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Vestal · Jul 19, 2004

No manipulation of the image, whatsoever (which is rare for me).

My brother, my father, and I went "fishing" last weekend. We never catch anything. So...while the other two were busy not catching anything I decided to get the net and start snagging the crabs we that are constantly swimming by in their odd sideways fashion. My dad got into it (probably because he was helping catch SOMETHING at least) and moved the boat to help. We caught a number of them and I decided they were quite photogenic.

My camera, something happened to the coating on the lens (nikon coolpix4300) and now it's like I've always got a soft focus filter on, so bear with me, this image the effect wasn't so bad.

Tammy · Jul 19, 2004

They are not only photogenic (love the composition/DOF on this one) - they are YUMMY!!!

Hope you got the chance to eat them.

Vestal · Jul 19, 2004

I did not unfortunately. They had to be tossed, and worse, I waited too long to do my "Crabs Playing Poker" photo spread. : (

StvShoop · Jul 20, 2004

wow. it's such an alien shot. the textures are cool, and yeah, the soft focus thing worked pretty well

voodoocat · Jul 20, 2004

Surreal.. I like it

Welcome to the forum.

mrsid99 · Jul 20, 2004

Interesting color arrangement.

Vestal · Jul 20, 2004

I'm glad ya'll like it and thanks for the welcome.

I gotta ask, is it Mr. Sid or Mrs. Id?

mentos_007 · Jul 20, 2004

I like the dof, great shot

Alison · Jul 20, 2004

Really interesting shot!

mrsid99 · Jul 20, 2004

Vestal said:
I'm glad ya'll like it and thanks for the welcome.

I gotta ask, is it Mr. Sid or Mrs. Id?

Hi Vestal,
It's "Mr. Sid"
It's been the subject of much hilarity in the past, Voodoocat has all the gory details.
Welcome aboard BTW.

molested_cow · Jul 20, 2004

Just in case you don't know there are many species of crabs that are poisonous to eat...

that's a nice shot. I like the texture, and the "soft effect" works well here. I suppose if it gets too crisp, some feel will be destroyed.

Karalee · Jul 20, 2004

Great shot. The soft focus works really well for that shot.

]quote="molested cow"] Just in case you don't know there are many species of crabs that are poisonous to eat... [/quote]

And then theres those ones red land crabs.... yuck.