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I had a Blowup moment (remember that movie?) when I got home the other day and looked more closely at this. Now I can’t see it without the great song by David Gates springing to mind. The ramifications of a ho-hum photo!
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Maybe this should be cropped in more?
Technical Details
Camera: OM-1
Lens: 60mm macro
Shutter speed: 1/800s
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Stack of 9 in Zerene
Tonal treatment in LR, BG desaturated in PS , cropped.
Incredible!!! The crop is perfect for me-- we get to see what’s left of the leaf and the variation in the caterpillars! Absolutely wonderful!! And nothing ho-hum about it!
That’s a voracious bunch of caterpillars! With all the silk threads, caterpillars, and backlit leaf, the image has a hyper-realistic feel to it. This one is good as presented and shows the chaos of life perfectly…Jim
Mike: This is very cool and a great capture. All the activity is amazing. A few years ago we had some kind of caterpillar infestation on one of our redbuds and I put all of my efforts into eradicating them before even considering them as potential subjects. If it happens again I’ll have to remember what you found here. >=))>
Mike, the details here, in both the caterpillars and the leaf look great. It’s a fine busy and fun view. Yes, few of us would look at this and see a good photo!
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Mark_Seaver
(Mark Seaver)
selected this as an Editor's Pick
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This is very well seen, when many would pass by. It also shows of great details in both the mass of caterpillars and in the leaf’s veining.
