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The Stages of Life

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Posted by Nicholas Armitt on June 3, 2008 at 5:27 PM
The Stages of Life
20D, 10-20, Gitzo, ND Grad
ISO 200, f/16, 13mm, 1/100, 0.0ev
Crop 3%, Aperture, CS3 resize & sharpen

This was taken 2 years ago, some have seen this before but it's one of my favourites. it shows the 3 stages of a six spotted burnet moth.
Posted by Brett Lewis on June 3, 2008 at 5:47 PM
I liked this image when I first saw it and I still like it Nick, well done. I like the fact that you have to look for the 3 stages in the image and that's exactly what you need to do when looking for these for real.. Now the question is, did you know they were all there when you took the image...? :biggrin:

Brett :toast:
Posted by Nicholas Armitt on June 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Hi Brett, yep :biggrin: I actually spent about an hour setting up and trying different angles to shoot from. Lets just say this was one very obliging moth.
Posted by John Robinson on June 3, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Great concept and not easy I bet !
Johnr
Posted by Danny Green on June 3, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Hello Nick

This is a fantastic shot and one I keep looking at to see if anything else is going on, really great stuff and a shame more of us don't do as we tend to get to close.

Danny

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Posted by Daniel Read on June 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Hi Nick,

Fantastic shot, it's great to see a wide angle macro shot, and it works really well here :toast:

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by David Taylor on June 3, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Great instructional image with only one thing missing - where's the egg stage? :biggrin:

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Posted by Nicholas Armitt on June 4, 2008 at 2:06 AM
Next David you'll be wanting the world on a stick. :biggrin:


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Posted by Ian Andrews on June 4, 2008 at 2:22 AM
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Ian :wink:
Posted by Matt Cole on June 4, 2008 at 2:45 AM
a very nice image with plenty of interest. I'd have gone for a close-up of the moth and missed this :biggrin:

Matt
Posted by PhilH on June 4, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Nice Nick, great out of the box thinking.... might lose a touch from the top myself... but that is personal and not a nit.

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Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 4, 2008 at 3:28 AM
Definately educating me, Nick :eek:

I'm clueless with this subject, and wouldn't have known what i was looking at :confused:

Its brilliant that this forum is evolving into a true 'well rounded' nature forum, and less biased to mainly birds.

Keep up the fine work, and no dought i will eventually learn to broaden my horizons :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Mark Sisson on June 4, 2008 at 3:48 AM
Great find and well thought out capture - very informative and probably quite commercial too!!

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Mark
Posted by Nicholas Armitt on June 4, 2008 at 4:15 AM
Phil, just had a quick play and it does look slightly better with a bit of the sky cropped out. :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on June 4, 2008 at 7:03 PM
Great shot, I like the idea and it's well executed.

Greg
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 5, 2008 at 6:22 AM
Hi Nick,

Fantastic image!
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Posted by Elliott Neep on June 5, 2008 at 6:58 AM
Hi Nick. A very different kind of close-up. I have really wanted to try this POV for such a long time - since I saw Life in the Undergrowth where they had a macro that was also a wide angle. It is a great setting.. The white balance looks a little warm from here. I always go by the rule that greens should be green. Can't take anything away from a well-conceived and brilliantly executed idea. Great stuff. :toast: :toast: :toast: