Bertie2.jpg
by megryan

Comment by Neil:
The thumbnail attracted me to this one in particular. The background is great, the setting is great and it has very good sharpness.

One suggestion would be a slight crop of the background to the right, just enough to get his head a little further away from horz center and put him closer to the sweet spot.

Although it contributed to this wonderful background, and I know it can be tough with macros, but a little more DOF next time or putting the hyperfocal point so his eye is in focus would have made this a killer shot.

Bertie2.jpg
by megryan

Comment by ElGordo:
Bertie is the cutest critter macro I have seen yet! Good work!

Forbidden Fruit
by megryan

Comment by arnigunnar:
Shame the shadow of the fruit is cropped of the image. 5.

Forbidden Fruit
by megryan

Comment by Bud:
Great shot... looks like you switched the color of the kiwi fruit. Very well done.

Forbidden Fruit
by megryan

Comment by Jinjit:
Returning for comment: The details are nice but I don't like the un-natural coloring.
the idea of this challenge as much as I understand it, was to capture something pink. Not to PS for it.

Forbidden Fruit
by megryan

Comment by Margot Tenenbaum:
Nice, did you just invert the colors?

Solar Burn
by megryan

Comment by megryan:

Originally posted by RulerZigzag: how long did this take?? very nice photo...what did you place the leaf on??? an 8

Well it didn't take long to do once set up, literally a few seconds and once the mag glass was at the right height it burnt straight away. White paper was placed underneath the leaf in full sun.
Not much I could do about the shadow - it was the only true position I could have the glass in which the leaf would burn.

Solar Burn
by megryan

Comment by Arancha:
Original idea for this challenge (9)

Solar Burn
by megryan

Comment by datcat:
Cool idea. I like the trail of smoke and the shadow of the magnifying glass.

Solar Burn
by megryan

Comment by traser:
interesting concept...too bad the shadows are so harsh.