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Spring Love


Spring Love
Photo Information
Copyright: ALI RIZA DEMIR (ALIRIZA) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 639 W: 91 N: 215] (780)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-24
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D70, 18-70 AF-S DX 3.5 - 4.5 Nikkor
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/750 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-04-24 12:52
Viewed: 1090
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Rhagonycha fulva
Length 11mm

An extremely common soldier beetle. Body mostly orange-red except for tip of elytra which are dark. Very active in sunny weather and flies well. Frequently visits flowers, especially umbellifers, where it hunts for insect prey; often becomes dusted with pollen. Seen May¬August; mating pairs are a common sight.
From http://www.tiscali.co.uk

Technique
Camera : Nikon D70
Date : 24.04.2006
Time : 15:32
Lens : NIKKOR 18-70mm f/3.5 - 4.5G ED DX
Filter : KALIMAR 67mm Close Up Filter Set(+2,+4)
ISO :200
Aperture : f/4.5
Shutter :1/750
Focal Length:70mm
Digital Vari-Program: Program Auto
Exposure Comp. :0 EV
White Balance +/- : Auto
AF Mode : AF-S
Flash : NO

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 716 W: 115 N: 1038] (4597)
  • [2006-04-24 12:57]

yup, spring is THE time for love,
very nice "double-decker", ali! :-)
good pov and composition,
nice details and colors,
just a little soft on the focus.
well seen & captured, thor.

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1264 W: 78 N: 874] (7918)
  • [2006-04-24 13:02]
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selam ali
gayet hos bir kompozisyon ;)
renkleri, arka plan, frame ve fotograf notuyla begendigim bir makro oldu. eline saglik. (bisiler donuyo bu fotoda ama?!)
selamlar
izler

Nice image in the spate of pictures of mating bugs at this time of the year on the TN, Ali. The performers in your shot look glamorous!
Good POV, DOF and colours.

  • Great 
  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1097 W: 168 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-04-24 13:40]

Hi Ali,
A nice shot, colours are good, DOF is excellent. Details are good. Nice work!
Regards,
Adrian

Colours are very good and the 'action' is good.
There is a lack of sharpness in this frame, I think that using higher aperture could improve this picture.

  • Good 
  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848] (11755)
  • [2006-04-24 18:28]

Hello Ali Riza, this is a good capture of a very private moment. The composition is ok, but I think it is a little overexposed and soft in focus, more DOF would have been good here. Well done on recording this moment.

Merhaba Ali Rıza,

Her bakımdan takdire değer bir çalışma,netlik harika..
Eline sağlık...

L.

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5726 W: 605 N: 3416] (9137)
  • [2006-04-24 19:24]
  • [2] [+]

Hi Ali
'Love' is a human attribute we tend to read into animal behaviour, but we are really not sure how much of this is present in their emotions. To link this to insects (I realise) is purely 'tongue in cheek' and as such I give your title a vote of confidence. 'Spring Love' in full blossoming colours.
The composition and POV is great. The colours are rich and well saturated. The DOF is a little shallow and soft on details, especially with the insect on top. Since you had some shutter speed to play with you could possibly have gone to f/8-f/11 and would have improved greatly on the focus. I'm not sure if you used a tri-pod, but I found (for myself at least) it is a must for insect macro photography. The BG is great in as much as the OOF and uniform colour is concerned, but there is a bit of noise which is no great nit as that is the easies to remove. The exposure I believe is fine, although the posting could have done with a bit of contrast/brightness correction.
Excellent effort though and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1022 W: 5 N: 2802] (10144)
  • [2006-04-24 22:52]

Hola Ali.- Bella foto, Gran Momento. Luis52

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2830 W: 75 N: 8025] (26863)
  • [2006-04-25 5:02]
  • [2]

Hi Ali!
Good scene and great composition, but as Paul wrote little soft and partially OE. Anyway, I like these small lovers, they're good known sign of Srping :-)

  • Great 
  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7745)
  • [2006-04-25 5:57]

Hi Ali Riza
Great close-up shot. Good sharpnes, details, colours and BG.
Well seen and well done

osse

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-04-25 6:08]

Hello Ali Rıza!
Excellent close up.I liked POV,details,lighting,framing and composition a lot.TFS...:-)

Hi Ali,
Excellent colors and details with good composition and really good POV.TFS.Hilmi Yıldırım

  • Great 
  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 873] (2804)
  • [2006-04-26 4:28]

Great capture Ali!
Nature on its best!
Very good on details and DOF!
Very good POV and BG!
TFS!

wow,
I can see all the details:)
Excellent shot with excellent colors,sharpness,focus,pov and frame.....
Thanks Ana:)

  • Great 
  • halki Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 253 W: 8 N: 105] (467)
  • [2006-04-26 15:15]

Hello Ali.
Great macro. Colours, sharpnes and POv are excellent.
Tahnks for posting.
Ellerinize Sağlık

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1552 W: 0 N: 1165] (6442)
  • [2006-04-26 16:12]

Hi Ali,
Very nice macro shot! Great POV, good details and nice colours.
Thanks for sharing!

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-04-26 16:24]

Hi Ali
Love is in the air ;-).
Very nice POV and great colors. A little bit more sharpness would have been nice. But the details are interesting and nicely composed.
TFS..Sky

Hi Ali,
Nice shot.
Good POV and color, with some good details..
Perhaps a bit less space behind your lovers :)
Try stabilizing your camera better, to avoid shake, and increase sharpness..
TFS!

Hi Ali,
interesting moment frozen.
Nice composition.
Good note.
Andrea

  • Great 
  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 107 N: 4816] (21378)
  • [2006-04-30 11:40]

Good macro again Ali, nice scene well captured. Sharp and well lighted. Thanks.

Mario

Bonjour Ali
Très belle prise de vue avec un beau macro,les couleurs douces, l'éclairage, les détails et la composition sont parfaits et le BG est très joli.

Bravo et merci....JP

Great macro Ali.
Great colors and details and excellent composition.
Good POV and great BG.
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC

Hello Ali,
Very interesting shot, it's just a pity that the quality isn't good. I like the framing and POV, picture has good colours too, but the sharpness really isn't good here.
Overall, well done on capturing this moment.

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107] (3183)
  • [2006-05-14 21:25]

Hi There Ali,
Great capture my friend.
I captured similar scene perform by turtles in Ephesus:)
Great pov,colors,dof,note and framing.TFS
Chris

  • Great 
  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 478 W: 0 N: 872] (2752)
  • [2006-06-20 16:05]

Hi Ali.
Great and special moment, very nice composition,good colors and details,good note.

Thanks and I wait more photos , comments , tips and critiques.

Saludos....RICARDO.

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