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from hippojoe/Gad (13) 
on December 23, 2011 5:14:34 PM CST
I just love it
Very Good shot
the colors and light are exelant
i just love macro pic's like this one
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from fuhrerofjustice/Jean (92)
on November 1, 2010 6:57:20 PM CDT
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I truly adore this photograph. Amazing focus, and great attention to detail. I particularly love how you can see ever strand of this hornet's fur, the 'felt-like' texture to it's eyes, and how one can witness it's vulnerability while feeding. Very well done.
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from legacygt/Alexey (760) 
on August 3, 2010 10:40:15 PM CDT
Impressive macro, fantastic shot! How you get it so close? Wasp are crafty. They will attack you if feel any smell of danger. I also want to make such macro! Thank you for sharing!
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from hermanbraun/Herman (1,471)
on February 19, 2010 12:56:11 AM CST
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Mark, The composition and POV is excellent with colours well saturated and light used to optimum. The placement of the hornet's head on the rule of thirds makes the picture and the focus is pinsharp. Very good DOF achieved. This is absolutely beautifully done. Regards, Herman
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from lizellejacobs/Lizelle (50)
on January 10, 2010 3:32:49 AM CST
Wow, excellent composition, great colours, almost unreal!!
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from iranmg/Mehrdad (1,708)
on January 4, 2010 10:26:16 AM CST
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Mark,
This is one of the most artistic photo of an insect I have ever seen.
The frame, colors, contrast and bee angel is perfect.
Cong.,
Cheers
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from ryandsn/Ryan (91)
on September 16, 2009 4:00:37 PM CDT
love this mark. very similar to the famouse fly pic, i prefer colours in this though.
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from ortman/Marcin (57)
on September 14, 2009 10:56:29 AM CDT
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Hallo Mark, You did such a good job here. Great color, Tonality looks very natural and sharp with good details. Thank you for sharing. Regards, Marcin Ortman.
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from rathead/Stefan (1,134)
on April 11, 2009 5:49:27 AM CDT
This picture for is among the top of the tops. It looks like taken out of a microscope - very well done.
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From rathead/Stefan (1,134)
on April 12, 2009 3:29:12 AM CDT
sorry that you can't the 3 points, that I want give you - a boring rule (Non-conforming (rating)) says, that you didn't get the points when I only give points for best or bad pictures. The 15 words barrier is the reason, that most the time I didn't say anything to pictures for that I didn't have more than 5 words.
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from ladybugg/Kelly (82)
on April 8, 2009 1:16:10 PM CDT
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WoW, WoW, WoW - I throughly enjoy this photo, beautiful detail in the eyes, stunning little spikes of hair. Excellent capture, I look forward to seeing more from you :-) - Kelly
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From ladybugg/Kelly (82)
on April 8, 2009 1:17:41 PM CDT
I forgot to mention that I also love the cropping of the photo :-) bravo!
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from ayang92/Amy (66)
on March 10, 2009 6:25:51 PM CDT
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Wow! This picture is so clear and good! I can see every single detail of the bee~~ And even the hairs too :O I feel like the bee is realistically standing in front of me.
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from aarendell/Amanda (491)
on January 3, 2009 1:50:21 PM CST
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great photo! i wouldn't change a thing. i don't think i would be brave enough to get that close. truly amazing!
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from oguzz/Oguz (60)
on November 24, 2008 2:19:45 AM CST
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Very nice photo, colors and the sharpness is good but i think taking the second antenna in to the square would be better.
nice job...
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from hardtofollow/Stuart (11,770)
on October 2, 2008 11:17:43 AM CDT
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Hey Mark,
I've looked at this photo so many times since I joined photosig and when I got stung by one of these critters last week I thought of your photo and decided I'd give it a critique when I got back online!
My usual process of critiquing is to write the text then evaluate it to give the TUs or TDs, with this one I'm in no doubt about it, its getting 3TUs.
The shot is just stunning. So much detail and sharpness right where we want it, great job merging the two images to get it like this. The crop is unusual and this is why it stands head and shoulders above most other macro shots I've seen. I think its the legs subtly blurred between the head and left edge of frame that allows you to go so off centre but keep it so well balanced.
The colours are spot on, no distractions on the fruit or in the background to take our attention from his nasty looks facial features.
The sting doesn't hurt so much now by the way, but thanks for letting me see a close up of the offending creature.
Stu
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from grochomarque/Grocho (400)
on September 28, 2008 7:27:44 PM CDT
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Fantastic. Great eyecontacts with the lovely model, is it a smile I see there? Wonderful capture with good DOF and sharpness beyond belief. Awesome!
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from hurrican/Wen (1)
on August 10, 2008 10:40:26 PM CDT
Very nice focus, amazing clour
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from sujitra/Sujitra (1,429)
on July 4, 2008 6:52:19 PM CDT
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This is one of my all time favorite photographs on this site. I love all the yellows from the hornet to the pear and the background. Combining these has created a masterpiece.
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from si1234/Si (219)
on June 23, 2008 1:30:54 PM CDT
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Incredible but IMHO you should have been looking at the hornet from a slightly higher position so that most of hte foreground is cut out, or at the very least is not blocking the mouth of hte hornet.
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from weggy/Michael (562)
on March 15, 2008 12:19:39 AM CDT
Incredible picture!
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from beowolf17/Marcos (64)
on January 7, 2008 8:04:53 PM CST
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Good shot, the color is very appealing to the audience, ME! Very nice details. The borader you have choosen works great with this shot.
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from crazymonkeyben/Benjamin (125)
on December 8, 2007 4:33:55 AM CST
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Stunning picture. Great color, focus, contrast, composition, and pose. The depth of field is perfect, not too little and not too much. The background is nice and clean.
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from simpson369/Joe (42)
on November 29, 2007 11:42:55 PM CST
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Amazing contrast, and great subject. Yellow and black go well together. Keep up the good work.
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from ralston1/Craig (0)
on November 5, 2007 9:41:22 PM CST
awesome shot, great DOF
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from mroy/Mike (2)
on November 5, 2007 3:32:55 PM CST
well balanced colors and fine detail, this is an excellent pic.
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from jaredwalker/Jared (86)
on August 22, 2007 1:59:46 PM CDT
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Amazing use of macro. I can not stop looking at this bee... This picture is perfect. Great work.
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from jermg13/Jeremy (2)
on August 22, 2007 1:12:52 PM CDT
i like how the head is in focus and the background isnt
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from ianblanchett/Ian (4,455)
on July 8, 2007 5:48:50 AM CDT
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I keep coming back to this shot and keeping wondering, one day....Technically superb and flawless. An amazing shot that grabs interest and keeps you there for ages. And I keep returning. Absolutely stunning.
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from deleted224040/deleted (30,146)
on June 15, 2007 1:59:19 PM CDT
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simply amazing. i have viewed this image many times. i just thought it would be fair to give you three more thumbs up. a perfect image in my opinion. tommy
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from elleti/Luca (9,762)
on May 9, 2007 7:30:53 PM CDT
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Dear Mark,
I dedicate my five hundredth critique to the most viewed pict on photoSIG. I write without having read noone of the preceding critiques.. too much work!!
It seems taken with a microscope whose lens is placed among the anthennas.
Stunning pict!!
Thanks for sharing.
Luca
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from dduygu/Duygu (20)
on April 23, 2007 2:07:15 PM CDT
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hi mark,
ı love macro works and ı am so impressed. good work. ı prefer not to be so close to it. :))
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from gonzaga/Andreas (559)
on March 20, 2007 3:08:41 AM CDT
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Wow ... that's what a macro shot should look like ... crisp and perfectly positioned at the same time. You must have been damn close to that wasp.
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from vineyard/Yaniv (1,224)
on March 2, 2007 4:15:02 AM CST
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Hi Mark,
WOW! this is amazing. The clarity of details is great, the colors and all other parameters are fine. I would prefer different composition though. Thank for sharing, Yaniv.
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from sakestormrage/Simon (19)
on February 27, 2007 5:36:07 PM CST
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Wow I love all the hairs on its head and the black mark on its face makes it look very happy. Brilliunt work Simon.
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From intelbro/Tim (106)
on February 27, 2007 5:43:33 PM CST
Maybe you cold tell us something about the focus,cropping or colour in this photo - or the quality. Regards, Tim.
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on February 27, 2007 7:56:06 PM CST
All of the info you request is provided if you read through my replies to previous folks comments. Happy shooting, Mark
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From intelbro/Tim (106)
on March 2, 2007 11:15:45 PM CST
Sorry if you misunderstood me, i was replying to Simons critique. Regards, Tim.
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from yungreef/Mustafa (32)
on February 6, 2007 3:01:15 PM CST
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The high contrast between the black and the yellow make this picture. Nice macro look at what a bee does in his spare time.
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from buckeyefoto/Johnny (1,399)
on January 12, 2007 3:35:30 PM CST
Totally sharp...totally beautiful. Every photographers' hope is to shoot a photo like this.
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from sjfoto/Steen (19)
on January 5, 2007 1:28:46 PM CST
very good!
,-) Steen www.sjfoto.dk
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from illiyoun/ILLIYOUN (21)
on December 30, 2006 6:48:49 PM CST
Congratulations
excelent macro
very good
Thanks for sharing
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from beammc/Mary (5,109)
on November 25, 2006 11:32:38 PM CST
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Who would have thought up-close a hornet would be such a gorgeous creature. This is beautiful. It is beautifully composed and focused. What a fine lens you have. And, what fine skills.
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from atort/Anthony M. (1,037)
on November 24, 2006 9:32:10 PM CST
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Wow....F@##($G incredible!!! Really amazing shot and color...super vibrant and full of life. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing and capturing the magic. Anthony
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from vlio/Vagelis (193)
on November 23, 2006 12:09:45 PM CST
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Congratulations, excellent macro. Extra extra sharp. All the details you wont to see from a bee's head in very good detail. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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from ronnyblaze1/Ronald (31)
on November 7, 2006 9:08:43 PM CST
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Best macro you should get an oscar. awesome detail i have never seen all that on a hornet before.
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from shawnd/Shawn (14)
on November 7, 2006 6:30:39 PM CST
and the award for the best marco goes to....... Hornet eating a pear!!!
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from azphotoguy/Chad (8,492)
on October 25, 2006 3:26:38 AM CDT
Wow, this is one of the best Macro's I have ever seen. I think it would be easier to win the lottery than to shoot this. Good job. Impressive. Thanks
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from maxphotos/Mark (254)
on September 14, 2006 5:47:30 PM CDT
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WOW!, no other expresion can explain this macro, well balanced colours, good lighting, Crisp sharpness, fine detail. Have you tried some other croppings? There's something in the positioning, which is not ringing. Don t get me wrong about the critique. Perfect shot
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from blitalia22/Aaron (22)
on September 6, 2006 4:40:14 AM CDT
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I'm wondering to myself where his other leg is...but more importantly, this is the best macro I have ever seen. Nice work!!!
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from turksal/Salih (43)
on September 4, 2006 5:34:26 AM CDT
excelent makro, very good, colour, time is so good
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from brettrobsonphotograp/Brett (128)
on August 21, 2006 11:34:46 PM CDT
Excellent work, I gather you have no fear of these insects, I wouldnt be wanting to get that close then again with my latest macro you would think differently. THree Thumbs from me
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from pixelperfect/Bryan (242)
on August 19, 2006 11:56:07 PM CDT
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Absolutely phenomenal! One of the best macro shots I have seen... ever. I want to get into macro stuff and this gives me the inspiration to do such. Fantastic work.
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from chris25/Chris (1,980)
on August 1, 2006 4:57:48 AM CDT
That is 1 great photo...yes i agree with the composite photo and great composition and DOF...good work Thanks
Chris
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from pcu/Preston (244)
on July 16, 2006 4:07:08 PM CDT
Very impressive photo!
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from bughy/Oasa (89)
on February 21, 2006 5:18:44 PM CST
great clarity for this extremly close pic
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from dreamstokeep1/Glen (2,050)
on January 24, 2006 3:37:19 PM CST
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This is about a nice as bug macro can get - beautiful clarity, colors and composition. Well done in all areas.
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from iannytip/Ian (176)
on December 3, 2005 4:28:08 AM CST
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I have a bee also. When we got him, I thought, wow, what a good opportunity to take some bee's pictures. Oh, well! It is easier to take close-ups in nature than make a sound photo of a bee at home. Here we see exceptionally good capture, both technically and emotionally. Picture tells a story. Bee has his/her nails out from paws showing real handling of a camera. I would give 5TU.
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from reflektionen/Lars (300)
on November 24, 2005 8:31:57 AM CST
Great shot and fantastic color.
For everyone who wants to try the same sort of photo... they love cold cuts of turkey (found that out while having a late breakfast on my balcoy).
Regards,
Lars
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from pasos/Guglielmo (374)
on October 1, 2005 6:37:56 PM CDT
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this is a really impressive shoot and it becomes unbelievable if I take in acount the equipment you used. Anyway if I can give you a personal suggestion, probably the light is too high in the middle-upper area of the photo. A double light beside the lens could give better results.
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from kere/Kere (245)
on September 29, 2005 10:56:28 PM CDT
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Wow, This is an amazing shot. I love it. The color is great, perfectly blurred background. LOVE it!!
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from mikestephens/Mike (50,053)
on September 29, 2005 10:32:17 PM CDT
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One of the BEST Macro shots I've seen here on PSIG. Simply a remarkable picture in almost every aspect. The DOF is great IMO. Where's his left "leg"?! Again, EXCELLENT!
CONGRATULATIONS!
mike s~~~
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from scizzle/Scizzle (114)
on September 29, 2005 10:00:15 PM CDT
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Incredible, The way you were able to get up close to that hornet is amazing. great color, I think that the clearness of his head which fades into a blurryness is great. wouldn't change a thing.
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from bhoward/b (276)
on September 25, 2005 5:34:56 PM CDT
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This is great! You captured the bee with great focus and depth of field. This photo makes me wish I took it.
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from abbigap/Abbi (368)
on September 4, 2005 3:55:57 PM CDT
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This image is amazing! The depth of field is right on. Great color and compositon. You caught so much detail, it's awesome to see something so small in such a larger perception. Thanks!
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from daemonworks/René (411)
on August 26, 2005 12:41:03 AM CDT
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Truely one of, if not the single, best macro insect shot I've ever seen.
Stunning color, great subject, astounding clarity. It's just... sweet.
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from mrtvanaalst/Martijn (0)
on August 24, 2005 10:48:33 AM CDT
Really great!!!
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from andrew11/Andy (177)
on May 2, 2005 8:05:11 AM CDT
Truly amazing. Well done.
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from cameronbenjamin/Cameron (188)
on April 13, 2005 10:12:03 AM CDT
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WOW!! I love this picture. How did you get so far up without getting stung...hahahah!! good job
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from mariannep/Marianne (1,296)
on April 9, 2005 9:34:21 AM CDT
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What can I say Mark - this shot is truly spectacular. I've seen some pretty goot macro shots recently but this is by far the best. Congratulations on this shot.
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from mystic/Jozef (0)
on April 6, 2005 5:25:53 AM CDT
Nice capture, and nice composition! Well done !
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from etucker/Emily (141)
on January 30, 2005 6:47:28 PM CST
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Absolutely love this image! You really captured all of the texture and its the closest closest/clearest image i've ever seen of an insect. I also really like the shallow depth of field and how its really brings out the head. Fantastic job!
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from someoneelse/Zoltan (110)
on January 23, 2005 4:46:43 PM CST
Colossal!
Lots of little particles.
What a sharp and beatiful image!
Nice colours.
Some'
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from oledk/Ole (5,332)
on January 10, 2005 5:05:58 PM CST
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All that needs to be said has been said. However, I would also like to offer my praise. Wonderful shot. BR Ole
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from alanliang/Liang (60)
on December 27, 2004 11:23:46 PM CST
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What a awesome shot! I think the DOF can decrease a little bit small, so the head of the hornet can be seen more. The photo is very impressive and very good to me, regard. :)
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from fish1babe/April (170)
on December 16, 2004 5:04:34 PM CST
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wow this is great . I can not believe it let you get so close. I think it might be better only if you had it more centered but it is an awsome shot. Great job
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from christianschaefer/Christian (246)
on December 16, 2004 9:07:23 AM CST
OH what a shot nice colors I don't know if you had could till up your cam just a little bit and center it;-) but it's a great pic, no doubts.
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from nickhardcastle/Nick (12)
on November 9, 2004 9:34:12 AM CST
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This is a stunning shot. I am intrigued by the dark spot over the right eye. I might have been tempted to retouch it. Depth of field is excellent and I particularly like the composition. I like the background too, which compliments the colours of the hornet well - a studio shot perhaps?
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on November 9, 2004 3:25:27 PM CST
Thanx for the kind comments. This was not a studio shot. I took in at ground level (thanx to that flip out lcd) under a pear tree in my backyard. I was a bit nervous as there was a lot of fruit on the grounds and the bees, hornets, and wasps were swarming all around me. The image is, however, a composite of two frames taken in succession in an effort to increase DOF.
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from greatboy/Farhad (0)
on November 2, 2004 12:07:28 PM CST
very very good . ..
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from rwick06/Gloeckler (256)
on September 20, 2004 12:51:27 AM CDT
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it is great art, mark! clearness is irreproachable, one has the impression especially on the level of the antennas to see the animal in 3d, the color is splendid and the depth of field is very well carried out with the blur which accompanies it behind plane. cheer!
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from saviola/Yusuf (0)
on September 14, 2004 10:01:46 AM CDT
gerçekten kaliteli bir foto olmuº
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from ramamani/Monalisa (773)
on September 10, 2004 5:20:56 AM CDT
Brilliant capture; but you could have centered the subject. Best Regards
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from kellie123/Kellie (393)
on July 22, 2004 9:16:06 AM CDT
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this image you took is so cool. i love how you closed in on the insect and got all the detail of it.
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from deiwise/Will (323)
on July 17, 2004 12:14:01 PM CDT
Unbearably brilliant. Artistic, technically perfect and an inspiration to others. TOP shot.
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from tode/Christian (133)
on July 9, 2004 9:31:43 AM CDT
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Nice photo. There is really nothing to say to help you improve this picture. Very good work. Thanks for sharing
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from piotrzw/Piotr (0)
on July 2, 2004 3:20:06 AM CDT
very impressive photo ... the model, composition, colours, DOF ... in my opinion - all in tune ... very good macro ...
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from webweaver/Bill (30)
on May 29, 2004 1:24:14 AM CDT
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This photograph is perfect! The composition is great, the colors in the photo are amazing and the subject is interesting. Keep up the great work! I have a G3 and only wish to get as good a photo.Webweaver.
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from dudette/Jocelyn (1,438)
on May 23, 2004 6:21:57 AM CDT
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Fantastic detail and precision here in this photo. And like the rest of your portfolio, I can tell you take great time to set up the shot and processing it. I'd definitely give it the 3TU's but I'm at my limit. Everything in this image is so crisp and sharp, very refreshing. Thanks for sharing.
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from endii/Dfg (0)
on May 22, 2004 5:40:51 PM CDT
Fantastic picture. Congratulations.
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from anchel/Anchel (179)
on May 17, 2004 5:46:00 AM CDT
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I never knew they looked like that, untill now that is. This is well done, congratulations! I wish I could get myself a camera to zoom that close.
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from stylgraphix/StylGraphiX (4,952)
on May 6, 2004 9:57:38 AM CDT
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I could nothing else say that this is a great shot. A lot of detail and a good sharpness.
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from catamaris/Catherine (3,427)
on April 13, 2004 7:56:18 AM CDT
Im blown away. First thing I'm going to do is read your article, then I'm out to get some decent shots! I've checked out your folio, and this is just another example of the excellent work you produce. You are an inspiration!
I love the yellow on the bottom of the image as well as on the insect, and the antenna (spelling?!?!) is perfectly positioned going off to the left... sharpness is incredible! xXxXx
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from bigcaesar/Cesare (24)
on April 12, 2004 1:24:01 PM CDT
Simply fantastic...
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from penso3/Jorge (12)
on April 10, 2004 1:51:15 AM CDT
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Looks nice and crisp but I would have loved to see the whole antenae in the shot otherwise great shot
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from terras/Won Hyoung (0)
on April 9, 2004 2:22:06 AM CDT
beautiful shot
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from darelas/Darius (6)
on April 8, 2004 2:34:02 AM CDT
Such a contrast between yellow and black!! Amazing photo!
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from fairfield/Barbara (490)
on April 2, 2004 11:06:59 PM CST
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Macro lens and more go into making this an amazing shot, thank the hornet, thanks Mike.
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from shark928/Jan (91)
on March 15, 2004 8:22:28 AM CST
as usual the best in insect macros. and what a technique.
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from stargazer67/Larry (751)
on February 18, 2004 3:06:13 AM CST
Yes I agree with another critique - usually close up or insects creep me out - but this is art. Nature is amazing. Your work is too!!!
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from inky/Lori (402)
on February 13, 2004 5:08:26 AM CST
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Normally, I don't even like to glance at macro shots of insects because they creep me out so badly.. But THIS is STUNNING! And it is a composite?? Double WOW! Not only did I glance, but I studied, squinted, and stared. The DOF, the color, the PS work. Simply amazing. Wish I could give you more than 3TU!
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from mdlchandler/Mark (163)
on February 11, 2004 10:07:42 AM CST
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Personally, I prefer the cropping and composition as they are. I am stunned by your PS work, and it is a terrific image. Congratulations.
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from mxb/MaxBot (1,522)
on February 10, 2004 7:21:37 AM CST
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I think that your photo it's an original and great macro. I admire your technique. It is one of the best pictures that I have seen. It has be better with the antennae in their entirety. Congratulations
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from dumdei/Maya (12)
on February 5, 2004 6:58:05 AM CST
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This is really excellent work you did! Great colors and a very friendly looking animal, not angry of being disturbed while eating!! It seems to be so concentrated and the black lines look to me as if it is smiling. Amazing also the sharpness and contrasts in that pic. Congratulations!
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from pafoto/Pedro (1,336)
on January 19, 2004 12:40:32 PM CST
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how unhelpful this may be, the fact is that there is nothing wrong to state about this photo.
The color is excellent, the DOF is absolutely perfect. The way you made this composed by two photos to get the desired effect underlines the amazing photo.
Perfection really is a word that should be used abundantly with this photo!
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from catman2004spec/Bob (1,456)
on January 18, 2004 5:39:09 AM CST
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The color definition on this is unreal. Amazing depth and clarity. The textures are incredible, able to pick out the honeycomb pattern on the eyes and the antennae are so close they look as if they're the ends of whips. Excellent job Mark.
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from mytmouse/Patrick (355)
on December 28, 2003 6:58:59 AM CST
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Stunningly beautiful and masterfully pieced together. The DOF is highly defined, congratulations on your work. I am a particular fan of macro shots. Keep up the good work.
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from cjbetz/Christopher (1,555)
on December 18, 2003 6:50:48 PM CST
This shot has amazing clarity and color. The texture is amazing. Excellent composition and presentation.
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from n8yeluko/Nathan (602)
on December 18, 2003 3:06:12 AM CST
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I see you reversed your lens! I've done this myself, with some results I felt impressed with, prior to viewing this photo! Excellent work, on a tremendously vivid subject. On can only wonder if you used Velvia film? Good photo & great job on not getting stung! I have NO tips for a shot like this. Three Thumbs Up!
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from mike721/Mike (656)
on December 9, 2003 10:36:27 AM CST
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Phenominal macro with perfect sharpness and awesome depth of field..I am going to read about the compositing techique as soon as I post this.
Great work.
A flaw would be the composition, I would like to see the antennae in their entirety in the picture.
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from rheaven/Rene (3)
on December 7, 2003 4:56:29 PM CST
BriljanT!!!!!
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from sascha224/Sascha (180)
on December 1, 2003 10:47:38 AM CST
Very great Foto!!
Sascha
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from raztazor/Andrew (687)
on November 30, 2003 1:44:52 PM CST
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Congratulations on a fantastic photograph. The eyes of the insect are in focus and present incredible detail. The saturation of the colurs are perfect. What makes this even more incredible is that this photo was taken with a Canon G3 and not a high end Digital SLR with the most expensive lens money can buy. The DOF is excellent highlighting the subject.
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from nenad2003/Nenad (446)
on November 29, 2003 3:57:12 PM CST
Very inspirational. I hope to make photos like this one day. It was a great idea to take one out of focus photo and an in-focus photo and composite them. Educational.
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from ernstzunehmend/Andreas (1,682)
on November 23, 2003 4:38:14 PM CST
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Let me start with this: a benefaction to experience a picture like this superseding all the "full frontal flesh"-pictures recently top ranking the "most viewed"-lists!
And this is not the only one, but what made me wonder even more was a letter to the editor I read a few days ago in a foto magazine (if I remember right, it was a nature-foto-magazine, "Africa Geographic" or something), where the author of the letter was complaining of too few invertebrates being the cover animal of the magazine. The editor had answered this letter and explaining, that starring these little animals on the cover always had resulted in desastrous sales figures.
Regarding the picture itself: feeler are cropped! It´s a composition (by the way: how and what has [it] been composed here exactly? I would like very much to know!) and yet it´s simply perfect.
All the yellow hues add to a piece of very great art!
Wunderbar!
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on November 23, 2003 4:48:04 PM CST
Thanx for the kind comments. I talk about the technique of compositing images for increased DOF (which was used here) in this article.
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From ernstzunehmend/Andreas (1,682)
on November 23, 2003 5:58:57 PM CST
I am the one who has to thank your for this surprisingly fast reply! I appreciate that very much because I wouldn´t have expected it on this almost "old" picture (having been submitted quite a few weeks ago).
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on November 23, 2003 6:08:21 PM CST
I enjoy the various forums. It is how I have learned my craft. I spend a lot of time online and happened to be critiquing some photos on another site when I received your reply.
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from rmanke/Ron (85)
on November 11, 2003 1:55:50 AM CST
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Very inspirational. I hope to make photos like this one day. It was a
great idea to take one out of focus photo and an in-focus photo and
composite them. Educational.
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from cage/Pedro (0)
on October 30, 2003 11:22:14 AM CST
Foto fantastica, meus parabens!!
Quero comprar equipamentos para fotografar assim.
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from sbushman/Shane (115)
on October 24, 2003 12:54:16 AM CDT
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I love it. This shows what can be done with a consumer level digicam. With so much crap coming from novice dslr users it's nice to see someone producing ART with a G3. Well done, and I can't wait to see the rest of your submissions.
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from phdezra/Ezra (101)
on October 23, 2003 11:03:03 PM CDT
Stunningly good!
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from tdpro/Td (212)
on October 13, 2003 4:45:13 AM CDT
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This is definitly the bbbbbbbbest Animal Pic i'v seen here, it is realy Amazing.
I would have been happy to see it not Croped, but it is so beutifull, that it conpensates on it !
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from boogie/Bogdan (16,959)
on October 9, 2003 10:30:10 AM CDT
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what can i say here...is one of the best animal macro shot i've ever seen on this site...the crop...the colors...the DOF...everything is perfect!!!
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from paularosetti/Paula (594)
on October 8, 2003 8:11:39 AM CDT
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I just wanted to congratulate you on an absolutely outstanding image and the fact that it is the most viewed image that does not involve naked females!
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from csadlak/Christopher (2,400)
on October 2, 2003 9:35:47 AM CDT
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This macro is amazing. The crispness of detail stands out against the blurry background. The yellow and black contrast helps as well. Excellent effort.
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from randolph/Randolph (903)
on September 11, 2003 3:19:38 AM CDT
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I think this composition is particularly good. Like a bee portrait so to speak. I have always admired your work. Top quality macro. Feel like running out to the shops and getting the same equipment as you. I think the small size of the G3 really is an asset in keeping your hands still. I can never take a shot like this with my camera. cheers.
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from mcmike/Michael (717)
on September 6, 2003 5:28:03 PM CDT
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An incredible portrait and a great composite. It is always a learning experience looking at your work. Thanks for sharing.
Mike
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from mirkop71/Mirko (144)
on September 6, 2003 4:52:03 PM CDT
Just a word: fantastic!
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from alive56wir/Jared (137)
on September 6, 2003 4:10:28 PM CDT
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oh my goodness!! where do you live??? bee is really big there!! i likes picture though.. the colors are bright. they make me happy.. but bees don't. bee sting my chin other day.. it hurt for 28 minutes. my chin got big and red.. i think bee this big would kill me.
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from kitkit/Kit (3,964)
on September 5, 2003 1:24:43 AM CDT
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Hello, Mark, I am happy to see you in Photosig. This macro zoom is great. Posture of bee eating a pear is cute. Brightness and sharpness of pic is good. All details can be seen clearly. Thanks for sharing ^_^
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from subha/Subha (1,751)
on September 3, 2003 2:42:42 PM CDT
mark.. could you explain what is composite of two images. Did you super impose two images. It is good to have fruit trees around. I had fig trees invaded by Japanese beetles, and had got a couple of good shots. However due to sunlight, there was shadow cast on his eyes. This is a beautiful shot, specially the best time to catch these guys are when they are feeding, that way they don't move around. Alternatively i assume you would cut or prune the branch where the fruit is, and bring it or put it in a bright lighting area. I did that with the japanese beetle case. Otherwise there is very inadequate lighting when trying to shoot the insect on the tree itself.
Remarkable work here.. Remember Mark.. 1/5th of the world's animal/plant species are Beetles, which means there are about 300,000 species of Beetles on this planet. Do you happen to have any Japanese beetle shots..
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from smult/Tormod (130)
on September 3, 2003 1:58:08 PM CDT
Just one word says it all : WOW!!
Great shot, great DOF and an incredible closeup!
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from pinback/Andrew (4,868)
on September 3, 2003 9:10:36 AM CDT
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Excellent shot! I like the composition especially, with the offset wasp's head and the antenna leading off to the left. Really can't see anything to criticise here. Very well done.
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from damores/Daniel (199)
on September 3, 2003 8:39:35 AM CDT
Very good work, with Dov, colors, composition for me ok.
Congratulations
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from dotlinux/Luca (333)
on September 3, 2003 6:02:46 AM CDT
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Ok la foto é fantastica sotto tutti gli aspetti, ma ora c'è qualche anima pia che mi spiega dettagliatamente come farne una "simile"?
Credo farebbe comodo a molti.
In particolare come si incrementa il DOF con 2 immagini?
Credo di possedere il giusto equipaggiamento ma non ho le conoscenze adeguate.
Mi scuso per la richiesta all'interno di una critica (anche perchè c'è poco da criticare)!
Ciao
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from toonp/toon (64)
on September 3, 2003 5:19:44 AM CDT
That's what you call close-up !
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from senn/Damir (14,447)
on September 3, 2003 4:59:47 AM CDT
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Hi Mark. Excelent picture you have here. Sharpnes and details are briliant. Nothing to change on the picture. I can not see the points of composition of these two layers, great PS work. I pictured the wasp so many times and I spent few hours trying to get such point of view. Please say how many hours did you wait. How did you get the wasp to stand so still to take few pictures with different focus points with same position. I had so many problems, my wasps were circeling around one part of the fish and cutting small parts, but that circeling was inpossible to take. Inposible to have such wiev. Also, the wasp puted her head deap in to the fish she was eating, so my pictures were great but without head. I think maybe greap (orange an lemon mix) whould be my next try. Damir
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on September 3, 2003 11:54:11 AM CDT
Thanx for the kind words. I have a several fruit trees in my yard. I could go out right now and the bugs are there - it is that time of year. I took several dozen shots to get this one (actually 2 because of the compositing), although there are others in the bunch that will probably be this good. THus, it took maybe 2-3 hours spread over as many days. However, this is my third year of doing this, so I know exactly what I wanted and needed to do (for example, see this similar shot which was snapped last year, but not developed till january). In other words, I have spend countless hours accumulating the experience needed for this shot.
I agree about it being difficult to do though. In this case, I was having a problem with her sticking her head deep in the fruit. I was trying to wait for her to take a breather and lift her head, but she was't so cooperative. At least she had her attenna spread out over the head rather than flopped down in front of it.
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from dasu/Sumit Kr. (2,274)
on September 3, 2003 4:27:57 AM CDT
Winner Mark!!!
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from stingo/Andrey (1,148)
on September 3, 2003 4:22:38 AM CDT
That's just fantastic how you use your G3. I admire your works. Sharpness and focus are excellent.
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from etienne/Etienne (920)
on September 3, 2003 4:05:11 AM CDT
impressed...
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from polnalex/Alexandre (8,228)
on September 3, 2003 3:50:17 AM CDT
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This one is just fantastic, Mark !! You did right about the composition of 2 images... Regards, Alex
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from jebir/Jens (3,671)
on September 3, 2003 2:58:15 AM CDT
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Hi Mark,
"Artistically and technically flawless" as usual. I like the "graphical" appearance here with almost only black and yellow with some brown on both whasp and pear.
I like the soft light that generally appears in your pictures. How is your flash set up? Diffusor, bouncing, reduced power, multiple. etc.?
Regards, Jens.
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on September 3, 2003 10:32:35 AM CDT
Thanx Jens. I have the 420ex flash covered with a omnibounce diffuser and mounted on a butterfly bracket. I do use the in camera flash compensation control and exposure compensation control a lot.
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from niaz/Niaz (2,372)
on September 3, 2003 2:49:08 AM CDT
(20)
Hi Mark
WOW .hey Mark you've captured an amazing macro a superb shot ,it's realy flawless , DOF is great , Contrasts are perfect and it has wonderful colors , wow man what a 50mm pentax can do on a G3 , I've lost my mind , oh look at the frame black and yellow , it's perfect . it's one of the best macros I've ever seen. Congrats. I'm sorry photosig doesn't let me to give 3TU I don't know where this average rating comes from :(( I hate this Critique Standard Conformance Game , anyway your shot deserves 5TU .
Regards
Niaz
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from highland99/Kevin (2,818)
on September 3, 2003 2:22:35 AM CDT
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Absolutely marvelous image! One of the best macros that I have seen posted on this web site in quite a while. Beautiful colors, beautiful sharpness, good contrasts as well. Just outstanding work overall. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work!
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from psycho55/Matt (1,776)
on September 2, 2003 11:20:07 PM CDT
Amazing capture and great colors
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from araby/Jung Man (50)
on September 2, 2003 8:45:42 PM CDT
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It is a very good expressions of the tiny world. I tried to take a picture like you, but failed to.
Your picture encourage me to take a picture like this
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from jeros1/Jason (1,244)
on September 2, 2003 8:37:48 PM CDT
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Mark,
I think this shot is absolutely perfect. It shows great skill with a camera and with Photoshop. Even if the shot was not this good I would give you 3TU for having the balls to get this close to the hornet!
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from jonnyswank/Jonny (1,850)
on September 2, 2003 7:52:01 PM CDT
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this is quite possibly your best image in your portfolio. I don't think i would change anything, although i do agre with other posters that maybe the eyes could be more lit up. Someone mentioned that the shot was too yellow--but i wonder if the fruit had been a different colour, whether this would have improved or ruined the shot? Its too bad this DOF was accomplish with composite shots, only because it means that i definitely won't be able to achieve quality like this (i only use film, and am not competent with photoshop even if i had digital files of my shots...). Could you post the original head-focus shot, so that we could see how blurry the back would have been?
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on September 2, 2003 10:08:22 PM CDT
Thanx for the kind words. I agree about the eyes. As for not being able to achieve quality like this with film, I am not so sure. THe "original head-focus shot" is essentially what you see. I added the antenna from a second shot taken a split second later (literally numbered consecutively in the camera). The limited DOF will not allow me to get both the antenna and eyes in focus at this magnification, so I took a shot with the eyes in focus and one with the antenna in focus and then added the good antenna to the main shot.
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from ebi/Ebrahim (681)
on September 2, 2003 5:17:06 PM CDT
just fine
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from duartefranco/Duarte (145)
on September 2, 2003 4:47:01 PM CDT
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What can I say on a so great photo.....
Well, i'm a beguiner. I have an old uncle that tell me lots of things about photos because he allways like it.
Some day maybe I will do something so great like this one. I Will try.
Thecn. speaking, I think if you use less f you will have a more big profundity of focus, and you will take more details of the incrid. thinks that are on all macro photo.
Cogratulations, and thanks for your sharing,with all of us, our interesting and great work!!!
DF
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from janus/Janus (646)
on September 2, 2003 3:27:32 PM CDT
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Incredible detail and colour.
The colour scheme, yellow and black, is just stunning. The yellow background, and the yellow pear it's eating adds very much to the picture.
However, the eyes, which are play a major role in the picture, do lack something. They are just too dark. They could do with a bit more reflection.
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from photoai/Andrej (2,647)
on September 2, 2003 3:20:23 PM CDT
GREAT!
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from jumr/Jumr (379)
on September 2, 2003 3:14:27 PM CDT
AWESOME !!
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from chuckp/Chuck (1,645)
on September 2, 2003 2:23:55 PM CDT
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Mark, you've shown us some incrsdible macro shots over the years, this has to be amongst your best. The technique of combining two shots worked out flawlessly. The colors are superb and it is presented very nicely.
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from atamanka/Atamanka (4,195)
on September 2, 2003 2:18:26 PM CDT
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Mark, your macro photos this perfect photos. Spectacular capture, very nice shot and DOF. Goog lighting, colors. Nice details. Congrats main. Regards Atamanka
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from fcruz/Frank (9,252)
on September 2, 2003 2:10:55 PM CDT
Incredible macro work! Regards.
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from pierpas/Pier (199)
on September 2, 2003 1:46:56 PM CDT
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Very good, you're the perfect macro maker!
I've seen yours other photo all of them exceptional.
regs
Bye
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from machhin/Matt (1,915)
on September 2, 2003 1:44:17 PM CDT
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stunning photo! just like most of your shots they are near perfection. Some things to consider on this one are the right (from the insects point of views) antenna is cut off .. it would have been nice to keep the end in the picture as the other is cut and the insect is off cetnered (which looks good).
There seems to be too much yellow ... insect, food, background ... all yellow ... there may be even a yellow cast ... not sure though ....
lastly there is some noise, or looks like not enough colors for the gradients in the background.
Dont get me wrong .... these are small observations in a great photo!
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from karic/k (3,863)
on September 2, 2003 1:17:44 PM CDT
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Mark, I like this photo very much. The subject is very sharp and detail. The DOF is great. Do you have using Marco flash to take this photo? Would you please to tell me how to connect Pentax 50mm to Canon G3? I just look all your photo and all are great! Hoping see you new photo soon~~~ ^^
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from iso3200/Chris (512)
on September 2, 2003 12:28:46 PM CDT
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Oh dear oh dear. It's that Plonsky bloke again with a perfect example of how macros should be done. There aren't many people on Photosig who can produce work of this kind to this standard. You lead. We'll follow.
Oh yeah, and for the record, I love the off centre composition. Best Regards - iso
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from memo/Mehmet (37,454)
on September 2, 2003 12:17:38 PM CDT
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HELLO Mark,
superb macro work. great technical effort. colors are wonderful. sharpness and dof are flawless. and the frame fits very well to this photo. hard work! congrats!
<|MehmeT|>
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from bittoriano/Jose Ramon (18,592)
on September 2, 2003 11:29:55 AM CDT
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Your macro shots are very good Mark. The close you get is very nice. Excellent details and perfect lighting. The color is excellent to. Regards
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from marsiceoasis/Pengtao (4,034)
on September 2, 2003 11:23:55 AM CDT
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Beautiful macro shot! I like the colors and the details. Combinning two makes DOF look good. Off-center composition is clever too. Very nice!
Greetings from Pengtao!
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from jfg/Jean-François (619)
on September 2, 2003 11:18:23 AM CDT
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superb! Very beautiful macro image, that made a long time that one had more seen one photograph of this great quality.
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from tjarley100/Charles (196)
on September 2, 2003 11:16:54 AM CDT
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OH what a shot nice colors I don't know if you had could till up your cam just a little bit and center it;-)
but it's a great pic, no doubts.
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from skotak/Radim (2,796)
on September 2, 2003 11:18:20 AM CDT
yes! That works. I should try myself more exposures to increase DOF. Can you say little bit how you do it technicaly? You have special tripod mount? How do you deal with movement of insect? Do you get closer with 1.4 lens than 1.8 reversed? thanks
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From mplonsky/Mark (21,090)
on September 2, 2003 11:50:52 AM CDT
I have an article on technique. These images were handheld. As for movement, the bug is reasonably stationary while eating and I take a lot of shots. The only difference between the 1.4 and 1.8 is how much light gets in. You cannot get any closer with one than the other, but you are more likely to get vignetting (blackened corners or worse still, a black circle around the image) with the 1.8 than the 1.4.
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from martijnsteinrucken/Martijn (841)
on September 2, 2003 11:11:39 AM CDT
A great image! Could you tell us a bit more about the exact setup you used to get this picture?
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from mteren/Moshe (614)
on September 2, 2003 11:09:19 AM CDT
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Oh MY!!! so that's what they look like close up?
i agree with previous poster, would like to see it centered, but it's 3TU for the wonderful colors and sharp macro.
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from mdlupke/Mark (2,032)
on September 2, 2003 11:08:10 AM CDT
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One of your best yet (and that is a statement that carries some weight)! There may be some who cry "foul" when using two images through photoshop, but I think that it works brilliantly well. Excellent colors and great composition!
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from epierre/Emmanuel (9,044)
on September 2, 2003 11:04:55 AM CDT
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3 TU for the result, but I would have liked to see the end of the left anthena ... must be very difficult I agree, but the nice idea to have the head on the right mean something on the left...
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