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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Photography Photography \ Nature | 02/14/07 @081 | Dejanira | Comments critiques (27) | Views views (664)


The Great Escape
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Here's my try at photography.
This butterfly moth I saved from my mothers rutheless caterpillar killings, (they were eating her grape vine).
I put it in a shoe box, fed it lettuce scraps and it turned into this little butterfly! Moth! :p I set it on the plant so it could escape.

I think it's waving me goodbye ^_^

Nothing special done with this one, used my old Cannon PowerShot G2 4.0 Mega Pixel camera. Since my camera doesn't really have anything fancy besides from macro shot, I sharpened it and altered the curves slightly in photoshop. Not sure if that classes as a photomanip, but please let me know if it is

C&C's welcome as always :p
 
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Avatar Poohblah

 02/14/07 @092

That's a moth, not a butterfly, and its expression is quite amusing! Nice macro.
 
Avatar Martins

 02/14/07 @124

its a really nice macro, keep going with photography ;)
Welldone!
 
Avatar Dejanira

 02/14/07 @214

Thanks for the kind words :)

I probably should've mentioned in the description, he's still crawling out of its cocoon if your wondering what the big brown thing is :p
 
Avatar Andy--Jones

 02/14/07 @249

cool! I must try this myself! I am gonna catch the first catterpillar I see!
 
Avatar moserArtist

 02/14/07 @278

Funny one!
Good composition and macro!
 
Avatar gurcan

 02/14/07 @312

I love macro shot good job nicely 6/7
 
Avatar Dreamwalker

 02/14/07 @452

that's wonderful... great colours:)
 
Avatar Dejanira

 02/14/07 @512

Thanks
 
Avatar blackshad

 02/14/07 @587

thats a moth yeah
and its.... well... so damn ugly and weird hahaha
laughted bit time when i saw that :)
angle and compositions are so so, but keep it up :)
+7
 
Avatar Madanapale

 02/14/07 @605

Very nice capture and colors!....well done!
Carlos
 
Avatar Dejanira

 02/14/07 @612

haha thanks.
blackshad, yeh it is quite ugly, should've seen it when it was all dry and out, it was a shiny silver. It was a very pretty moth :p
 
Avatar pawelwiesyk

 02/14/07 @790

Let me say: Wow!
 
Avatar deManuel

 02/14/07 @968

Great capture. Love the title that you have selected. :) +10
 
Avatar ThruMyEyez

 02/15/07 @135

A good macro with an interesting subject. Keep shooting!
 
Avatar Kalathis

 02/15/07 @180

Awwww, it's soo cute, I wanna give it a big hug ^_^
 
Avatar trs

 02/15/07 @224

Very nice macro!!
 
Avatar ZedoCaixao

 02/15/07 @256


Nice close-up, Amanda! I like the sharpness and the crop here.
Well done!
 
Avatar Dejanira

 02/15/07 @277

Thank you all so much
 
Avatar Twilightzone

 02/15/07 @967

The story behind it makes me laugh. It's now going to go on and make new little caterpillars to eat your mother's grapes haha. Great macro shot, you make it look beautiful in a ugly kind of way
 
Avatar Jafus

 02/16/07 @398

İt s vey very nice and ugly...
 
Avatar Lenn0

 02/16/07 @484

funny expression :) very nice details and color, and I personally like the angle very much.although the background has to suffer because of the angle :/

nice shot. keep it on!
 
Avatar dakoo

 02/17/07 @166

Interesting story Amanda !! :)
ok firstly it is sharp & the colors look good !!
Now if u were to show it getting out of the cocoon. I would have preferred a slightly angled shot maybe from the side, so as to show the size of the cocoon. The front on shot doesn't let any perspective !!

Composition wise there is far too much dead space on either side of ur subject & comparatively a bit tight at the top.

keep shooting & comment on as many artworks as u can , it is also a way to learn!!
 
Avatar Hysteria

 02/17/07 @483

nice macro.. nearly looks like it's poking it's tongue out as you took the photo!!! :)
nice and sharp, would have been good seeing more of the cocoon, but then you would lose the cuteness factor! (I can't get over the tongue!!)
 
Avatar padrino

 02/18/07 @563

nice macro ! well done !

erdi
 
Avatar Dejanira

 02/19/07 @343

Thanks so much for all the comments
Thanks Dakoo especially, lots of helpful tips!
I tried to get slightly more of the cocoon in, but the sun would get in the way and throw it out of focus. I think I need a camera that has manual focus or something. But im saving up for a DSLR
 
Avatar alebrije

 05/02/07 @213

Amazing capture! the focus looks great! +10 (thumbup)
 
Avatar piscesking

 07/11/07 @939

very nice capture...............

+9
 
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