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Wedged


Wedged
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Copyright: Scott Hale (ScottHale) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 165 W: 3 N: 126] (420)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-08
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200 1:2.8 L IS + EF 1.4x II
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-14 22:16
Viewed: 903
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I caught this Japanese Beatle wedged between two leaves. They devour plants and it made me think if the wind blew just right, this plant was ready to allow him to plummet to the ground, saving some of it's foliage. I know the subject is small here with lots of useless area's but it made up the whole composition, the whole story. I was actually pretty far away when I shot this but the pose was different by the time I got closer. It may not sit well with others so I may have to post a workshop of a tighter crop to show a closeup of the beetle. (I wish I had a macro lens!)
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Hi Scott.
What a lovely pose! The bug looks like a bridge. In spite of you don't have a macro lens, you have done it very very well my friend. Focus, POV, blurry BG, luminance... all things are acceptable. Successful work.
Greetings
Fevzi

Hi Scott,
The composition is what makes this shot excellent. This is perfectly framed and exposed. Rich natural color saturation and good detail. Your control on the DOF was perfect. All the plant and beetle are sharply detailed with a perfect OOF backround. It looks like a mighty struggle to hold on.
Scott

Hi Scott,
Nicely captured. Sharp and neat image. Great DoF. Without macro lens, this is already sharp and clear, nice surrounding too. Superb shot.

Ben Lakitan

well composed nice shot.
shrpness is very good. nice pov. good dof.
tfs
regards
pankaj

Hello Scott,

Excellent capture, perfect colurs and details, very crisp, nice POV and composed well,

TFS kyle

Hi Scott,
Well....I am not sure why anyone would want you to crop this anymore! You are correct...the "empty" area helps tell the story....what would a sentence be if we only used adjectives! Wonderfully composed, great color and clarity!

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

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