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Critique By:
Tim Bowman (K:1481)
5/15/2007 4:11:21 PM
Was looking at it it small, looks much better LARGE.
Nice Gallery
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Critique By:
antonella cusan (K:-431)
5/15/2007 4:08:04 PM
Trasmette una sensazione particolare...molto bella!!
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Critique By:
Tim Bowman (K:1481)
5/15/2007 4:02:07 PM
I'm with you Martin. Mixed feelings.
Nothing about it specifically grabs me, but there is SOMETHING about it that makes you look. Almost as if you're waiting for something to happen.
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Critique By:
James Cook (K:38068)
5/15/2007 11:44:44 AM
Love the inclusion of the reflection. Really nice drip work.
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Critique By:
Sandor Szollos (K:7681)
5/13/2007 10:52:45 PM
Very good shot,great work!
Congrat!!
Regards
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Critique By:
sascha jonack (K:19715)
5/13/2007 7:31:11 PM
Awesome moment as you have captured this image. I love the idea with the reflection of the wine bottle in the drop.
Regards Sascha
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Critique By:
Subhrajit Basu (K:3102)
5/13/2007 6:56:47 PM
What a stunning capture Martin! That redlection is just icing on the cake. Once in a lifetime sort of a photo it looks!
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Critique By:
Rose Hare (K:2523)
5/13/2007 6:12:49 PM
Absolutly wonderful. That must have taken a long time to catch, expecially with the reflections in the drop.
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Critique By:
malan almalan (K:15)
5/13/2007 4:25:13 PM
Wonderful idea cheers
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Critique By:
Joe Johnson (K:8529)
5/9/2007 6:13:53 AM
Nice soft lighting. This didn't get but one comment back when. But this is a very nice stock shot, great for backgrounds and whatever else. This is good photo.
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Critique By:
John Pitman (K:8473)
5/1/2007 9:26:03 AM
Well captured.
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Critique By:
Gustavo Scheverin (K:164501)
5/1/2007 2:56:12 AM
Interesante macro.
Felicitaciones!
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Critique By:
Ramy Hammad (K:217)
5/1/2007 2:40:31 AM
nice shot Martin
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Critique By:
Matz Chase (K:275)
5/1/2007 2:19:58 AM
Cool picture but what an ugly bug!
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Critique By:
Sally Morgan (K:9219)
4/23/2007 5:44:23 PM
It's huge...and sharp - with lots of detail!
Nice wasp :)
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Critique By:
Martin Halley (K:580)
4/19/2007 11:20:04 AM
Adrienne,
Thank you for your kind comments. It's always a trade-off, depth of field against speed against chroma noise. Her wings are still beating, although she is begining to fold them having made contact with the wood. Even at 1/500th they are still too quick to freeze. Using flash is not an option with bees and wasps as the body hairs end up looking like polished fuse-wire due to their very high reflectivity.
At f8 (the best this little camera can achieve) the wings would still have been out of focus as the depth of field is just 3.4mm at this magnification (about 3:1 equiv).
Having said all that, yes, I agree - frozen wings in sharp focus would have been ideal but this is not realistically achieveable outside of a dedicated studio set-up. I reckon to achieve the ideal would require 1/2,500th, f64 and a very co-operative insect - none of which is available to me.
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Critique By:
Adrienne Baxter (K:656)
4/19/2007 2:50:46 AM
Excellent image, Martin! Such good detail and color of the wasp's body. I would like it better if the wings were in sharp focus also but I'd be darn proud to have this photograph in my portfolio the way it is! Well-done.
Adrienne
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
4/18/2007 7:46:58 PM
Excellent macro, Martin! Very well done, although I hope she didn't stick around and start her colony!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Dan TDFoto (K:8618)
4/18/2007 7:21:51 PM
Martin...nicely exectued MACRO...love these...you can always be amazed if we just stop to notice the small things....nice colour...composition and clarity..>Cheers DAN :)
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Critique By:
Sally Morgan (K:9219)
3/12/2007 4:45:51 PM
So, no reflexes - but extreme patience!
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Critique By:
Martin Halley (K:580)
3/12/2007 10:10:37 AM
No reflexes at all, Sally. Happily the camera will take over 300 continuous shots with flash before the SD card is full. So it's just a case of setting it all up and running the drips while the camera snaps away. Of course, almost all are rubbish but the remainder can be magical. I think I took about 1,500 shots in all and have kept about 35.
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Critique By:
Raisa Vorotnikova (K:1934)
3/11/2007 9:51:56 PM
Very nice abstract shot!
Thank you for your nice comment.
RGD
Raisa
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Critique By:
Sally Morgan (K:9219)
3/10/2007 8:43:32 PM
Another lovely, sharp drop - I reckon the only thing to improve it would be a nicer background.
The next time I have a go, I was toying with the idea of having some black text on a white background as a background to see if I could get it upside down in the drop. I will have to wait for a day when wake up with an abundance of patience.
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Critique By:
Sally Morgan (K:9219)
3/10/2007 8:32:09 PM
I just love this shot - it makes me think of summer and holidays and makes me feel quite cheerful (and in need of an ice-cream)!
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Critique By:
Sally Morgan (K:9219)
3/10/2007 8:28:05 PM
Wow Martin I'm impressed - you must have lighting fast reflexes!
How did you focus so accuaretly(the dof looks quite small)?
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Critique By:
Rick Page (K:5242)
3/10/2007 2:57:50 AM
Great technique!! rick
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Critique By:
Martin Halley (K:580)
3/8/2007 12:13:39 PM
Just out of interest I applied some high school physics to find out how much time was left before impact. The drop was released from 8 inches above the water surface and is about 2.5 mm in diameter. The gap to be closed is about 1% of the diameter of the droplet This means, if my sums are right, that contact will be made in about 1/100,000 of a second. Close call or what?
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Critique By:
Peter De Rycke (K:41212)
3/6/2007 6:35:04 PM
Fantastic, this is spot on !!
Peter
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Critique By:
Jerry Thompkins (K:3574)
3/6/2007 1:19:48 PM
Martin
Even more excellent...I really like this one.
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Critique By:
Jerry Thompkins (K:3574)
3/6/2007 1:18:17 PM
excellent in all respects!
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