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Challenge: Negative Image III (Basic Editing)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Sep 23, 2010
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Sep 23, 2010

 I find this fairly amusing as a negative. Hoping to entertain a few voters. It's some sort of jumping spider, upside down on a milkweed leaf.

Had all my extension tubes on (36mm + 20mm + 12mm) and used flash for fill light (those nice black dots in the eyes are catchlight reflections from the flash).

PP - cropped, levels, inverted colors, duotone, increased contrast, reduced noise, touched up sensor dust spots (I've since cleaned the sensor but the spider hasn't come back to pose), resized, sharpened, added border.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 173
Avg (all users): 6.3228
Avg (commenters): 8.4167
Avg (participants): 6.2500
Avg (non-participants): 6.3902
Views since voting: 2018
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 158
Comments: 14
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 10/06/2010 01:24:20 AM
If only I could see all spiders in negative... Seriously adorable. Thanks for the smile.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/05/2010 10:41:35 PM
great image, good effect
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 10/05/2010 09:57:17 PM
Awesome.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
10/05/2010 08:01:23 PM
And if you turn the title upside down, what do you get? I jjust love this!
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/03/2010 04:01:10 PM
Super !!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 10/02/2010 11:03:42 PM
And frightened miss Muffett away? Nice creativity.
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Pentax K2000
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 10/02/2010 05:44:29 PM
Humorously unusual. Great capture.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED
 10/01/2010 03:15:43 PM
Nice little fella you find there!
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 10/01/2010 09:53:24 AM
rofl!! OMG I hate spiders but this is amazingly cute!!!
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 10/01/2010 07:00:45 AM
Nice fun simple image - I like this one 9
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Samsung S730
 09/30/2010 01:19:45 PM
This one is so cute!
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Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 09/29/2010 09:34:10 PM
Geez I love this. Funny how this bug makes me laugh. Front page material!!
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS
 09/29/2010 06:57:49 AM
oOOo that's good! Great macro hope you do well
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 09/29/2010 03:00:47 AM
You know, I hate spiders, but as a negative, this is actually adorable. Those eyes are like Muppet eyes. Excellent conversion and incredible detail.
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