Chrysalis Watch

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited October 28, 2012 in Street and Documentary
2012-10-20-03-X2.jpg
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2012
    I actually have a funny, gross story about watching a moth chrysalis hatch, but it's probably not appropriate, and so I'll just say, nice capture. :D
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2012
    C'mon, tell us.

    But, thanks for the comment.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2012
    Nice one, Tony.
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2012
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Nice one, Tony.

    Wow. Red letter day. BD's back, and approved of one
    of my images.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2012
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    Wow. Red letter day. BD's back, and approved of one
    of my images.

    Laughing.gif!rolleyes1.gif
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2012
    [thread hijack]

    So here's the story in a nutshell. Same sort of situation, but with my wife and 4 year old son. Suddenly one of the caccoons starts to shake and tremble. My wife calls me and my son over, miracle of nature, etc. The pod trembles more, shakes, and out comes ... this thing. Part moth, mostly caterpillar. My wife and I look at each other. Is it ... is it supposed to look like that? My wife hurries off to find an attendant, who quickly confirms that, no, no it is not supposed to look like that. We drag the kid away: "Oh look. butterflies!" But I will always remember the time I got to witness the miracle of one of Nature's horrible, horrible mistakes.

    Pic here: not for the overly sensitive of stomach. Sadly, from what I've read, it wouldn't have lived for very long at all.

    [/hijack off.] You may now resume admiring Tony's image. Thanks.
  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2012
    Ok, I like it as is. But it feels slightly too tightly composed. Is there a little more room left and right? I just keep butting up against the edge of frame when I look at the boy and the cocoons.
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2012
    michswiss wrote: »
    Ok, I like it as is. But it feels slightly too tightly composed. Is there a little more room left and right? I just keep butting up against the edge of frame when I look at the boy and the cocoons.

    Not really. This was taken at a Farmer's Market where I had to shoot
    through a hole in the crowd to get this view. I felt what I cropped out would
    be distracting if left in. Normally I crop in a 2:3 ratio, but this is a square crop
    because of what I felt were distracting elements.

    It's also preference. I do like tight shots.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2012
    Fair enough.
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