vincedistefano

This beetle, about an inch and a half long, had the most incredible

grip. He was a good model for me! I used a lot of flash so that I

could shoot at f/25 and get as much of him sharp as possible - was

there anything else I could have done? TIA for looking.

Fun with filtered lighting, a macro lens and...a box of straws open on

each end.

Fun with filtered lighting, a macro lens and...a box of straws open on

each end.

Wouldn't want to swim in it, but it's pretty neat to look at.

Took a while to figure out why they were doing kamakazi dives at me.

Turns out I was a foot or two too close to their nest...

Great shot! It does look like some kind of hellfire is engulfing it. Just wondering about why your caption is so far off center, though...but minor point.

really nice, sharp focus and great background. normally I'd say something about the tone being so uniform, but for some reason it really works here.

My son concentrating on playing the Star Wars theme. I just really

liked how the light worked on this...or does it?

By the way, you have got the DEFINITIVE grasshopper photo, I think! Wow!

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7109222

ditto what others said. Plus, you could have fun with this image, too. Turn it 90 degrees clockwise...or mirror it with two of them looking at each other :-)

 

a very striking image, congrats!

there's something really cool about this photo...not quite sure. well, for one, how he comes out of total blackness, and then there's the red tongue in the middle of all the start contrasts. Teeth are cool, and really the lighting on his left whiskers is incredible.

Thanks for looking. I thought this looked like a natural piece of

jewelry. I was focused on trying to catch a droplet, so I was shooting

wide to obtain a high shutter speed. Does any of the resulting blur

bother you?

First real attempt at architecture photography. Out of 100 snaps this

is the only one that caught my attention. Constructive criticisms

appreciate.

Thanks for the comments. Funny, I was just thinking last night that I need to make more of an effort to contribute critiques. You're right about the value of that. I will do better!

Looking at your portfolio, I see that this photo is only one of MANY nice pieces. Love the colors and themes in your work, very nice. Will be going back to look at everything more closely.

Excellent capture,you froze a great moment in time. Well done.

TIA for looking, constructive comments appreciated.

TIA for comments.

Thanks for looking!

I thought the blur on this one would be more interesting than a focused shot, what do you

think?

TIA for any critiques...

These kinds of photos are hard to get...you want to expose to get the fog, but the sky ends up looking washed-out and the colors muted. have you ever experimented with taking multiple exposures at different settings, and compositing them together? keep shooting!

 

Neat photo, good all around. The only thing is, for some reason, my eyes keep wanting the third one back to be the one in focus, probably has to do with its position in the overall composition.

very eye-catching and clever, thanks for the chuckle (really need them on Mondays!)