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Oisín · Apr 23, 2008 , 07:59 AM

It’s neither—it’s a complete coincidence that I hadn’t even noticed.

I can kind of see what you mean, though, and it’s a bit odd, ’cause normally I tend to go way overboard and put blue in everything (easily observable if you go through my flickr photostream), whereas here it seems to be the green/dark red combination that’s dominant. How strange.

Tesselator · Apr 23, 2008 , 11:12 AM

Ever get close?

Oisín · Apr 23, 2008 , 11:48 AM

Okay, I give up. What is that?

Jawbone54 · Apr 23, 2008 , 12:28 PM

Moth?

Jawbone54 · Apr 23, 2008 , 12:29 PM

Here's another dandy for those of you who hate heavy post-processing.

Oisín · Apr 23, 2008 , 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Moth?

I read your reply. Then I looked at the image again for about two seconds.

Then I jumped twelve feet in the air and fell back and crashed into my table. UCK!

I hate moths.

Tesselator · 01:20 PM

Yeah, it's a moth. The eye spans between 1mm and 1.5mm somewhere.
If I have a favorite "kind" of photography it's macro photography and also
microscopy. The moth was taken with just a camera lens though. I have
some really kewl florescent micrographs - fun stuff.

BTW, that kid above would look awesome (IMO) if there was no brim ghost
on the hat. That's the only thing... Good pic!

Tesselator · 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

I read your reply. Then I looked at the image again for about two seconds.

Then I jumped twelve feet in the air and fell back and crashed into my table. UCK!

I hate moths.

LOL!!! Sorry about that man! I don't care for most live bugs but I love shooting
them! (with a camera of course

)

This little guy spends 7 years under ground and then only gets to fly around,
suck tree sap and mate for 5 days before it's time for him to turn back into
earth. He's emerging from his shell here and is waiting for his wings to dry
out. He's about 3 min. old in this shot. He's about 3 inches long or so.

Jawbone54 · Apr 23, 2008 , 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

I read your reply. Then I looked at the image again for about two seconds.

Then I jumped twelve feet in the air and fell back and crashed into my table. UCK!

I hate moths.

Ha...

Coincidental story coming up. On the way to work this morning, I took a look down at my t-shirt and saw several weird holes at the bottom left. I couldn't figure it out forever, and then realized that a moth must've gotten into our closet. I'm going to have to check the rest of my clothes tonight.

Jawbone54 · Apr 23, 2008 , 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Tesselator

This little guy spends 7 years under ground and then only gets to fly around, suck tree sap and mate for 5 days before it's time for him to turn back into
earth. He's emerging from his shell here and is waiting for his wings to dry
out. He's about 3 min. old in this shot. He's about 3 inches long or so.

Oh wow...at first I thought he was eating another bug.

Jawbone54 · Apr 23, 2008 , 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tesselator

BTW, that kid above would look awesome (IMO) if there was no brim ghost
on the hat. That's the only thing... Good pic!

Thanks. I tried for about 2 minutes to edit it out without losing the look that I had worked for, but decided I didn't have enough time to fix it. If it was a client, I'd put a bit more work into it, but my family will never know the difference. They literally think I can do no wrong.

I'm doing my best to keep them out of this thread.

Tesselator · 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I'm doing my best to keep them out of this thread.

I'm lucky in that regard - My family KNOWS I suck..

Why do I get a neck ache looking at this? Must be mental...

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Hmm, I tried to darken the sky-center... It looks ok in PS and actually good in
16bit & 32 bit. On this monitor anyway (as displayed in Safari) I can see a black
circle where I used the grad tool to change sky hue.

Tesselator · Apr 23, 2008 , 05:17 PM

Here's a couple more from me to clobber and then I think I'm taken
a break for awhile. There needs to be a few more people to offer crits.

Here's what that bug looked like in the morning:

finished off with some coffee and pies:

RAILhead · Apr 23, 2008 , 05:33 PM

needs more b00bs

- - e r i k - - · Apr 23, 2008 , 06:20 PM

For Tesselator:
The first picture needs to be a portrait, eliminating most of the out of focus bits. Second bug picture is quite good. I'd try doing something with the washed out / out of focus top left corner though, it's a bit distracting.

Third picture? :zzz:

For Jawbone:
Too overprocessed for my liking. Looks like desaturated HDR. The brim has been mentioned, but it's his ear that bothers me the most. Gorgeous eyes though!

- - e r i k - - · Apr 23, 2008 , 06:21 PM

What happened to the image resizing by the way?

brassplayersrock² · Apr 23, 2008 , 09:01 PM

look in feedback erik

Tesselator · Apr 24, 2008 , 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

needs more b00bs

Always!

Boobs ROCK!

Tesselator · Apr 24, 2008 , 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

For Tesselator:
The first picture needs to be a portrait,

I know you were talking abut a different pic but this gave me the idea:

Tesselator · Apr 25, 2008 , 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

For Tesselator:
Second bug picture is quite good. I'd try doing something with the washed out / out
of focus top left corner though, it's a bit distracting.

Hehehe I spent 15min. setting up the shot just to get that effect - and the 1st guy
to see it says to remove it. LOL!

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Here's a B&W made with B/W Styler PS plug-in. If you're doing B&W photography this
little thing is great!

The image is called "Doing Business In Japan":