Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by frisca:
whites are blown out, but it makes the flower look like its made out of popcorn or puffed rice. :) very cute.

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by thatguy:
nice image, maybe a little oversharped in photoshop but other than that good job

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by Dustin:
nice photo. good job.

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by pinback:
Pretty. Crop tightly around the flower, since it's central anyway and that's the focus. The empty space arounbd the edges is wasted, IMHO.

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by vtruan:
Great job. Light and dark are hard to do.

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by cpanaioti:
This is a hard situation to get the proper depth of field for maximum impact. For the most impact, only the ladybug would be in sharp focus. To do this you would probably have to shooting from directly above the ladybug and selecting a larger aperture (smaller number) and possibly using a macro lense so you could get very close.

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by carolee:
The gleam off the ladybug's shell is really nice!

Cloud Nine
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by Denise Catania:
nice nice nice macro...very pretty

A Slice of the World
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by Kaz:
This is so cool- Love the perspective- nice work!

A Slice of the World
by Ricky Cleave

Comment by DennisF:
Well done.