Sunshine and Shadow
by MaryO

Comment by Maggye:
wow.. great job, I like it

Sunshine and Shadow
by MaryO

Comment by inamo:
Wow! A great shot, I love the highlights of the tiny flowers

Sunshine and Shadow
by MaryO

Comment by quiche:
Beautiful. I really like the side-by-side positioning of the lit blossom and the shadowed one. You managed to keep sufficient detail in the shadowed flower, and the lit one is only a little too bright. You still got the good vein detail in the bright blossom though. A really hard lighting situation to expose well, and you succeeded.

Sunshine and Shadow
by MaryO

Comment by KarenNfld:
Beautiful, the light is what makes this photo.

Impending Glory
by MaryO

Comment by chalice:
Great use of light and color.

Black Swallowtail
by MaryO

Comment by quiche:
Nicely exposed. I like the sharpness of the spots on the butterfly's abdomen. Nicely blurred background, too.

Insects' Introduction
by MaryO

Comment by quiche:
A fun capture. Slightly more DOF and sharp focus on the insects would have been nice, but sometimes ya gotta take the shot they give you. Thanks for posting this one.

Black Swallowtail
by MaryO

Comment by Tlemetry:
A spectacular shot! The wings look like a burden to carry in this image. They look huge and heavy to carry. The lighting, depth, and coloring is stunning!

Insects' Introduction
by MaryO

Comment by Tlemetry:
That bee looks HUGE in scale with the ant! really gives a sence of what he looks like from the ants perspective.
The shimmer in the bees wings is spectacular golds.

Black Swallowtail
by MaryO

Comment by Maggye:
OMG this is great, just look at the detail on the butterfly and the flower, those lovely colors. I can see this published on a magazine. Amazing job