Joyful journey
by riksnake

Comment by riksnake:

Originally posted by colorcarnival: This photo looks like it comes with a really good story :)

Hi colorcarnival,
This was taken during my trek to Everest Base Camp, Nepal. we encounter many porters carrying loads up and down the mountain and valley. They are both friendly and warm, shot while they were resting while they were chatting amoung themselve. Many uses Yak or even donkey as well but this is their basic work to bring some money home. Glad you like it.

Best regards

Roger New

Joyful journey
by riksnake

Comment by colorcarnival:
This photo looks like it comes with a really good story :)

Joyful journey
by riksnake

Comment by Art Roflmao:
I looked all over REI's website and could not find that backpack. ;-)

Joyful journey
by riksnake

Comment by mariuca:
Is this a modern sherpa?

Black Eye Joe
by riksnake

Comment by bbower1956:
Little soft focus on the nose. I do a lot of macro so I know how hard this is to get the eyes and nose is focus. Still a great shot! 8

A Zillion you.
by riksnake

Comment by riksnake:

Originally posted by snaffles: Greetings from the Critique Club! First off, Roger, congrats on the HM, this is a very good macro. The beetle's antennae make a great way to lead the eye into the pic and to that funny little face it has. The ambient lighting is perfect and the comp dead simple but very effective. Even the colours work perfectly with the green of the leaf being complementary to the orange eye area. Great find, and well deserving of the high score *and HM in a FS no less. Keep up the great work, and look forward to seeing more of your work in the future. Susan

Hi Susan,
Great to hear from you again. Thank you and I am really happy managing to rech 4th(HM). My best so far and Really very happy. I am particular of it's antennae as they are very long, I position myself lower then the normal eye level shot. This allow me to express it very long antennae and very detailed face which basically where I want them to see the compound eyes. I feel the leaf is beeded to show the base of where it is resting on, I am pretty fortunate too as this is a rather big beetle thus I was able to capture the details of it's compound eyes clearly. Thank you once again for your comments and valuable pointers. They have prove very useful, thank you Susan.

Best regards,

Roger New

A Zillion you.
by riksnake

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club! First off, Roger, congrats on the HM, this is a very good macro. The beetle's antennae make a great way to lead the eye into the pic and to that funny little face it has. The ambient lighting is perfect and the comp dead simple but very effective. Even the colours work perfectly with the green of the leaf being complementary to the orange eye area. Great find, and well deserving of the high score *and HM in a FS no less. Keep up the great work, and look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

Susan

A Zillion you.
by riksnake

Comment by riksnake:

Originally posted by NiallOTuama: well done on this hm! spectacularly sharp image.

Hi NialloTuama, thankful to know there are many that apprciate macro too, thank you very much for your support and good feedback.

Best regards,

Roger New

A Zillion you.
by riksnake

Comment by NiallOTuama:
well done on this hm! spectacularly sharp image.

A Zillion you.
by riksnake

Comment by riksnake:

Originally posted by IreneM: Amazing image! Fabulously sharp where it should be. I certainly wouldn't want to meet this creature on a dark night (or even by day ;-) Many congrats on your HM, Roger.

Hi IreneM, Please do not be alarm, this is just a beetle and it is just almost 2 inches in length, they have very beautiful compound eyes and they are tree dweller. We commonly find them resting on leafs and at time on small branches. Thank you very much for your kind feedback.

Best regards,

Roger New