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mike cable
{K:-4301} 11/16/2010
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Great capture Laurie. Sometimes the simplest of images make the best ones and you found it. Well done and congrats on the award;) Sincerely, Mike Cable.
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Cleveland Smith
{K:7006} 1/31/2007
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Laurie, congratulations on Donor Image of the Day award, very well deserved and also congratulations on Photographer of the Day award.
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Sandra Anderson
{K:5837} 1/31/2007
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I agree! I love the world of macro but my snaps are nowhere as crisp and clear as some of them on here! This one is great though...simple and effective...it's great and you've also been rewarded with an award...congratulations!!
:)
S
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 4/30/2006
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I missed this first time round, but it's just popped up on the front page. It's a lovely image and the two colour background works perfectly, despite the concerns expressed in your "about". A most striking composition...
John
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Andrea Zanetta
{K:910} 6/16/2005
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That beautyful!
simple, clean, good dof...
Fantastic!!!
Andre
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Sally A.
{K:4601} 5/14/2005
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OH cute..
really delicate
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Geert Soenens
{K:195} 5/13/2005
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Very nice Laurie! Composition is perfect. I dont know why you cropped this perfect thing. Maybe some more DOF. Congratz.
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ken krishnan
{K:19102} 5/13/2005
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Wonderuful shot. She is not only walking the fine line and also rather a "thin" line as well !.
congreadulations on POTD day.
regards,
ken.
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Bunnie Chamberlain
{K:443} 5/13/2005
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Laurie, Congrats on Photographer of the DAY!!! I loved this picture from the beginning!! Keep up the great work!!
Bunnie
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Alex Pieroni
{K:15506} 5/13/2005
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Congrats for the award, very well deserved.
Regards,
Alex
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James Bambery
{K:13421} 5/13/2005
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Excellent macro Laurie, I really like the shadow as well as your composition. Congrats on award, well deserved:)
JIm Bambery
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 5/13/2005
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and TODAY POTD.. wooww..
happiness!
take care my dear aand have a good day.. kisses
roby
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 5/13/2005
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I hear ya there... Me too. I actuly made my extension tube for Less than $5.00 But I have no apature control.
If you gave me 10K I could spend it in less than a day.... Arghh.... Someday this hobbie will pay me back.... I hope :-)
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ugur cetin
{K:5895} 5/12/2005
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nice..
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/12/2005
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Pat,
Thanks so much for your kind comment. I actually just purchased a cheap set of extension tubes. I'm still trying the get the hang of using them. I'd love to get a macro lens, but that will have to wait just a little while. It seems that there is no end to the amount of money one can spend on camera equipment! :)
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/12/2005
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Thanks Arwa! I hope you're feeling better soon. :)
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/12/2005
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Thanks Linda! Your comments are always so sweet and they are very much appreciated. :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/12/2005
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Again congratulations!
We love this ladybug pic! :)
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 5/12/2005
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CONGRATULATIONS! On photographer of the day....Your work is wonderful and you are very deserving of this award Laurie...:) Linda
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WALT MESK
{K:10691} 5/12/2005
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excellent.
walt.
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 5/12/2005
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Congrats Laurie! Not too shaby....
You may look into an extension tube. They have no glass to diffuse the light. But I agree, a real Macro is the ultimate. If you get an extension tube that is made for your camera you will still have apature control. This will allow you to shoot at those sharpe middle apatures resulting in a sharper image and greater DOF..
But.. sharpness is only one aspect of an image. Composition, color, originality, pattern all this stuff goes into what is a great picture and that is why your photo is just as good as the sharpest ladybug.... Cheers!
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Karadag Metin
{K:2939} 5/10/2005
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perfect, excellent..
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Alastair Bell
{K:29571} 5/6/2005
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Hey Wow! You must have got the front page just after I commented (or I didn't notice when I posted)... Congrats - I knew this was a cracker....
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/5/2005
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Thanks Larry! :)
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/5/2005
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Thank you so much Markus! :)
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Giancarlo Liguori
{K:5281} 5/5/2005
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Very crative! Well done!
Gian
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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30599} 5/5/2005
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Way adorable! Excellent composition. Cute as a bug. (oh, so sorry for that -- couldn't resist) Antonia
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Larry Fosse
{K:66493} 5/5/2005
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Great job Laurie...the shaddow adds to the composition
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gfgalli
{K:456} 5/4/2005
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one of my all time favorites! congrats!
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 5/4/2005
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Excellent capture Laurie!!
Very beautiful colors and shadows in contrast with white!
Congrats for deseverd FD award!
Roberto.
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Peter De Rycke
{K:41212} 5/4/2005
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Great work Laurie, this ladybug on the thin line between 2 worlds .. have a look at my ladybug shot too, was thinking something like you did here !
Peter
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/4/2005
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Thanks Ursula! :)
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/4/2005
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Thanks Randy! I must admit I was inspired to try to photograph these guys after I saw your ladybug images.
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/4/2005
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Thanks Linda!
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Erik Neldner
{K:10846} 5/4/2005
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Nice one. Great idea and execution. I'd love to see the subject a little sharper. Did you try some unsharp mask in PS. It might help.
cheers,
erik
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Bunnie Chamberlain
{K:443} 5/4/2005
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Laurie, I love this shot! I like the white...the green background...perfect. Cute little fellows...
Bunnie
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 5/4/2005
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Congratulations for being featured on front page. A nice capture of the bug, but what sets it apart is the composition,and your title fits perfectly. Well done.
Randy
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John Griep
{K:2521} 5/4/2005
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Hi Laurie,
To me composition is the most important part of a photo.
Although I like the first one, perfect classic composition, my preference goes out to the square one.
Somehow it seems stronger.
All in All a very patientful job, well done!
John
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Markus Scholz
{K:23722} 5/4/2005
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Congratulations for the frontpage, Laurie. This is a really outstanding photograph, very simple but so effectful. Lovely composition.
Regards, Markus
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Hanggan Situmorang
{K:37833} 5/4/2005
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Very creative composition..:) Great picture, congratulations!
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Nicole Marcisz
{K:10268} 5/4/2005
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great composition. nice job
cheers,
nicole
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Mark Evans
{K:17428} 5/3/2005
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congrats to you !! love it 7+++ .. cheers .. marky .
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ISMAEL MARCOS
{K:10535} 5/3/2005
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SIMPLY....NICE....
ISMAEL
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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21723} 5/3/2005
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A beautiful ladybug and very well captured...The composition and framing are fabulous!My congratulations for the well deserved SC award!!!
Cheers,Ursula
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Paula Goddard
{K:8492} 5/3/2005
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lovely! don't worry about sharpness; it's a lovely photo with great composition!
cheers
:)
ps: i think the composition is just right - wouldn't touch it at all!
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 5/3/2005
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Congratulations Laurie! I love this image and the crop. Wonderful macro, excellent detail, the cropped version looks like he's off to the races, cute...Linda
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Raf D
{K:9223} 5/3/2005
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CONGRATS on making the front page, it's wonderful to see you there!!!!
This is one of my favorite shots!!!! IMHO, I prefer the original version, or in the words of Billy Joel: "don't go changing" :) The dual color backgrounds is a fantastic idea, great contrast versus the colours on the little lady bug. I admire also the creative process, I would have never thought of doing that!!! SUPER SHOT Laurie!!! -- Kind regards, Rafael
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/3/2005
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Candan,
Thanks for your kind comment.
I took this photo standing in my front yard with a piece of paper with the ladybug on it in one hand and my camera in the other. My neighbors probably think I'm a little odd! 
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Candan Celik
{K:907} 5/3/2005
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This is perfect shot. I wonder how you took that photo? Congratulations...
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 5/3/2005
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just a beautiful "alarm clock", I hope that tomorrow he is equal.. a good day!
:-)
roby
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Silvia Festa
{K:6008} 5/3/2005
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This is so nice!!!!! congrants for the home page! I love the irony, the poor ladybug seems so tired! and great image too, the DOF is perfect
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Girish Chonkar
{K:6903} 5/3/2005
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Well composed and great in colors.
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Ahmet BERBER
{K:545} 5/3/2005
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cok harika
nice
emegine saglik
selamlar
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/3/2005
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Marian,
Thank you!!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/3/2005
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Roberto,
Thank you so much!! I was very surprised and very happy to see I was on the main page. It's only 7:30 am here and this is a fabulous way to wake up!!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/3/2005
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Margaret,
Thank you so much!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/3/2005
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Kelly,
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. I was surprised and very happy to see I was on the main page.
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Rob Graziano
{K:6678} 5/3/2005
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Laurie...Congratulations on your award! It is a great photograph in every way & I love the title! Keep up the great work!
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Ben Mok
{K:4084} 5/3/2005
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you did great!
well done...
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cessy karina
{K:14205} 5/3/2005
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really nice macro with excellent composition and colors.
very well done.
congrats
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 5/3/2005
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dear Laurie congrats again for making front page!!!! I am so happy for you!!!!!! very nice image and a well deserved award!!!!
best regards
Marian
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 5/3/2005
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i'm so happy.. congrats for the featured donors in front page!
vey well deserved it!
roby
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 5/3/2005
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Laurie Congrats on front page with this fabulous ladybird shot. Excellent macro, great composition and framing
Margaret
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Kelly
{K:20268} 5/3/2005
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i for got to say CONGRATS for front page... well deserved....
kel
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Kelly
{K:20268} 5/3/2005
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wow laurie... i think it looks great... love the title too, gave me my chuckle for the day....
thanks so much for sharing...
cheers
kel
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Alastair Bell
{K:29571} 5/2/2005
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I think the two tone background works incredibly well Laurie... It provides its own interest and in some ways make the ladybird an additional interest in an already interesting image. Great shor well focused and with good tight DOF. Good colour contrast on the background too. The red contrast strongly with the green background and the black legs contrast strongly with the white. To have used a single colour background would have softened the impact. Superb!!!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/1/2005
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Evelyn,
Thanks for your kind comment! I've been having a blast photographing these ladybugs. Glad you liked it. :)
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 4/30/2005
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Excellent shot. You did really well.
Judi
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Vinay Raj
{K:5537} 4/30/2005
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Laurie
Excellent. Nicely captured.
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Cheryl Ogle
{K:24494} 4/30/2005
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Look at the shine you captured on his back. Love the macro - I think it's great to see the 2 backgrounds too - it really puts your eye in place with the breakup. I have yet to get these guys, snails are more my pace. :) Great work - you did a wonderful first try Laurie!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 4/30/2005
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Roberto,
Thanks for your kind comment. I am fascinated with these ladybugs. We managed to get quite a few in our garden so I'm hoping to get some more shots of them. This one was a very good model. :)
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/30/2005
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woowww Laurie..
it is exceptional this ladybug that it walks on the thread. LOL!
but also is so to perfect composition and great great mode! you have captured ladybug.. is equal to to Lucky! my best wishes,
roby 7
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 4/30/2005
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Preciosa foto!
Exelente.
Felicitaciones.
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Emmanuel Panagiotakis
{K:6267} 4/30/2005
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Nice ....... VERY NICE
well color balance and
Metering in this picture Laurie
7\7
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 4/29/2005
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nice image.. love the composition.. great colors.. and great capture...
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 4/29/2005
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Great composition Laurie. In a sense this is a patience and skills game, like so many other fields of photography - You have the eye for it, just keep shooting, the sharp ones will come. Well done.
Joggie
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Ali Naghizadeh
{K:19600} 4/29/2005
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Hi Laurie .. Great shot .. I like the composition and the fact that 2/3 of the shot is white .. Great colors and contrasts .. well done ..
Best regards,
aLi
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Evelyn Mayes
{K:8132} 4/29/2005
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Beautiful exposure and concept! I like it a lot -- and prefer your original cropping to.
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 4/29/2005
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Antonio,
I see what you mean. I think I can crop most of that out, without losing too much of the photo. Here's the new cropped version.
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 4/29/2005
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Really good shot, Laurie. I know what you mean about this being hard. I don't have a lens that world work well. Your details are well caught.
Mary
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Antonio Trincone
{K:23167} 4/29/2005
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I think the composition is very nice and color management too; the only thing disturbing to me is those chromatic aberration visible at the edge of animal specially to the side of the paper sheet
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Carlos Pinharandas
{K:594} 4/29/2005
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Simplesmente Simples. Boa Macro. Bela Foto
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 4/29/2005
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Arwa,
Thanks for you comment! I'm trying to sharpen my ladybug spotting skills so I can get some more shots of these guys. :)
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Subhash Sen
{K:11931} 4/29/2005
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you have done brilliantly well dont bother about the rest keep shooting,love,Subhash.
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 4/29/2005
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Chris,
Thank you for your kind comment. Glad you liked my image. :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 4/29/2005
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The paper looks like a big wall!!!
your exposure was good!
it managed to get the red and the bright white nicely
Excellent first try :)
i'll give it a 7/7
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/29/2005
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Excellent concept and a perfect composition, Laurie.
Well done on a very enjoyable shot.
Kind regards, Chris
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