Change in seasons
by Melethia

Comment:
Beautiful shot Deb!
Very sharp where it should be sharp and excellent use of DOF. Good lighting that brings out the textures well.

Onion to rings
by IreneM

Comment:
Very well done Irene! The image is very apetizing and actually makes me want to eat raw onion :)

Well deserved ribbon!

Pole Dancer
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
LOL - excellent use of a woodie!

Three Wise Men
by Hipychik

Comment:
LOL - the title is perfect!

mirror mirror
by yanko

Comment:
This picture is perfect proof that "a picture is worth a thousand words". I love it - excellent!!

a dangerous world
by roz

Comment:
Way to go Roz - very well deserved!!

I also like both versions. The added processing brings the details out. You can see that it is processed quite a bit but the added detail is interesting. I also see that you used f/10 which brings the best out of the EF100mm macro lens (peak performance is in fact f/11).

I'm very interested in which lens set-up and what type of flash you used though (twin flash?). I know that the image details say 100mm 2.8 macro. BUT... the uncropped image shows that your lens is able to fill the frame with approx 3/8" of focused subject (roughly 1/8" bug plus space). With the 100mm macro lens I can only manage 1". With an added 68mm of extension tubes (the entire Kenko kit), the frame can focus on 3/8". I assume this is what you did but I'm not not sure.

I like "extreme" macro photography a lot and see from your portfolio that you are one of the masters on the site. So I am very curious how you do it and what you used in addition to the 100mm. Maybe a "How'd They do That" on the matter would have been interesting for a few of the members - at least for me! :)

In any case; an excellent job!

Message edited by author 2008-12-08 14:05:38.

Evening at Grange
by robst

Comment:
Best in show so far after voting 18%. 9

Electric Force
by Trumpeteer4

Comment:
Excellent idea with a great result! Love the cool blue color tones as well. 8

pyrokinetic
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Very well executed! 9 from me

Keeping the world together...
by hajeka

Comment:
Hehe - great idea! Which one of those super woodies would show up and fix the world!