Winter sky
by MargaretNet

Comment:
beautiful scene .. i feel like i'm flying ..
and the light is beckoning .. !! .. ;)

Storm Brewing
by glad2badad

Comment:
thats whats been happening around here lately .. but unfortunately not getting such dramatic clouds .. good one .. :)

Long Legged Fly with raindrops
by roz

Comment:

Originally posted by Barroness: Beautiful in color and I am always perplexed in how you are able to get such beautiful bokeh. Bugs usually stay close to a patch of leaves making it hard to photograph them with such beautiful backgrounds and surroundings. Wonderful image, congrats on this and all of you're amazing and beautiful works of art. Unusual to see photography so well done in so many different types of work from portraiture to insects. I hope you print your images and sell them, they are so beautiful.

thankyou Debbi and everyone for your lovely comments .. xx

re the shallow depth of field .. lots of the insects i shoot are quite small .. this long legged fly is about the size of a mosquito .. and i'm quite close .. so the background gets very out of focus ..
this particular photo was focus stacked .. i took photo of the body and the eyes and the droplets .. three photos which i manually combined in photoshop ..

Debbi .. you have the canon 100mm macro so you could take similar photos with that lens .. thats the lens i used before i went mirrorless .. i think the quality of the canon 100mm macro is a lot better than what i shoot with now .. ie. the olympus with the 60mm macro .. (equates to 120mm on the canon) .. but the smaller size and weight of the mirrorless suits me better ..

once again .. thankyou so much everyone .. i really appreciate the feedback .. converting Dalina to thinking insects are beautiful was awesome .. xx

Message edited by author 2022-12-10 15:42:54.

Snicker . . . that brush and comb for me? Gotta catch me first!
by glad2badad

Comment:
gorgeous .. :)
one of my favs of Westwind ..
although I have a few ..
have you printed any of your photos of him .. this would look awesome hanging in your house .. what I particularly love is he's looking right at you and those ears .. they're happy ears ... :)

It's never cold when you have carrots.
by glad2badad

Comment:
this is beautiful .. :)

feel the breeze
by glad2badad

Comment:
love it .. :)
a beautiful memory .. :)

Can You Find The Five Raccoons?
by ErinKirsten

Comment:
this was my favourite in the challenge .. stunning light .. wonderful sky ..
and a little task to find those five raccoons .. i was only able to find four .. so thankyou for showing me the fifth one ..
i'm really sorry .. but when i went to vote on this challenge my internet was really slow .. :(

Please Santa, put me on the Nice List . . . ?
by ErinKirsten

Comment:
such a beautiful face ... Sawyer aka soy sauce is such a wonderful poser .. !! .. ;)
he's like a big teddy bear only better seeing he's a dog ..:)
great pic btw .. he exudes love for you .. just precious .. :)

the bend
by glad2badad

Comment:
this is astounding .. literally felt that jump in my heart when this opened ..
congratulations on such a stunning image and the red ..
and btw .. you too . !! .. 7.4 to 7.0 in the last few votes before rollover .. :(

Swift
by Neat

Comment:
btw ..
after the 15 votes i would have been feeling extremely positive that i'd be getting at least in the top two or three on my profile page if i had been you .. i will be putting it out to the universe/god that you get that over 8 you are dreaming of .. it seems incredibly weird that you havent already .. xx

[Dec. 1st, 2022 06:23:59 PM]

I did not expect this.
Votes 9
Views: 22
Avg Vote: 8.0000
Comments: 1

[Dec. 3rd, 2022 08:24:34 AM]

Astonishing!

Votes: 15
Views: 36
Avg Vote: 8.0000
Comments: 3