Beauty in the Garden
by TerryGee

Comment by dsidwell:
Nice colors and moth detail! Making the moth smaller and moving to one of the thirds would add more obvious negative space (but you'd lose some of the detail). It would also help the negative space imply the world the moth is a part of. This is a nice insect shot!

Beauty in the Garden
by TerryGee

Comment by goodtempo:
the space around the subject should be the wow.

Beauty in the Garden
by TerryGee

Comment by ttreit:
I'm not sure that it's the negative space that makes the wow of the shot. It seems like a standard macro shot to me. Not saying it doesn't qualify but it isn't using the negative space to do something unique or spectacular.

hummingbird-moth.jpg
by TerryGee

Comment by valasaurus:
I saw one of these at my father-in-law's and wasn't sure what it was...thanks for clarification. I couldn't get a good shot and it's color wasn't as good as this one. Good job.

Up Up and Away
by TerryGee

Comment by muckpond:
Hi from the Critique Club --

Side Note: I was going to try and go to a hot air balloon race in the early morning last week but when I got up (at the crack of dawn -- *yawn*) the weather was all crummy. DANG! I'm glad you had better luck.

Overall this is a great photo. Detail and subject are both excellent, and I really enjoy the angle from which this was shot.

My only comment, really, would be that it's kind of dark. I know that you were in the shadows, but a lot of the basket's detail is lost, unfortunately.

Congratulations on a great photo. I'm sure you have lots of fun captures from the balloon festival.

Rob

hummingbird-moth.jpg
by TerryGee

Comment by amsmyth:
nice shot -- they are so hard to persuade to hover for the camera

Stained Glass
by TerryGee

Comment by Gracious:
Terry, This is beautiful. Great job!

Stained Glass
by TerryGee

Comment by grogan:
Great Butterfly shot. Your focusing captured alot of detail and you have got some very nice colours here. 8

Stained Glass
by TerryGee

Comment by Firstrich1:
one of the wow shots this time out 8

Stained Glass
by TerryGee

Comment by dr rick:
Apt title; the lighting does make the wings looked like stained glass. Great capture.