A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by SandyP:
I'm so glad this won a ribbon! It is such an awesome photo!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by hopper:
great job

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by PollyBean:
Congrats on the Red! Well done!

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by hdogg4u:
Very nice concept for the challenge. Congrats on your red.

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by woohoopepper:
Congratulations!!

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by Falc:
Many thanks for all the comments, I've never had so many ;-)
A lot of you didn't like the red spot, and to be honest neither do I, but the basic edit rules prohibit spot editting. I tried to lose as much as possible through careful curves manipulation, but couldn't get rid of the brightest without destroying the main subjects.

In my notes you will see that this was one of 206 attempts. I had 5 different ladybirds and 3 different reed stems in all sorts of configurations. The hardest part however was getting the ladybird into the right place, I used a soft artists brush to coax her into place. Several didn't like the idea and refused to sign the model release and just flew off ;-)

I would just like to thank all the DPC community for voting for me and congratulate keegbow and bear_music for the excellent entris and ribbons.

Falc

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by AndrewTO:
Awesome picture, well done !!! Congratulations !

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by mexico:
A great technical shot which is also so pleasing on the eye. Well done.

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by sandabella:
Well done, great image deserved a ribbon!

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment by peecee:
Well done Keith, a great image,

Paul.