is obviously very small and is sharp enough. So be proud of your ribbon. You earned it the hard way -- with a good image.
I don't know if including the cross makes this a "recursive double entendre", or a "triple entendre", or neither. Whatever it is, it is an excellent photo. I give it a 10 for the photo and another 10 for the title. However, this is the only photo I'm voting on, so my 10's won't count.
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