Aliens of our Gardens II

Photography \ Nature | 05/09/08 @620 | Vasco | critiques (13) | views (134)

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Another one from the series Aliens of our Gardens. Not as colourful and interesting as the previous one, at least IMO. I know this one has a few mistakes(a bit too much noise, and the focus should be 1mm more to the back, but the guy was walking and then stopped! and I caught him like that, the other ones aren't much better, it's hard to catch this little guy's with close up filters when they are constantly moving and stopping!), but still I decided to post it.
Please see the full version of it, and please leave a line or two!
(more to come from this series)

Camera: Olympus E330
Lens: 14-45 mm Zuiko Digital
Filters: Tiffen Close up +1 +2 +4 = +7
Focal Length: 45mm
Mode: Aperture priority
F: 5,6
Shutter: 1/30
ISO: 500
Contrast settings: High
Saturation levels: High
Sharpness: Hard

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Madanapale

05/09/08 @714

Nice capture Vasco!
maybe I would crop some at the left.
Carlos

Jacobine

05/10/08 @960

well, your description says it al

imo there's no need to crop some of the left, I like it the way it is

androx3k

05/10/08 @066

I have to say that here the distortion due to the lens close up is quite high.

Also you should try to increase a bit the contrast.

Vasco

05/10/08 @532

Distortion?

Almost-Human

05/10/08 @641

Nice inage and I like the landscape crop..
My only problem is with the DOF which seems to be running at a strange angle..

ersen-t

05/10/08 @741

nice shot.
agree with Madanaple about the crop.

Roadrunner

05/10/08 @825

Nice angle and details. I would heal the white spot at the background.

Little, dark and shiny creatures such as lady bugs and this isopod are very difficult to expose properly. If you could use a flash (or any other light source) from the right, it may have allowed you a little higher speed and sharpness.

Jafus

05/11/08 @007

Nice details Vasco

Agree with carlos..

moserArtist

05/11/08 @514

Would crop closer to the main star!

elvenearth

05/11/08 @637

I don't think you need to crop at all. The sense of landscape created in your shot perfectly compliments the bizarreness of the 'alien'.

cupcake

05/11/08 @804

Good capture,
those little guys are hard to get.

Hysteria

05/12/08 @426

Yes nice work, it does look like an "alien" landscape and creature!