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• markula (870)
• [2006-05-26 8:28]

Nice shot, Scott. Good exposure and composition. I guess the caterpillar's head must have been twisted towards you since it looks sharper than the rest of the body. Once you get a macro lens you're gonna miss the IS feature for sure. Did you have to crank up your ISO setting? It's not easy to tell with relatively low-noise camera such as 20D.

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• soccer (1927)
• [2006-05-26 8:30]

Scott,

A very well detailed pic of the subject you have posted. The Composition, POV, DOF, BG and lighting are all really great. TFS,
Sheriff

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• viv (3128)
• [2006-05-26 8:39]

Hi Scot,
What a very nice shot and a wonderfull composition, great POV and sharpness. You can see the movement.
TFS
Vivian

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• aido (4046)
• [2006-05-26 8:45]

Hi Scott,
For a hand-held shot without a macro lens, fantastic! Beautiful detail, natural colours and BG is perfectly defocused, I wouldn't have though it was a walkway if you hadn't said. Nicely framed too. Caterpillars and Butterflies always remind me of the wonders of nature, and make me wonder where nature gets the inspiration from. Great shot!
Cheers,
Adrian

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• Zeno (7979)
• [2006-05-26 8:50]

Hi Scott,

The hairy details on this caterpillar are really impressing. Very natural photo!
My compliments.

regards,
Zeno

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-05-26 9:15]

Hello Scott,
Excellent macro.Details are crisp clear and razorsharp.I liked POV,vivid colors,simple BG and composition also a lot.TFS...:-)

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• pablominto (15576)
• [2006-05-26 9:29]

Hi Scott...
Super colours and details in this fine capture!
Very pleasant composition with good diagonal lines, insect captured with good DOF making it really stand out!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• SunToucher (9084)
• [2006-05-26 9:50]

Hi Scott,
I am very impressed with this photo. knowning that it is hand held and taken with a tele zoom lens. On that note, good DOF, beautiful light and b/g, and excellent sharpness.
TFS,
Niek

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-05-26 10:17]

Hello Scott, what great details on you subject, Everything is so crisp, I like the Use of DOF and POV here alot, TFS Kyle

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• AnimalExplorer (8902)
• [2006-05-26 11:58]

Nice details on this little fellow and for your setup without a tripod I think you did fantastic Scott. :)

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• christophe (1783)
• [2006-05-26 12:41]

Hi Scott
greta composition, colors and BG are excellent
Regards Christophe

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• jmp (8406)
• [2006-05-26 13:33]

Hi Scott,
Composition, color and details outstanding. Great shot.
José M.

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• thistle (9266)
• [2006-05-26 15:17]

Hello Scott,
Very good shot considering the difficulties! The caterpillar is very interesting becaue of it's spikes and colours. I like the POV here, framing is good too though maybe a little bit tighter would work better. I don't really know.
Overall, well done on this one!

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• Snoops (555)
• [2006-05-26 15:41]

Hey Scott,
wonder attempt with now dedicate macro lens.. well done :)
TFS

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• saguzar (6914)
• [2006-05-26 16:47]

Hello Scott,
A very good pic without a macro lens and tripod.
Nice colours, patterns and uniform BG.
Regards
Hernán

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• Janice (17794)
• [2006-05-26 20:15]

Hi Scott, you've done very well here, bravo! The little fellow is up on his front toes all ready to make the big change-over soon! You should be very pleased with this one. Great sharpness and colours, 11/10 from me,
Janice

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-05-26 21:04]

Hi Scott,
excellent closeup of this colorful caterpillar.
Great details and the colors are excellent. POV, sharpness and DOF are very good. Very nice composition.
TFS..Sky

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• loot (9407)
• [2006-05-27 2:10]

Hi Scott
This is a great 'macro' shot very well captured and presented considering that it was done without a macro lens and shot from the hand. It just shows how versatile today’s lenses really are however; I believe it says a lot about the photographers abilities as well.
The composition, colours, DOF & details, BG, and exposure were all done very well. Although, I do believe you could have improved on the DOF and f/stop if you were not that lazy though (chuckle).
Very well done my friend and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• phlr (2804)
• [2006-05-27 3:29]

Excellent Scott!
Perfect DOF with excellent details!
Very good POV!
Excellent BG!
Very good on colours!
5* and TFS!

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• peter_stoeckl (9381)
• [2006-05-27 3:40]

Hi Scott,
that stingy caterpillar very well captured.
Fine details, perfect colour contrast.
Excellent presentation!
Thank you! Best regards,
Peter

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• manyee (20016)
• [2006-05-27 3:51]

Hi Scott,
The sharpness in that shot is really outstanding.
Beautiful colors and great pose of this magnificent caterpillar. TFS. : )

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• ScottHale (420)
• [2006-05-27 6:10]

Scott,
Great colors, awesome sharpness and wonderfully composed. my shots of this turned out 'okay", I couldn't get the whole Caterpillar in focus. This one is sweet.
I like the facial hair this guy has. Great shot with or without a macro setting.
Good OOF BG.
This one may be ready for our gallery at the coffee shop.
Fine work.
Scott

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• marhowie (35311)
• [2006-05-27 6:18]

Hi Scott,
Take Pauls comments (Toucadoo), copy and paste :)
Howard

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• Dando (3080)
• [2006-05-27 16:51]

Hi Scott, excellent close up. You did a great job of getting such a clear, sharp picture without using a tripod. Brilliant details and colours. Very well done and TFS.
Dean.

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• cecilia (4628)
• [2006-05-27 23:42]

Perfectly beautiful,can't fault it one bit. Super image.

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• coasties (27526)
• [2006-05-28 1:58]

Hi Scott

Well done on this one. Great details, crisp, clear and sharp. Good saturation of colour. Congrats!

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• chiliu (6448)
• [2006-05-28 4:19]

Hi Scott,
Beautiful capture! Very sharp image with brilliant colours and excellent composition.
Very well done and thanks for sharing!

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• TAZ (10922)
• [2006-05-28 4:51]

What a nice and interesting caterpillar that you have well captured ! With macro we can see more details. Congratulations Scott and thanks for sharing.

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• CTP (3183)
• [2006-05-28 12:51]

Hi Scott,
Great caterpillar close-up with good details.
I like your pov,dof,sharpness,note,lighting,bg and framing.TFS
Happy Memorial Day,
Chris

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• osse (7755)
• [2006-05-28 19:04]

Hi Scott
Great caterpillar shot. Great sharpnes, details, colours, DOF, BG and POV.
Well done Scott.

osse

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• red45 (26975)
• [2006-05-29 2:05]

Hi Scott!
Very spiky and colorfull insect. I like its pose, good details and DOF. This is really good work without special lens my friend! I hope you'll capture Gray Comma Butterfly also :-)

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• marmottelolo (14509)
• [2006-05-29 6:20]

bonjour scott
une belle chenille haute en couleurs,bonne netteté et good DOF.
laurent

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• goutham_ramesh (8843)
• [2006-05-30 3:40]

Great shot scott!!
Good exposure and composition. Great photo for a non macro lens technique!!
TFS
Goutham

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• AndyB (3980)
• [2006-05-31 18:02]

Hello Scott,
An excellent capture of this caterpillar.
Impressive detail to say its not a macro lens you used,great colours and dof.
A great shot.

TFS

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• Graal (5002)
• [2006-06-08 5:14]

Hi Scott.
beautiful catepillar, very nice macro. Good colours and DOF. I like it a lot. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

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• carper (8410)
• [2006-07-29 2:36]

out of you so big archive Scott,
a marvelous one would I say, a well taken shot, nice pov a good dof and an exelent composition, very good job.
gr. jaap

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• snowfalken (1782)
• [2006-08-02 17:38]

Excellent capture of this magnificent caterpillar! Very good composition and POV! The colors look bright and natural and contrast is nice! Great use of DOF! Great job even without a macro lens! Congratulations and TFS!

Regards,
Eddie

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• jeanpaul (13851)
• [2006-08-08 12:54]

Bonjour Scott
Elle est superbe cette prise de vue en Macro. Les couleurs sont merveilleuses,les détails et l'éclairage sont parfaits .
Félicitations et merci pour l'envoie.....JP

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• Nephrotome2 (1838)
• [2006-10-09 17:25]

Excellent macro shot without macro lens.
Colors and composition are brilliant.
A slightly more F would have been better. I guess you didn't want a lower speed because of having no tripod.
TFS