Posted by Dornbrau (Colorado Springs, United States) on 18 April 2007 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.
A cucumber beetle takes a stroll across a field of tansy asters. I had no idea how little I knew about the world right outside my door until I got my digital slr camera. I started taking pictures of every thing I encountered and was shocked by how little I could identify with certainty. My computer search engine has been running on overdrive ever since as I strive to learn the names of my photo subjects. Nothing is more humiliating to me than to be asked about a picture and to not even be able to answer the simple question "What is it?"
* Cattail Marsh, Fountain Colorado
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It really opens your eyes when you get a camera in hand doesn't it?
This is amazing. Really great job on this one.
18 Apr 2007 9:30am
@Laurie: Oh, that is soooo true! I can't believe how much I've missed before I got my camera. There are so many wonderful parks around here, so much wildlife, so much to see that I hadn't noticed before.
Fantastic shot!! The colors are incredbile and the little beetle is great! I know what you mean about the search engines! I do that all the time too!!
18 Apr 2007 10:42am
@Jen: I almost always have a search engine pulled up when I'm working on my pictures for that reason. I'd like to think that I'm getting smarter... but I'm probably not...hehehehe.
Lovely lovely capture
Suby
18 Apr 2007 10:45am
@Suby and Sinem: Thanks Suby. I really don't like bugs, but this little guy really caught my attention.
oh ,seems that there are some noises in that image =( otherwise this is a great picture!
18 Apr 2007 10:50am
@Kheoh Yee Wei: Yeah, thats probably because I cropped and enlarged the image. I tried to remove the noise, but in one instance I lost the tiny hairs on the stem of the flowers, and another method gave me a dappled background which actually looked worse than the noise. Grrrrrr! I'm only just learning the different methods of fixing up my images. I think I've got the basics, but now I have to figure out all the technical stuff, which is where I'm hitting a brick wall. Thanks for the critique. I really appreciate it.
Phhhht! I just call 'em bugs <LOL> Nice shot!
18 Apr 2007 1:00pm
fantastic colors and DOF. Like it.
18 Apr 2007 1:18pm
Very pretty. I LOVE that the beetle is in there.
18 Apr 2007 1:30pm
Sweet shot. Just excellent!
18 Apr 2007 4:50pm
A cucumber beetle?! Amazing what we all learn from photography! Great capture, I love how there is a little bit of light reflecting off the beetle- quite detailed!
18 Apr 2007 10:05pm
Nice capture. And I liked the lighting as well. You can try NeatImage or Noise Ninja for noise reduction. Those are wonderful tools.
18 Apr 2007 11:31pm
Nice macro! Well done.
19 Apr 2007 12:24am
So nice ! The colors are so bright and complementary !
19 Apr 2007 1:45am
I have this plant in my garden, but never it looked soooooooo beautiful. Eyes of a camera are better than humans...may be!!
19 Apr 2007 4:19am
hey good pic
im spanish but i have been trying to understand the text
19 Apr 2007 7:56am
yes dear .. it is a really worth capture ... great work with ur camera ..
19 Apr 2007 7:57am
Great capture. Nice macro.
19 Apr 2007 9:58am
Superb macro! Bravo!
21 Apr 2007 8:41pm
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