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Sorry about the giant size of that picture, I tried to size it way down, but it turned out big. And it won't let me edit or delete that comment. I also cut down the image quality a lot to cut down the file size. Anyway, just an idea. Let me know which way you like it better. I'm leaning towards black and white.

Thank you both for your comments, I really appreciate it.

David, I did run this through lightroom, but I didn't do too much to it there. I bumped up the exposure almost half a stop, slightly increased contrast, and reduced luminance noise. Maybe too much noise reduction?

And when you say white light reflex, do you mean that bit of bluish-white light at the top of the subject? I don't know why that happened, maybe because I was using my strobe bare? Do you know how I could prevent that in the future? Or fix it now in lightroom?

I actually shot this using homemade "barn doors" made out of a cereal box, haha. It was my first attempt at bodyscapes.

Also, what do you think of it in black and white? Kinda solves the white light problem.

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/steevinhaze/BootyMountain.jpg

Wow, great timing and nicely focused! I really like this unique approach to macro flower photography.

This was taken at the Bellas Artes metro stop in Mexico City. Thanks in

advance for comments and critiques!

Thanks! This photo was actually taken with the 18-55 kit lens.

Yes absolutely, the faster the shutter speed, the less motion blur you'll encounter. For something like this, 1/500 would probably more than sufficient.